This Day in Red Sox History

August 28

1907: “Cy” Young wins the 20^th game of the season defeating the Highlander (Yankees) 5-3.

1908: Boston fires manager Deacon McGuire and replace him with Fred Lake.

1912: The Red Sox sets a Major League record for the fewest at bat in a double header at 50. The few at bats that the do get, they make the most of winning the games 5-3 and 3-0.

1913: Walter Johnson’s 14 game winning streak ends as Boston defeats Washington 1-0 in 11 innings.

1915: Boston takes the first games of a double header in Cleveland 5-3 behind “Babe” Ruth and Carl Mays.

1921: The White Sox lose at home to the Red Sox 6-5 in 11 innings, and Sam Jones picks up his 20^th win of the season.

1926: The Indians use the same line up, including starting pitcher Dutch Levsen in a double header at Fenway. Cleveland wins the first game 6-1 and the second one 5-1. Although Levsen did not strike out a single batter, he is the last Major League player to win two complete games in one day.

1932: Due the total solar eclipse on happening on the 31^st, the Red Sox and Indians by a double header. Boston splits the series 10-1Land 4-3W.

1948: Short stop Vern Stephens is 4 for 4 with two double to lead Boston in a 6-2 win over Chicago. The only starter for Beantown not to get a hit is Ellis Kinder.

1950: Facing the Indians at Fenway Park the Red Sox rally to win 15-14, over coming deficits of 10-0 and 12-1. Dom DiMaggio is the spark the powers the Sox back as he has two triples and a single. The losing pitcher for Cleveland is Bob Feller, in his only relief appearance of the season, as he comes in the game for starter Bob Lemon, who happens to be the winningest pitcher in the American League this season.

1967: The Red Sox signs free-agent Ken Harrelson for the rest of this season and all of 1968. The contract has a $75,000 bonus. Harrelson will go on to hit a homer in is first at bat, but post a meager .200 average for the rest of his time in Boston.

1978: With the Sox down 9-7 in the bottom of the ninth Fred Lynn steps to the dish, and gets his 5^th hit of the game including his 34^th homer. Lynn would go on to score on an error, then Butch Hobson drives in the winning run on a two run double. The Red Sox and the Mariners combine for 16 extra base hits, in Boston’s 10-9 win.

1983: Greg Luzinski becomes the first player to hit three homers onto the roof of Comiskey Park, by connecting off “Oil Can” Boyd in Chicago’s 6-2 victory. Both “Double X” Jimmie Foxx and Teddy Ballgame each reach the top of the barn twice in Comiskey.

1999: Tim Wakefield faces fellow Steve Sparks knuckleballer face off at Fenway. This believed to be only the 27^th match up between two knuckleballers in the entire history of big league play. Boston would win the game 7-6.