Ichiro played in his final MLB game on Thursday as the Mariners faced the Athletics at the Tokyo Dome in the second contest of the 2019 season. Seattle defeated Oakland 9-7 in the season opener on Wednesday.
The Mariners' legend went 0-4 from the plate on Thursday, grounding out in his final at-bat. But Ichiro's struggles from the plate didn't dampen the reception from a swarm of adoring fans, who gave him a large ovation as he exited from right field in the bottom of the eighth.
Ichiro ran toward the plate from right field and approached Seattle's dugout as the Mariners waited to await their franchise legend.