This date in baseball

Published: Monday, April 26 2004 9:07 a.m. MDT

April 26

1961 — Roger Maris of the New York Yankees began his successful assault on Babe Ruth's single-season home run record at Tiger Stadium.He hit the first of his 61 homers in the fifth inning against Detroit's Paul Foytack.

1990 — Nolan Ryan tied Bob Feller's major league record of 12 one-hitters as the Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0. Ryan struck out 16 batters and allowed only Ron Kittle's check-swing single to right field in the second inning.

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