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1966 Coming off the Orioles bench, Vic Roznovsky and Boog Powell hit consecutive pinch-hit homers, tying the game in the ninth in an eventual 12-inning, 3-2 victory over the Red Sox. The consecutive round-trippers mark only the third time back-to-back pinch-hit home runs have occurred in major league history.
2001 In the 18th inning, second-string catcher Bill Haselman beats out a bases-loaded potential inning-ending double-play grounder, allowing Chad Curtis to score the winning run in the Rangers' 8-7 victory over the Red Sox. The six-hour and 35-minute contest is the longest game ever played in Ranger history.
2002 Derek Jeter becomes the third player to score at least 100 runs in his first seven major league seasons. The Yankees' shortstop joins Hall of Fame outfielders Ted Williams (Red Sox, 1939-49) and Earle Combs (Yankees, 1925-32) as the only big leaguers to accomplish the feat.
2007 At Comiskey Park, the Red Sox complete a four-game sweep of the White Sox, 11-1. Boston, tallying at least ten runs in every contest, outscores their Windy City opponents, 46-7.


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2024

"Pinch-hitting for Danny Jansen: Daulton Varsho. Defensive changes: Danny Jansen now at catcher." - DAVESON PEREZ, Red Sox media relations coordinator announcing lineup changes in the Fenway Park press box.

In the resumption of a suspended contest, Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen becomes the first major leaguer to appear for both teams in the same game, playing in the second inning for both clubs, when he takes his position behind the plate to receive pitches thrown to the batter, Daulton Varsho, who is pinch-hitting for him. On June 26, the 29-year-old backstop, then with Toronto, was in the middle of an at-bat at Fenway when rain stopped play, a month before the team traded him for three Boston prospects, Cutter Coffey, Eddinson Paulino, and Gilberto Batista.


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