August 24, 2011: The Red Sox retake the lead for first place in the AL East from the New York Yankees with a 13-2 thrashing of the Texas Rangers at The Ballpark in Arlington, TX; the Red Sox offense is powered by two-run homers from Jacoby Ellsbury, Adrian Gonzalez, and Carl Crawford, who has 5 RBI in the game while the winning pitcher is Josh Beckett. [...]

August 23, 2012: In a game that seemed to epitomize a lost season, the Red Sox jump out to a 6-0 lead over the Los Angeles Angels after 2 innings, then proceed to give up 8 runs in the third, they take a 9-8 lead in the 7th, blow that, jump out ahead 11-9 going into the ninth and squander that lead, going on to lose 14-13 in the tenth inning; nuf ced! [...]

August 22, 1992: Red Sox shortstop John Valentine made his first MLB home run a big one as his sixth inning grand slam home run tied the Seattle Mariners 7-7 in a game played at Fenway Park before 33,275 fans; outfielder Tom Brunansky put the game away for good with a two-run homer in the 8th inning and the Red Sox defeated the Mariners 10-8. [...]

August 21, 2000: Red Sox first baseman Brian Daubach hits a home run in the ninth inning at Fenway to tie the Angels 5-5, sending the game into extra innings and in the last of the eleventh his two-run single gives the Red Sox a 7-6 win; but don't look for Daubach Red Sox baseball card because as a replacement player he was excluded from all MLB merchandise. [...]

August 20, 1967: After winning the first game of a doubleheader 12-2 over the California Angels, the Red Sox come back from an 8-0 deficit to beat the Angels 9-8; the dramatic comeback is triggered by a three-run Carl Yastrzemski home run and two key hits by super-sub Jerry Adair and is later cited as a key to the Impossible Dream AL pennant-winning season. [...]