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This date in baseball: 1927 — Babe Ruth hits 60th HR

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1927 — Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run of the season in the eighth inning off Tom Zachary to lead the New York Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Senators.

1934 — Dizzy Dean beat the Cincinnati Reds, 9-0, for his 30th victory of the year as the St. Louis Cardinals clinched the NL pennant.

1947 — In the first televised World Series, the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-3 in the opening game.

1962 — Willie Mays homered to give the San Francisco Giants a 2-1 victory over the Houston Colt .45s in the season's final day. That, coupled with the Los Angeles Dodgers' 1-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, forced a playoff for the NL pennant. The Giants won in three games.

1988 — Orel Hershiser of the Los Angeles Dodgers broke Don Drysdale's record of 58 consecutive scoreless innings by shutting out San Diego for 10 innings. The Padres won in the 16th inning, 2-1. Hershiser, who extended his streak to 59 innings, had five consecutive shutout victories in September.

1992 — George Brett became the 18th player to get 3,000 hits in the Kansas City Royals 4-0 win over the California Angels.

The Associated Press

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