May 31, 1998: The Red Sox score 11 runs in the third inning against the Yankees the most runs scored in one inning against their long-time rivals, and go on to rout New York 13-7; a stunned crowd of almost 56,000 at Yankee Stadium looks on as the Red Sox score 8 earned runs against starter Andy Pettitte. [...]

May 30, 1894: Boston Beaneaters' second baseman Bobby Lowe became the first MLB player to hit four home runs in one game as he leads the Beaneaters to a 20-11 win over the Cincinnati Reds; Lowe's four home runs came in the second game of a doubleheader against the Reds with two of them coming in the third inning. [...]

May 29, 1993: With the Texas Rangers trailing the Red Sox 12-1 in the 8th inning, Texas manager Kevin Kennedy calls on outfielder Jose Canseco to pitch; Canseco gives up 3 runs, strains a ligament in his right elbow, and misses the rest of the season as well as limiting his future effectiveness in the outfield. [...]

May 28, 2005: The Red Sox defeat the New York Yankees 17-1, before a crowd of 55,000 at Yankee Stadium in the most lopsided score in the history of the heated 105 year rivalry; Yankee pitcher Paul Quantrill gives up a grand slam home run, a three-run homer, and a two-run homer in that order. [...]

May 27, 1955: Red Sox first baseman Norm Zauchin hits three home runs and barely misses a fourth with a Green Monster double; all of Zauchin's hits came in the first five innings, and resulted in ten RBI to tie a team record set by Rudy York, as the Red Sox defeat the Washington Senators 16-0. [...]