AMERICAN LEAGUE Seattle's Suzuki sizzles toward Sisler's record

Ichiro has four five-hit games, two against the Angels.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- With his fourth five-hit game of the season, Ichiro Suzuki pulled within 14 hits of George Sisler's season record.
Suzuki went 5-for-5 Tuesday night in the Seattle Mariners' 7-3 win over Anaheim, his second five-hit game against the Angels this season.
"I think they all know me, and I know them," Suzuki said through an interpreter. "They know what I can do and I know what they can do. So when you play against them for a few years, it becomes a battle of what you want to try to do next. I think I have an opportunity to get hits every time I get to the plate. I go up there."
Impedance
Anaheim remains 2 1/2 games behind Oakland in the AL West and dropped 5 1/2 games behind Boston in the wild-card race.
Suzuki became the first player with four five-hit games in a season since San Diego's Tony Gwynn in 1993, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
He has 11 games left to break the record of 257 set by Sisler with the 1920 St. Louis Browns. Suzuki singled every time up and raised his batting average to .372, taking over the major league lead from San Francisco's Barry Bonds (.369).
"I think it's hard for a player to think about records and understand how much it means while you're playing," Suzuki said. "After your career is over, then you can really enjoy the records and achievements."
Suzuki also had five-hit games July 29 at Anaheim, Aug. 3 at Baltimore and Sept. 5 at the Chicago White Sox.
"Ichiro's got maybe the best eye-hand coordination that I've seen from a guy with a bat in his hand," winning pitcher Jamie Moyer said. "He's been here almost four years now, and he hits balls everywhere they're pitched. You throw a pitch two inches off the ground, up in the zone, off the plate, inside, and he can put the bat on the ball. He's in the driver's seat."
Impressed
Scott Spiezio celebrated his 32nd birthday with four RBIs against the team he helped win a World Series title two years ago. He's been impressed watching Suzuki up close.
"I always thought he was amazing, but I never knew about his preparation and his mind-set before the game, and how consistent he was with it," Spiezio said. "It's almost like a martial arts-type thing, where he gets into a zone and he finds a way to get on base."
Moyer (7-12), who had been 0-10 since winning at Pittsburgh on June 18, allowed three runs and six hits in six-plus innings to help the Mariners avoid going 39 games under .500 for the first time this season. Seattle, which had 18 hits, must win six of its last 11 games to avoid its first 100-loss season since 1983.