I totally remember this game. I was listening to it on WSPR-1280-Springfield, the old Ken Coleman days, and I broke the inside panel of my bedroom door by throwing a hairbrush at it when the Sox failed to score in the ninth.

There are 20 events featured in Day by Day for May 1, but based on our recent struggles hitting with men on base I thought this was good one to list. I don't remember the game, but it sounds damn painful.

We also re-signed Rich Gedman on this date in 1987.

From Day by Day May 2:

1995: "...Boston's 8-0 defeat of the Yankees was the first time that two grand slams counted for all the runs in a ballgame. Seton Hall teammates Mo Vaughn (third inning) and John Valentin (fourth inning)..."

Born on this date:

1896: Billy Piercy
1925: Ralph Brickner
1932: Eddie Bressoud

Selected May 3 entries from Day by Day:

1999: "Catcher Creighton Gubanich hits a grand slam for his first major lrague hit..."

1920: "Harry Frazee bought Fenway Park..."

Born on this date:

1892: Del Baker
1904: Red Ruffing

Also born on this date (not listed in Day by Day:

1981: minor league prospect Iggy Suarez

Day by Day selections from May 4:

2002: "A ninth-inning, two out, pinch-hit slam by Shea Hillenbrand bumped the Sox to a 7-5 win over the Devil Rays..."

1974: "...Rick Burleson made three erros in his major league debut. It tied a major league record."

Transactions:

1990: Acquired Tom Brunansky from the St. Louis Cardinals in a trade for Lee Smith.

Selections from May 5:

1904: "...Cy Young pitched a perfect game against Philadelphia and mound rival Rube Waddell...Young had now thrown 18 consecutive hitless innings...Young reportedly shouted at Waddell, 'How do you like that, you hayseed?'"

Transactions:

1989: Signed free agent Joe Price
1994: Bob Zupcic acquired off waivers from the White Sox

Red Sox debuts:

1934: Lefty Grove
1948: Ellis Kinder
1995: Brian Looney

Born on this date:

1934: Don Buddin
1941: Tommy Helms

Deaths:

1969: Eddie Cicotte

May 6 selections from Day by Day:

2002: "...Pedro Martinez posted 17 Ks against the Devil Rays, but Steve Trachsel threw a shutout and Tampa Bay beat Boston 1-0."

1918: "1B...the first time in which Babe Ruth started at a position other than pitcher."

Transactions:

1978: Signed amateur free agent Steve Crawford

Born on this date:

1883: Ed Karger
1907: Ivy Andrews
1939: Russ Gibson
1953: Larry Andersen
1962: Tom Bolton
1968: Phil Clark
1971: Izzy Alcantara
1976: Earl Snyder

Paul Montella's column also has this entry for May 6:

1915 -- As a pitcher for Boston, Babe Ruth had three hits, including his first major league home run when he connected off Jack Warhop of the New York Yankees at the Polo Grounds.

May 8 selections:

2005: "The major league debut of pitcher Cla Meredith...He had never given up a home run at any stage in all of his 42 prior pro appearances...gave up a grand slam to Seattle's Richie Sexson."

2004: "Pokey Reese hit an inside the park home run in the fifth inning and a conventional home run in the sixth inning...against the Royals."

1926: "A fire...spread to the third base bleachers at Fenway Park, which were almost completely destroyed...Ownership elects to not replace the seats."

I remember that game. Juan Gone played Pokey's routine single/double into a HR. Yikes.

May 10 selections from Day by Day:

1999: "...Nomar Garciaparra hit a grand slam in the first, a two-run homer in the third, and another grand slam in the fifth."

Red Sox debuts:

1998: Lou Merloni

Born on this date:

1868: Ed Barrow
1946: Ray Jarvis
1969: Pete Schourek

May 12 from Day by Day:

1961: "Seventeen strikeouts by Bill Monbouquette...Boton 2, Washington 1."

1950: "The Red Sox front office issued a statement saying that Ted Williams apologized to Boston fans for "insulting gestures" which he offered in three directions to fans who booed after his two errors..."

Born on this date; May 13:

1896: Larry Gardner
1902: Hal Neubauer
1910: Boze Berger
1917: Lou Stringer
1927: Bob Smith
1942: Billy MacLeod
1949: Terry Hughes
1950: Juan Beniquez

Born on this date; May 14:

1925: Les Moss
1942: Tony Perez

May 15 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox:

1998: "Lou Merloni hits a home run in his first ever Fenway at-bat..."

