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(The Sports Xchange) - Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre became the 31st player in Major League Baseball history to record 3,000 hits Sunday when he ripped a bouncing double on a 3-0 pitch down the third base line in the bottom of the fourth inning against the Baltimore Orioles. The double was Beltre's 1,111th hit with the Rangers, after 949 with the Dodgers, 751 with the Mariners and 189 in his only season with the Red Sox. Only after helping unveil a logo commemorating Beltre's 3,000th career hit did the kids return to hug their father, the 38-year-old Texas Rangers third baseman who had just become the first player from the Dominican Republic and 31st overall in the major leagues to reach the milestone. Now in his 20th big league season, he is only the third player who is primarily a third baseman in the 3,000-hit club, joining Hall of Famers George Brett and Wade Boggs.
Adrián Beltré of the Texas Rangers becomes the 31st player with 3,000 career hits in Major League Baseball, reaching the milestone with a fourth-inning double in the Rangers' 10–6 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Beltré is the first Dominican-born player to reach the milestone.