Ichiro Suzuki brought down the curtain on his career as countryman Yusei Kikuchi started his big league journey in Thursday's emotional game won by the Seattle Mariners over the Oakland Athletics 5-4 in 12 innings.Kikuchi allowed two runs, one earned, on four hits and a walk. The 27-year-old struck out three in his big league debut after being posted by the Seibu Lions of Japan's Pacific League over the winter.Suzuki, who was set to hold a post-game press conference, went 0-for-4, with the applause growing in intensity each time up.After fouling out and grounding out in his first two at-bat…READ FULL ARTICLE
