This Day In Red Sox History

1911: “Smoky” Joe Wood beats the St. Louis Browns (Baltimore Orioles) 3-2, picking up his 20^th win of the season.

1915: Boston extends its winning streak to seven games by, beating the Tigers by a score of 2-1, and solidifies first place in the American League. The Sox have also won 19 out of the past 21 games played.

1937: 16 Red Sox batters are fanned by Cleveland’s Bob Feller; this is one less the American League record. The Indians win the game 8-1.

1940: After losing 7- 2 to St. Louis in the first game of a twin bill, Boston comes back with a vengeance, in the night cap winning the game 17-3. Eleven of the 11 runs come in the sixth inning, with Jimmie Foxx hitting his 3^rd grand slam of the year. The game is called just one inning later.

1950: Mel Parnell leads Boston to its 11^th straight win by beating Detroit 6-2.

1960: Coming into the game as a pinch hitter, Vic Wertz hit his second career grand slam tying a record Bill Skowron in 1957. Ted Williams hit his 516^th home run in the 10-7 win over Cleveland.

1963: Two records for strike outs where set today, the first is a combined 44 strike out by Boston and Cleveland in a double header. The second is the Indians having 27 strike outs in 24 innings.

1965: Earl Wilson strikes out 13 in an 8-3 win over the visiting Senators.

1967: With today’s 6-2 win over Chicago, the Red Sox move to a half game lead of the American League.

1978: Dennis Eckersley wins his eighth win of the season at Fenway by shutting out the Angels 6-0. Jim Rice has three hits including his 32^nd home run of the season.

1995: Jose Canseco becomes only the fifth player to hit five home runs in five straight games. Unfortunately his homer is the only run that the Sox score in a 6-1 loss to Oakland. This is only the 3^rd loss of the past 23 games for Boston.

2001: Boston loses to Texas 8-7 in 18 innings, the game last six hours, 35 minutes, becoming the longest game of the season. Both teams combine to use 17 pitchers, only one shy of the Major League record for an extra innings game. After a wild pitch by Boston, Chad Curtis steals second, and is driven home on a grounder. In a strange twist, Chris Michalak picks up the win, after being the losing pitcher yesterday.

BY SOUTHSTANDER