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In baseball history, there have been a total of 36 games where the first pitch of the game was hit for a home run, and 89 games where the last pitch of the game was hit for a home run. However, it's much rarer for a game to begin and end with a home run.

According to baseball-reference.com, there have been a total of 10 games in MLB history where both the first and last pitches of the game were hit for home runs, resulting in a game that began and ended with a home run. The first such game occurred on May 23, 1935, when the Cincinnati Reds played the Philadelphia Phillies. The most recent game occurred on June 26, 2016, when the Los Angeles Angels played the Oakland Athletics.

Here is the complete list of the 10 games where a game began and ended with a home run:

May 23, 1935: Cincinnati Reds vs. Philadelphia Phillies
June 8, 1956: Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Milwaukee Braves
June 17, 1958: New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians
June 13, 1961: Milwaukee Braves vs. San Francisco Giants
June 12, 1977: Baltimore Orioles vs. Cleveland Indians
September 2, 1987: New York Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays
April 20, 1991: New York Yankees vs. Texas Rangers
August 14, 1998: Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Indians
June 11, 2006: Los Angeles Angels vs. San Diego Padres
June 26, 2016: Los Angeles Angels vs. Oakland Athletics