Baseball: Aoki notches 2,000 career hits between Japan, majors

Houston Astros outfielder Norichika Aoki marked the 2,000th hit of his professional career in Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Angels, becoming the seventh Japanese to reach the number playing in Nippon Professional Baseball and the majors.The 35-year-old singled to left field in the bottom of the sixth inning at Minute Maid Park for the second of his day's three hits and 716th hit in the major leagues, although the celebratory mood was dampened when the Astros eventually lost 12-6.Aoki, who is playing for his fifth team in six years in the majors, had 1,284 hits during his eight seaso…READ FULL ARTICLE