Born on this date:

1888: Steve Yerkes
1911: Howie Storie
1975: Steve Woodard
1980: Josh Beckett

Red Sox debuts:

1984: Roger Clemens
2004: Kevin Youkilis

May 17 selections from Day by Day:

Transactions:

1971: Signed free agent Luis Tiant
1989: Signed free agent Rick Lancelotti

Red Sox debuts:

2001: David Cone

May 18:

2002: "Pedro Martinez...after a two-hour Fenway rain delay, struck out Seattle on nine pitches in the first inning."

1976: "Carl Yastrzemski plays his 2,293rd game, eclipsing Ted Williams' record."

Born on this date:

1911: Al Niemiec
1933: Carroll Hardy
1965: Erik Hanson
1971: Rich "El Guapo" Garces

May 19 selections from Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

"May 19 is the only date in the regular season which has never seen a player debut for the Boston Red Sox."

1976: "Yaz broke out of his deep .198 slump, going 4-for-4 with three homers...off Tiger pitching."

1929: "Two killed and 62 hurt at Yankees-Red Sox game...torrential downpours caused the over-capacity crowd to run for cover."

Born on this date:

1889: Wally Snell
1954: Rick Cerone

May 21 selections (a great day for names in Red Sox history):

Transactions:

1935: Traded Moose Solters and cash to St. Louis for Ski Melillo.
1947: Frankie "Blimp" Hayes is given his release.

Red Sox debuts:

1907: Bunk Congalton
1932: Regis Leheny

Born on this date:

1909: Mace Brown
1970: Bryce Florie

May 22 selections from Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1997: "The Red Sox...beat the Yankees 8-2. Wil Cordero was 5-for-6 and Tim Naehring was 4-for-6. Tom Gordon started and won..."

1984: "...at Fenway...in the top of the third...a rat was spotted in the vicinity of the Red Sox on-deck circle. It headed straight for the mound before veering left toward the third base foul line, but not before Ed Jurak came in and fielded the rat, scooping it up in his first baseman's mitt (which bore a couple of bite marks) and stuffed him in a trash can in the dugout..."

Born on this date:

1902: Al Simmons
1904: Ed Morgan
1915: Otey Clark
1915: PinkyWoods
1969: Vaughn Eshelman

Deaths:

1975: Lefty Grove

May 25:

1906: "Boston hadn't won a game since April...riding a 20-game losing streak...19 of the 20 were played before their home fans...the steak included five starts by Cy Young...the final was 3-0 Boston."

Transactions:

1984: Traded Dennis Eckersley and Mike Brumley to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Buckner.

May 26 selections from Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1978: "It's not even the end of May, and Jim Rice already had 16 home runs and 48 RBIs. Dwight Evans had two homers in the day's game, beating the Tigers 6-3 game behind Bill Lee's pitching..."


1941: "Lefty Grove won his 296th game...as the Red Sox beat New York 10-3..."

Red Sox debuts:

1984: Bill Buckner
2005: Shawn Wooten (his only game in a Red Sox uniform)

May 27 selections from Day by Day:

1988: "...Dwight Evans had base hit number 2,000."

1969: "Rico Petrocelli had his 45th errorless game in a row at shortstop, setting a new team record."

Born on this date:

1909: Pinky Higgins
1924: Tom Hurd
1956: Mark Clear

May 28 selections from Day by Day:

2005: "The Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees, winning by the most lopsided score in the history of the rivalry, 17-1"

2000: "Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez...throw shutout ball through eight innings at Yankee Stadium. With two outs in the top of the ninth, Trot Nixon's two-run homer gave Boston the boost to win, as Pedro escaped a bases loaded bottom of the ninth to hold on for a 2-0 victory."

Transactions:

1962: Signed amateur free agent George Scott

Red Sox debuts:

2005: Kelly Shoppach, John Olerud

May 29 selections from Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox


1984: "Joe Cronin's #4 is officially retired in a Fenway Park ceremony."

Born on this date:

1941: John Kennedy
1958: Mike Stenhouse
1969: Toby Borland

May 30 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day:

2001: "After the game, Pedro (Martinez) said, 'I'm starting to hate talking about the Yankees...maybe they should just wake up the Bambino and have him face me, and I'll drill him in the ass."

1997: "Mo Vaughn hit three homers for the Red Sox, as Boston beat New York 10-4 at Fenway."

1943: "Jim Tabor's solo home run off Virgil Trucks was the first home run of the season at Fenway Park...it was just the third homer of the year for Boston; major league totals were down since the baseballs being used were the so called balata balls during World War II, used to conserve rubber for military purposes."

