September 8, 1977: Pudge Fisk and George Scott hit back-to-back home runs in the second inning to lead the Red Sox to a 7-2 win with Mike Paxton getting the victory over the Blue Jays in a game played in Exhibition Stadium in Toronto; this is the 16th time that 1977 Red Sox players have hit back-to-back home runs setting an MLB record. [...]

September 7, 1972: The Red Sox defeat the Yankees 10-4, before a Fenway Park crowd of 24,661, and pass the Detroit Tigers to take over the lead in the American League East Division; the Red Sox offense is led by three-run homers by Rico Petrocelli and Tommy Harper while Sonny Siebert improved his record to 12-11. [...]

September 6, 1975: The Red Sox increased their lead in the American League East to 6.5 games by trouncing the Milwaukee Brewers 20-6, as Rogelio Moret runs his record to 12-3; Boston pounded 26 hits led by Dwight Evans who had five hits, Rico Petrocelli whose four hits included a home run, and Pudge Fisk who had four RBI. [...]

September 5, 1918: In Game One of the 1918 World Series, Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth shuts out the Chicago Cubs 1-0, while holding the Cubbies to six hits; the game, which was played in Comiskey Park before 19,274 fans, marked the earliest start for the World Series because the season had been shortened due to the ongoing hostilities of World War I. [...]

September 4, 1972: Luis Tiant pitches his fourth consecutive shutout and improves his record to 10-4 as the Red Sox defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 on Labor Day at County Stadium; the only Red Sox runs are delivered by Carl Yastrzemski who hits a two-run home run off losing Brewers' pitcher, and former Red Sox hero, Jim Lonborg. [...]