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| 1989 | Dwight Evans plays in his 2,293rd game wearing a Red Sox uniform, surpassing Ted Williams' total to become second on the all-time list for games played with the team. Carl Yastrzemski holds the franchise mark, playing in 3,308 contests before he retired in 1983. |
| 1995 | Mark McGwire ties a major league record by hitting five homers in back-to-back games, becoming the 15th player to accomplish the feat and the first American Leaguer to do it twice. Big Mac's three homers in consecutive at-bats, all solo shots against Zane Smith that cleared the Green Monster, helping the A's defeat the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 8-1. |
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