Born on this date:

1972: Manny Ramirez

5/31

Birthdays:
1969 - Tim VanEgmond
1971 - Jose Malave
1972 - Dave Roberts

Passings:
1935 - Case Patten
1964 - Rabbit Warstler
1987 - Jerry Adair

Events:
1994 - The Red Sox trade OF Billy Hatcher and P Paul Quantrill to the Phillies in exchange for OF Wes Chamberlain and minor league P Mike Sullivan.

Boxscore:
1986 - Wade Boggs goes five for five as the Sox beat the Twins 7-2. Boggs' onslaught pushes his average over .400 for the season.

June 1 selections from Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox


1901: "Buck Freeman is the first player in franchise history to hit two runs in one game, a 10-5 victory in Chicago."

Born on this date:

1872: George Huff
1901: Lou Legler
1935: Hal Kolstad
1973: Derek Lowe

Red Sox debuts:

1994: Wes Chamberlain
2003: Byung-Hyun Kim

More 6/1

Events:
2000 - Tomo Ohka throws the first International League perfect game in 48 years.

1987 - Dwight Evans hits his 300th career home run in a loss to the Twins.

Boxscores:
1916 - Babe Ruth defeats Walter Johnson 1-0.

6/2

Birthdays:
1876 - Charlie Jones
1967 - Mike Stanton

Passings:
1956 - Denny Sullivan
1973 - Lore Bader
1978 - Bob McGraw

Boxscore:
1995 - John Valentin goes BOOM, going 5-5 with three home runs and a double in the Sox' 6-5 win over Seattle.

Events:
1994 - The Sox have a very successful draft, selecting (among others) Nomar Garciaparra, Brian Rose, Donnie Sadler, and Carl Pavano.

1967 - The Sox trade Don McMahon to the White Sox in for Jerry Adair.

1966 - The Sox trade Dick Radatz to the Indians for Lee Stange and Don McMahon (see above).

Today (June 2) is also the 25th birthday of Red Sox pitching prospect Mike James. A product of the University of Connecticut, James is currently the closer at Wilmington.

June 3 selections from Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1988: "Margo Adams files suit against Wade Boggs for palimony after their four year relationship broke up."

1964: "Tony Conigliaro hit a fifth inning grand slam off Dan Osinski. Tony C was 19 years and five months old, the youngest player who has ever hit a grand slam."

Transactions:

1952: Traded Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Don Lenhardt, Johnny Pesky, and Bill Wight to the Detroit Tigers for Hoot Evers, George Kell, Johnny Lipon, and Dizzy Trout.

1976: Traded Bernie Carbo to the Milwaukee Brewers for Bobby Darwin and Tom Murphy.

1993: Drafted Trot Nxon, Jeff Suppan, and Lou Merloni.

Born on this date:

1899: Urbane Pickering
1903: Chappie Geygan
1942: Duane Josephson
1956: Julio Valdez
1960: Steve Lyons
1971: Carl Everett

June 4 selections from Day by Day:

1989: "Ahead of Toronto 10-0 after six innings...Sox relievers yielded two runs in the seventh, four in the eighth and five in the ninth. The Sox tied it in the bottom of the ninth, but ultimately lost 13-11 in 12 innings. It was the biggest blown lead in Fenway history."

1977: "Bill Lee only needed 78 pitches to throw a complete game at Metropolitan Stadium, beating the Twins 5-2. He never let even a single batter get to ball three."

Born on this date:

1932: John McNamara
1947: Doug Griffin
1957: Tony Pena
1983: Cla Meredith

June 5 selections from Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

2001: "Shea Hillenbrand...gave the Red Sox the win 4-3 on a home run over the wall in the bottom of the 18th inning (against the Tigers)."

Transactions:

1969: Drafted Rick Miller and Dwight Evans

1973: Drafted Ted Cox, Fred Lynn and Butch Hobson

1989: Drafted Mo Vaughn, Eric Wedge, Jeff Bagwell and Paul Quantrill

1990: Released Bill Buckner

Born on this date:

1874: Jack Chesbro
1878: Fred Mitchell
1881: Beany Jacobson
1916: Eddie Joost

6/6

Birthdays:
1972 - Tony Graffanino

Passings:
1972 - Topper Rigney
2001 - Ford Garrison

Boxscore:
1996 - John Valentin goes BOOM again, hitting for the cycle in a 7-4 win over Chicago. The Sox also ground into a 5-4-3 triple play (Vaughn out at 3rd, Canseco out at 2nd, Tim Naehring out at 1st).

