Someone forgot to relay that information to Jesus Sucre Wednesday night.
Despite entering the series finale against Houston with a .124 batting average and not having a hit in his previous 18 at-bats, the 27-year-old catcher notched singles in the second, fifth and sixth innings for his first career three-hit night.
"I mean, you never stop working, you know?" Sucre said. "You just try to work every day in the cage and learn a little bit from Robbie [Cano] and [Nelson] Cruz and with [hitting coach] Edgar [Martinez]."
Sucre had just 14 hits in his first 48 games this season, but on Wednesday he produced something similar to Cano, who notched four hits of his own in a 12-hit effort for the Mariners.