This Date in Baseball, August 11 - Babe Ruth becomes the first player to hit 500 career home runs
1907 — In the second game of a doubleheader, shortened by agreement, Ed Karger of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a seven-inning perfect game, beating the Boston Braves 4-0.
1951 — Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Giants 4-0, dropping the Giants 13 1/2 games behind the first-place Brooklyn Dodgers. 1980 — Reggie Jackson hits his 400th career home run, off Britt Burns, in the Yankees’ 3 - 1 victory over the White Sox at Yankee Stadium.Bryce Miller throws 6 innings, Ryan Bliss homers to lead Mariners past Mets, 6-01986 — Cincinnati player-manager Pete Rose, 45, singled four times and doubled to set a NL record with the 10th five-hit game of his career. Rose drove in three runs in a 13-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants, to move one ahead of Max Carey for the record.
2007 — Rick Ankiel homered twice and drove in three runs, the latest power display by the former pitcher, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1.
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