ichiro meeting president barack obama before 2009 all-star game on july 14, 2009.
with 2 outs in bottom of 9th inning, september 18, ichiro hit walk-off, two-run home run against yankees closer mariano rivera, scoring michael saunders in 1 of more memorable victories of season. homer made winner out of félix hernández, in line loss despite having allowed 1 run in 9 innings pitched.
on september 26, 2009, ichiro ejected game first time in professional career. arguing strikeout pitch toronto s david purcey had been outside, ichiro used bat draw line on outer edge of plate, , tossed umpire brian runge. mariner ejected game season. ejection may have hurt ichiro s chances regarding esoteric record: longest playing streak without going hitless in consecutive games. ichiro s stretch @ 180 games, longest in majors since doc cramer went 191 consecutive games without back-to-back 0-fers in 1934–35. ichiro went hitless in following afternoon s game.
ichiro again led majors in hits in 2009, 225. in spite of hitting ground balls @ rate of 55 percent, grounded 1 double play season, in april 15th game, first game played in 2009. won second fielding bible award best fielding right fielder in mlb.
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