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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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