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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!

2000-06-10

By |2020-04-09T14:43:24-04:00April 1st, 2020|

June 10, 1953: Red Sox right fielder Jimmy Piersall goes 6-6, with the hits coming against five different pitchers, in an 11-2 victory over the St. Louis Browns; Piersall, who was making a comeback after suffering through a nervous breakdown the previous season, tied an American League record and became the first Red Sox player with six hits in one game. [...]

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2000-06-09

By |2020-04-09T14:56:43-04:00April 1st, 2020|

June 9, 1967: Carl Yastrzemski serves notice that the Cardiac Kids are for real as he makes two spectacular catches and hits two home runs to lead the Red Sox to an 8-7 win over the Washington Senators; Yaz would go on to be named the AL MVP and to win the Triple Crown with a .326 average, 121 RBI, and 44 home runs. [...]

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2000-06-08

By |2020-04-09T14:36:00-04:00April 1st, 2020|

June 8, 1950: The Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Browns now the Baltimore Orioles 29-4 at Fenway Park one day after beating the Browns 20-4; Boston sets five new MLB records including runs scored, extra base hits (17), total bases (60), as Bobby Doerr compiled 8 RBI and first baseman Walt Dropo chipped in with 7 RBI. [...]

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2000-06-07

By |2020-04-09T15:27:52-04:00April 1st, 2020|

June 7, 2011: Jonathon Papelbon earns his 200th career save with the Boston Red Sox as he closes out a 6-4 win over the New York Yankees; his 200th career save comes in his 259th game with the Red Sox and establishes an MLB record for the fewest appearances required to reach 200 saves, surpassing the Yankees' Mariano Rivera. [...]

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2000-06-06

By |2020-04-09T14:34:51-04:00April 1st, 2020|

June 6, 1948: The Red Sox slug three consecutive home runs hit on nine pitches by Stan Spence, Vern Stephens and Ted Williams en route to a 12-4 win over the Detroit Tigers; this is the second time in 1948 (the first time was on Opening Day) that Red Sox hitters have connected for three consecutive home runs and this establishes an MLB record. [...]

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