August 29, 2000: Pedro Martinez retires the first 24 Tamps Devil Rays in order and shrugs off a single by former Red Sox catcher John Flaherty to lead off the ninth as the Red Sox defeat the Rays 8-0 before 17,450 fans at the Tropicana Dome; Pedro strikes out 13 batters and doesn't walk anyone in an absolutely dominating performance. [...]

August 28, 1950: At Fenway Park the Red Sox overcome deficits of 0-10 and 1-12, to defeat the Cleveland Indians 15-14 at Fenway Park, led by two triples and a single by center fielder Dom DiMaggio; the 1950 Red Sox were arguably the greatest offensive team in Red Sox history, batting .302 as a team, and .311 when pitcher's times at-bat are excluded! [...]

August 27, 2011: With Hurricane Irene barreling towards the East Coast, the Red Sox move up their single game scheduled for Sunday to Saturday as part of a makeshift doubleheader; the Red Sox win the first game 9-3 as John Lester runs his record to 14-6 and they beat the A's 4-0 in the second game using four different pitchers to open up a two game lead in t [...]

August 26, 1990: The Red Sox defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 before 50,000 fans at the Skydome in Toronto as Greg Harris limits the Jays to two hits in eight innings and Jody Reed drives in Tom Brunansky with the only run of the game in the eighth inning; this is the Red Sox third consecutive shutout of Toronto, the team that leads MLB in runs scored. [...]

August 25, 2012: The Red Sox trade Josh Beckett, Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Nick Punto to the Los Angeles Dodgers for first baseman James Loney and four prospects including pitchers Allen Webster, Rudy De La Rosa; at home the Red Sox continue their stumbling, bumbling ways, blowing a 9-3 lead before losing to the lowly Kansas City Royals 10-9. [...]