September 29, 1978: Bob Stanley held the Blue Jays to two hits over seven innings and the Red Sox trounced Toronto 11-0 before 29,626 fans at Fenway to remain one game behind the New York Yankees in the AL East; Fred Lynn had five RBI to power the Boston offense and reliever Bob "The Vulture" Stanley improved his record to 15-2. [...]

September 28, 1986: The Red Sox trounced the Toronto Blue Jays 12-3 before 32,939 fans at Fenway Park to clinch the AL East Championship; Marty Barrett drove in four runs, Wade Boggs drove in three, Oil Can Boyd picked up his 16th win, and Roger Clemens rode a police horse around the warning track. [...]

September 27, 1978: The Red Sox continue hard on the heels of the New York Yankees as they defeat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 before 26,035 fans at Fenway Park to remain one game behind the Yankees; Carlton Fisk drove in two runs and George Scott homered for his 1,000th career RBI as Luis Tiant picked up his 12th win. [...]

September 26, 1978: The tenacious Red Sox remained within one game of the AL East-leading New York Yankees as Dennis Eckersley shuts out the Tigers for 6-0 win before 27,078 fans at Fenway Park; Jim Rice and Fred Lynn both drive in two runs and Jerry Remy scores three runs to help The Eck pick up his 19th victory. [...]

September 25, 1978: The never-say-die 1978 Boston Red Sox move to within one game of the AL East-leading New York Yankees with a 7-6 14th inning win over the Blue Jays at Exhibition Park; a Butch Hobson single drove in Jim Rice with what turns out to be the winning run and Dick Drago gets the win pitching 4 2/3rds scoreless innings. [...]