The Royals’ Flash Gordon stops the visiting Red Sox‚ 8 – 1. Sox C Rick Cerone starts the game behind the plate‚ then moves to RF for the first time in his career. Read More August 8, 1989
At an Old Timer’s Day at Yankee Stadium, former manager Joe McCarthy is honored. With the game scoreless in the 7th inning, Mickey Mantle belts a Bob Porterfield pitch into the last row of the RF bleachers, some 460 feet away to break the scoreless tie. Ed Lopat shuts out the Senators for 4 – 0 Yankee win. Read More September 8, 1951
The Red Sox score two runs in the 17th to win, 7 – 5, on RBIs by Rick Burleson and Jim Rice. Ex-Yankee Mike Torrez then stops New York, 8 – 1, in a rain-shortened game. Read More August 3, 1978