July 5, 2005: Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez hits a grand slam home run in the third inning to provide the margin of victory in a 7-4 win over Rangers at Arlington Texas; the grand slam is the 20th of Ramirez' career, placing him second on the all-time MLB list behind Yankee great Lou Gehrig, and it is his third grand slam of the young season. [...]

July 4, 1977: The Red Sox create their own fireworks, exploding for eight home runs, the MLB record at the time, and defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-6 to snap a nine-game losing streak; Fred Lynn and George "Boomer" Scott both hit two home runs, while Yaz, Butch Hobson, Jim Rice, and Bernie Carbo hit one each, with four of the home runs coming in the eighth i [...]

July 3, 1978: Carl Yastrzemski paces the Red Sox to a 9-5 win over the New York Yankees before 34,722 at Fenway Park; Yaz contributes three hits, including a run-scoring double in the third inning that gives Yaz 2,800 hits with the Red Sox, and the win gives the Red Sox a nine game lead over the Yankees, and Boston will remain in first place in the AL East t [...]

July 2, 1972: Red Sox center fielder Reggie Smith homers batting left-handed in the sixth inning and homers batting right-handed in the seventh to lead the Red Sox to a 15-4 shellacking of the Milwaukee Brewers; Smith will play eight seasons for the Red Sox, earning All-Star honors twice, and go on to play another nine seasons as 5-time All-Star in the NL [...]

July 1, 1955: Red Sox left-hander "Marvelous" Mel Parnell holds the Yankees to four hits and he shuts out the New Yorkers 2-0 before a crowd of 16,817 at Fenway Park; the win gives Parnell, who would go on to win the most games (123) of any left-handed pitcher in Red Sox history, his 100th victory with Boston joining Cy Young, Joe Wood, Lefty Grove and Joe D [...]