Murton breaks single-season hits record in Japan

Murton breaks single-season hits record in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton hits a two-run single, his 211th hit of the season, during the second inning of a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2010. Murton from the United States broke Ichiro Suzuki's Japanese baseball single-season hit record set in 1994.

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