Events:
1983 - The Sox draft Roger Clemens. The 18 players drafted ahead of Clemens are Tim Belcher, Kurt Stillwell, Jeff Kunkel, Eddie Williams, Stan Hilton*, Jackie Davidson*, Darrel Akerfelds, Robbie Wine, Matt Stark, Ray Hayward, Dave Clark, Ron DeLucchi*, Joel Davis, Rich Stoll*, Wayne Dotson*, Brian Holman, Terry Bell, and Erik Sonberg*. Players with asterisks never play a single game in the majors.

6/7

Birthdays:
1966 - Heathcliff Slocumb
1969 - Jeff Pierce
1971 - Roberto Petagine

Passings:
1995 - Eddie Lake

Boxscore:
1990 - Greg Harris and Jeff Reardon combine to hold the Yankees to one hit (Jesse Barfield's 5th inning single). With no walks, errors, or HBP the Sox miss a perfect game by one batter

Events:
2001 - Jason Varitek breaks his right elbow diving for a pop up. He will miss the remainder of the season.

1982 - The Sox draft Sam Horn, Rob Parkins, and Jeff Ledbetter in the first round. Hey, one out of three ain't bad! They do better with 3rd rounder Mike Greenwell.

Selections from June 9:

1918: "Dutch Leonard, following up on his June 3 no-hitter, shuts out the Indians 2-0 on eight hits. Leonard was 2-for-3 at the plate with two singles, both of which moved a runner into scoring position from which Harry Hooper drove them in."

Born on this date:

1899: Bill Narleski
1903: Bill Ryba

Transactions:

1960: Traded Gene Stephens to the Baltimore Orioles for Willie Tasby
1962: Signed amateur free agent Bob Montgomery

June 11 selections from Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1979: "Bob Stanley pitched a very rare extra-inning shutout, throwing 10 innings in a 4-0 win over Kansas City."

1952: "It was St. Louis 9, Boston 5 after 8 1/2 innings. Satchel Paige was pitching well in relief, but Jimmy Piersall may have shaken him a bit. Not only did he cavort around flapping his arms and shouting, 'Oink, oink, oink,' Piersall also told Paige he was going to bunt, and then did -- beating out the bunt for a single...Sammy White hit a grand slam to win it, 11-9. Showboating Sammy dropped to the ground after rounding third and crawled to the plate, where he planed a kiss."

Red Sox debuts:

1971: Luis Tiant

June 12 selections from Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Born on this date:

1970: Damon Buford

Transactions:

1927: Sold Baby Doll Jacobson to the Cleveland Indians
1932: Traded Earl Webb to the Detroit Tigers for Dale Alexander and Roy Johnson
1962: Traded Tom Unphlett and cash to the New York Yankees for Billy Gardner
2001: Received Doug Mirabelli from the Texas Rangers in trade for Justin Duchscherer

June 13 selections from Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1997: "The Red Sox played their first interleague game ever, against the New York Mets, beating them 8-4."

1957: "Ted Williams hit three homers in a 9-3 win over the Indians, two off Early Wynn and one off Bob Lemon."

Born on this date:

1907: Gene Desautels
1922: Mel Parnell
1952: Ernie Whitt

6/15

Birthdays:
1906 - Monte Weaver
1912 - Babe Dahlgren
1927 - Ben Flowers
1958 - Wade Boggs
1972 - Tony Clark, Ramiro Mendoza

Passings:
1987 - George Smith

Boxscore:
1967 - Walkoff magic...down 1-0 to the White Sox with two outs in the bottom of the 11th, Joe Foy singles and Tony Conigliaro goes yard to win it 2-1.

Events:
1978 - The Sox sell Bernie Carbo to the Indians, completing the purge of players not liked by Don Zimmer.

6/16

Birthdays:
1884 - Bob Peterson
1914 - Johnnie Wittig
1962 - Calvin Schiraldi

Passings:
1976 - George Dickey

Boxscore:
1997 - More walkoff magic...the Sox win in unusual fashion when Ricky Bottalico hits Troy O'Leary with the bases loaded, giving the Sox a 7-6 win over the Phillies in the tenth inning.

Events:
1994 - The Sox acquire Tom Brunansky from the Brewers for Dave Valle.

June 17 selections from Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1978: "...Bill Lee rejoined the club, sporting a t-shirt that said, 'Freiendship first, competition second.' Lee was fined one day's pay."

1977: "At Fenway, the Sox banged out four home runs in the first inning off Catfish Hunter, and won 11-1...Rick Burleson, Fred Lynn, Carlton Fisk and Georhe Scott."

