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| 1916 |
Red Sox right-hander Rube Foster, throwing a perfect game until issuing a walk in the seventh inning, tosses a 2-0 no-hitter against the Highlanders, which marked a turning point in their season, igniting a winning streak helping the team to capture the American League flag. The no-no is the sixth in Red Sox franchise history and the first-ever thrown in Fenway Park, the team's home since 1912.Â
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| 1964 |
On an unseasonably warm Father's Day at Shea Stadium, Phillies' right-hander Jim Bunning becomes the first modern pitcher to toss a no-hitter in both leagues when he throws a perfect game to beat the Mets, 6-0. Gus Triandos, who caught Orioles' Hoyt Wilhelm's no-hitter in 1958, is the first catcher to handle a no-hitter in each circuit.
(Ed. Note: In addition to being behind the mike for today's game, Mets broadcaster Bob Murphy, doing play-by-play for the Red Sox in 1958, called Bunning's no-hitter in the Tigers' 3-0 victory at Fenway Park. - LP) |
| 1967 |
In retaliation for Joe Foy getting struck in the helmet in the top of the frame, Red Sox starter Jim Lonborg promptly plunks opposing pitcher Thad Tillotson in the back, igniting a bench-clearing brawl in the second inning of the Yankees' 8-1 loss to Boston at the Stadium. The five-minute melee results in no ejections but doesn't quite settle the matter, with Reggie Smith getting brushed back in the third, and Dick Howser leaves the game in the fifth after being hit in the head with a pitch.
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| 2003 | Tied 2-2 after nine innings at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, the Red Sox and Phillies exchange runs in the twelfth, and then when Boston tallies twice in the thirteenth, the hometown team scores three times in the bottom of the frame to win the interleague contest, 6-5. Boston shortstop Nomar Garciaparra goes 6-for-6 for the day, all singles. |
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