Jim ThomeĀ hits two home runs for theĀ TwinsĀ in their 9 ā 6 win overĀ DetroitĀ to become the 8th player to reach 600Ā home runs. Thome hits a two-run homer offĀ Rick PorcelloĀ in the 6th for number 599, then a three-run shot againstĀ Daniel SchlerethĀ in the 7th to reach the mark.
Exactly three years to the day he hit his 500th round-tripper, Alex Rodriguez eclipses Babe Ruth in becoming the youngest major leaguer to hitĀ 600 career home runsĀ when he blasts a two-run first-inning shot into Monument Park at Yankee Stadium. The 35 year-old Bronx Bomber third baseman is the seventh player in baseball history to reach the milestone.
On June 9, 2008. Redsā center fielder Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 600th home run, a 2 run shot in the first inning off left hander Mark Hendrickson. the Redās will win the game 9-4. The 2 run shot traveled 413 feet into the right field seats, Jr will say, āI donāt think I touchedā¦
On June 20, 2007, Sammy Sosa slugged his 600th home run in the Rangersā 7-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Sosa had homered against every team except the Cubs, for whom he played much of his career. The homer came off Jason Marquis, who was wearing #21 ā the numberā¦
Braves outfielder Hank Aaron joins Babe Ruth and Willie Mays as the only major league player to hitĀ 600 career home runs. His historic homer, a 350-foot drive over the left field wall, comes off Gaylord Perry in the third inning of a 6-5 ten-inning loss to the Giants at Atlantaās Fulton County Stadium.
Ā On September 22, 1969, Willie Mays, joining Yankee legend Babe Ruth, becomes the second major leaguer to hit 600 career home runs. The historic two-run homer is delivered as a pinch hitter, for George Foster, in the top of the seventh inning off Padres hurler Mike Corkins and proves to be the difference inā¦
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