September 3, 1981: In the longest regular season game ever played at Fenway Park, the Red Sox lost to the Seattle Mariners 8-7 in 20 innings; the game, which was witnessed by 13,355 fans at the beginning, eventually lasted 6 hours and one minute, began on Thursday night but was suspended after 19 innings to be resumed the following day. [...]

September 2, 1996: Mike "Gator" Greenwell drives in all nine runs as the Red Sox defeat the Seattle Mariners 9-8 before 24,470 fans in the Kingdome; Greenwell becomes the first MLB player to account for all nine of his team's runs with a two-run homer, a grand slam, a two-run double and an RBI single in the tenth to win the game. [...]

September 1, 2007: Making his second major league start, rookie Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz no-hit the Baltimore Orioles as the Red Sox defeated the Birds 10-0 before a sellout crowd of 36,819 at Fenway Park; Buchholz coasted when the Red Sox took an 8-0 lead after six innings, with Big Pappi And Kevin Youkilis driving in three each, and he threw 115 pitch [...]

August 31, 1980: The Red Sox defeat the Oakland A's 5-1 behind the stellar pitching of Peabody's John Tudor and an offense led by third baseman Glenn Hoffman's two-run home run; a Fenway crowd of 32, 022 was on hand to watch reliever Bob Stanley notch his 12th save for the month of August, which still ranks as the most saves by a Red Sox closer in any month. [...]

August 30, 1986: The Red Sox defeat the Cleveland Indian 7-3, before 33,467 fans at Fenway Park as Tony Armas sparks the offense with a home run and three RBI and Roger Clemens strikes out 11 in 7 stellar innings of pitching to improve his record to 20-4; Roger will finish the year at 24-4, winning the AL Cy Young Award and MVP for his outstanding season. [...]