ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adrian Beltre had a solitary for his 2,999th profession hit initiating the fourth inning of the Texas Rangers' diversion Saturday night against Baltimore. 

That grounder through the left half of the infield in his second at-bat of the amusement put him inside one hit of turning into the 31st player in the significant alliance to achieve 3,000 profession hits. The 38-year-old third baseman would be the primary player conceived in the Dominican Republic. 

Beltre, in his twentieth major alliance season, had nine hits in the initial four recreations of the homestand before Saturday night. This is his seventh season in Texas after already playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners and Boston Red Sox. 

A five-time Gold Glove third baseman, Beltre got boisterous cheers from a group envisioning history when he had two or three aids the main inning before his first at-bat when he grounded out. He got a noisy applause each time he was acquainted when accompanying bat in his 2,770th real alliance amusement. 

The main other dynamic player in the 3,000-hit club is Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, who was 23rd on the untouched rundown with 3,060 hits going into Saturday night.