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Celebrating 155 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 155 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

2000-07-20

By |2020-04-09T14:50:03-04:00April 1st, 2020|

July 20, 1958: The Red Sox lose 3-0 to the Detroit Tigers as future Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning pitches a no-hitter and strikes out 12 Red Sox hitters; after the game Red Sox pitcher Frank Sullivan sends Bunning a note "You were terrific all the way. I knew if I couldn't hit you, nobody could hit you!" For the record, Sullivan had a lifetime batting average [...]

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2000-07-19

By |2020-04-09T14:49:40-04:00April 1st, 2020|

July 19, 1958: Ted Williams hits a two-run home run in the bottom on the twelfth inning to give the Red Sox a come-from-behind 7-6 win over the Detroit Tigers; the Tigers had pushed across a run in the top of the twelfth to take a 6-5 lead, but Jimmy Piersall singled as a pinch-hitter and with two outs Williams lauched a drive into the right field grandstand [...]

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2000-07-18

By |2020-04-09T15:04:00-04:00April 1st, 2020|

July 18, 1975: The Red Sox defeat the Kansas City Royals 9-3 as Jim Rice clouts a third inning home run that clears the centerfield wall 20 feet to the right of the flagpole; Rice becomes only the sixth player to clear the centerfield wall joining greats like Jimmie Foxx and Carl Yastrzemski, while owner Tom Yawkey call it "the longest drive I have ever seen [...]

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2000-07-17

By |2020-04-09T15:21:11-04:00April 1st, 2020|

July 17, 1996: The Red Sox are up 9-2 after six innings, but the Yankees score three in the seventh, two in the eighth, and four in the ninth to go out in front 11-9 heading into the bottom of the ninth; but a Fenway crowd of 34,082, goes home happy as Jeff Frye singles home Troy O'Leary from third to give the Red Sox a 12-11 walk-off win. [...]

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2000-07-16

By |2020-04-09T15:23:00-04:00April 1st, 2020|

July 16, 1998: Tim Wakefield improves to 11-4 as the Red Sox drub the Cleveland Indians 15-5 before 33,568 fans at Fenway Park; Troy O'Leary leads the offense with a grand slam home run and five RBI, while Nomar Garciaparra chipped in with four hits including two doubles and a homer while matching O'Leary's five RBI. [...]

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