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| 1950 | After beating the Browns 20-4 with 23 hits yesterday at Fenway Park, the Red Sox set the major-league record for runs scored by one team as they maul St. Louis again, 29-4. Boston's two-day totals set consecutive-game records for hits and runs scored. |
| 1976 | The Red Sox draft Dixie High School (St. George, UT) standout southpaw Bruce Hurst in the first round of the amateur draft, the twenty-second of 24 picks overall. Four of the first five selections, including top pick ASU's Floyd Bannister, are also left-handed hurlers, with the southpaw from Utah recording the most career victories (145) of the dozen hurlers selected. |
| 2007 | In the third inning of a 10-3 loss to Boston at Chase Field, Julio Lugo tags out a surprised Alberto Callaspo, taking a lead off second base. The Diamondbacks' baserunner is the victim of the hidden ball trick when he doesn't realize the Red Sox shortstop had never returned the ball to the pitcher. |
| 2010 | Tim Wakefield tosses 7.1 innings in Boston's 3-2 victory over Cleveland at Progressive Field to become the Red Sox's all-time leader innings pitched. The 43-year-old right-handed knuckleballer surpasses Roger Clemens, who had established the mark during his 13 seasons with the club by throwing 2,776 frames. |
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