May 6, 2008: Forty-one year-old Tim Wakefield pitches eight shutout innings and forty-two year-old Mike Timlin pitches the ninth to complete the shutout as the Red Sox defeat the Tigers 5-0; this is the first time in more than a century that two pitchers over the age of 40 have combined for a shutout. [...]

May 5, 1929: The Boston Braves lose 7-2 to the Pittsburg Pirates as 35,000 fans watch the first regular National League game ever played on a Sunday in Boston; because of Fenway Park's proximity to a church, the Red Sox will not play a Sunday game at Fenway, borrowing Braves Field for Sunday games until July 3, 1932, when the Blue Law was amended. [...]

May 4, 1939: In his first game at-bat at Briggs Stadium (later renamed Tigers Stadium) Red Sox rookie Ted Williams hits a home run that clears the right field roof of the park; this is the first ball to ever clear the right field roof at Briggs Stadium and Ted adds a second home run later in the game to prove that this was not a fluke! [...]

May 3, 1938: Red Sox pitcher Lefty Grove defeats the Detroit Tigers 4-3 and this win starts a personal streak of 20 straight wins while pitching at Fenway Park; Grove's streak lasted from May 3, 1938 until May 12, 1941, Groves last big league season, and it will help him to be elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame in 1947. [...]

May 2, 1995: Former Seton Hall teammates, first baseman Mo Vaughn and Shortstop John Valentin, both hit grand slam home runs to provide all of the runs in an 8-0 win for the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium; this is the first and only time in MLB history that two grand slam home runs have provided all of the runs in a game. [...]