Born on this date:

1903: Ben Shields
1910: Joe Bowman
1911: Bill Humphrey
1928: Willard Nixon
1975: Donnie Sadler

June 18 selections from Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1997: "The Yankees...Billy Martin then embarassed Reggie (Jackson) by walking out to right field and removing Jackson from the game. After both Martin and Jackson jaw at each other in the Fenway visitors' dugout, Martin has to be restrained from attacking Jackson. Boston wins, 10-4, powered by five Sox home runs. Yaz and Carbo both hit a pair."

1975: "Fred Lynn...(went) 5-for-6 with 10 RBIs and 16 total bases...beat the Tigers 15-1.

1953: "...The Red Sox scored...17 runs in the seventh inning...The final was Boston 23, Detroit 3.

Born on this date:

1961: Tom McCarthy

Transactions:

1904: Traded Patsy Daugherty to the New York Highlanders for Bob Unglaub
1997: Rudy Pemberton granted free agency

June 19 selections from Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

2000: "Sox fan extraordinaire Lib Dooley attended more than 4,000 consecutive Sox games at Fenway Park over 55 seasons. Ms. Dooley, 87, died hours before the Yankees dealth the Red Sox ever suffered at their hands, 22-1."

1957: "Mel Parnell, his arm worn out, calls it a career...He was 123-75 lifetime, all in service to the Red Sox. He has more wins for the Sox than any other Boston southpaw."

Born on this date:

1884: Eddie Cicotte
1909: Casper Asbjornson
1912: Don Gutteridge
1974: Doug Mientkiewicz
1977: Bruce Chen

6/21

Birthdays:
None

Passings:
1943 - Chet Chadbourne

Boxscore:
1994 - The Sox score ten runs in the top of the first inning and go on to beat the Blue Jays 13-1.

Events:
1998 - The Sox trade Jim Leyritz and Ethan Faggett to the Padres for Carlos Reyes, Dario Veras, and Mandy Romero

1977 - The Sox sign Tommy Helms and waive Doug Griffin

1916 - Rube Foster pitches the first no-hitter in Fenway Park, beating the Yankees 2–0.

June 22 selections from Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1982: "Wade Boggs connected for his first major league homer in the bottom of the 11th, giving the Red Sox a 5-4 walkoff win over the Tigers."

Born on this date:

1920: Walt Masterson
1931: Faye Throneberry

Transactions:

2004: Signed Curtis Leskanic to a contract

6/23

Birthdays:
1900 - Bill Harris
1907 - Dusty Cooke
1915 - Aaron Robinson
1958 - Marty Barrett

Passings:
1994 - Joe Dobson
2000 - Bob Tillman
2003 - Bob Smith

Boxscore:
2001 - Manny Ramirez hits two home runs at Fenway Park, the second one conveniently measured at 501 feet. The measurement leaves Ted Williams' historic 502 foot blast as the longest in Fenway history.

Events:
1981 - The Longest Game Ever Played concludes after only 18 minutes of play when birthday-boy Marty Barrett scores on a single in the 33rd inning.

1917 - Ernie Shore pitches his "perfect game" (since stricken from the rolls of such achievements) by retiring the last 26 batters of the game against the Senators.

June 26 selections from Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1962: "Earl Wilson's first major league shutout was a Fenway Park no-hitter over the Angels 2-0. Wilson hit a solo home run..."

Transactions:

1989: Purchaed Jeff Stone from the Texas Rangers
2002: Acquired Alan Embree and Andy Shibilo from the Padres for Brad Baker and Dan Giese

Born on this date:

1910: Jim Henry
1969: Mike Myers
1971: Greg Blosser

Damn, I hope they kept their receipt!

Hey now, Jeff Stone did hit the walkoff single in the 9th inning against the Blue Jays, with only 6 games left in the season, to put the Red Sox into first place in 1990. The Red Sox went on to win the division on the last day of the season, meaning that every single win was crucial, especially against the Blue Jays. It was a small part, but Jeff Stone was the hero of that game.

June 28:

2003: Gabe Kapler goes 4-for-5, with 3 RBIs, in his Red Sox debut.

1976: Butch Hobson hits a double and an inside-the-park home run in his Fenway debut.

1919: Carl Mays throws two complete games in one day, shutting out the Yankees 2-0 but losing the second game 4-1.

Born on this date:


1940: Gary Wagner
1952: Joe Sambito
1949: Don Baylor
1971: Ron Mahay