The Perfect Schedule - Games 41-50

Back at it for another set of ten games from our perfect schedule.  This one features one of the truly great regular season games in semi-recent history as two true elites engaged in a tremendous pitching battle.  The Sox will now be 50-0 (slightly ahead of their 2018 pace) when this set of games is completed.

Game 41 - 2011 - Orioles 7 at Sox 8 - Ah those halcyon days of 2011 when everything was wonderful and Adrian Gonzalez was unstoppable. His walk off two bagger completed a comeback from 6-0 down.
Game 42 - 1980 - Blue Jays 4 at Sox 5 - Down 4-3 entering the ninth Carlton Fisk walked then Carl Yastrzemski stepped up and for the fourth and final time in his Hall of Fame career Captain Carl slugged a walk off home run.
Game 43 - 2011 - Tigers 3 at Sox 4 - After Jonathan Papelbon struckout a pair with the bases loaded to preserve the tie the Sox rallied and Carl Crawford lined a single to center for a rare celebratory moment in a Red Sox uniform.
Game 44 - 1982 - Sox 3 at Mariners 2 - Dennis Eckersley and Mark Clear combined on 7 strikeouts and Reid Nichols slugged the first homer of his career.
Game 45 - 2003 (thanks for the catch Nate) - Yankees 7 at Sox 10 - I remember this one.  I was supposed to go but had to work very late (I left after the game ended).  With my mother gleefully taking my tickets Bruce Chen put the Sox in a 6-3 hole but the Sox pounded reliever Jose Contreras for 5 runs in an inning and a third to win it (no chairs were broken in the making of this post).
Game 46 - 2000 - Sox 2 at Yankees 0 - I suspect you remember where you watched this Sunday night tilt, I was at the Ground Round in Chelmsford as Pedro and Roger engaged in a classic worthy of Smoky Joe and The Big Train.  It was a man named Trot who stole the headlines with a long homer to win it in the ninth.  The Ground Round bar erupted in cheers and at the next home game (which I WAS at) Nixon got a huge standing ovation prior to his first at bat as rumors of a trade for Sammy Sosa faded.
Game 47 - 2008 - Royals 0 at Sox 7 - Jon Lester made history whiffing nine, walking two but more importantly, not allowing a hit.  He ended the drama by blowing away Alberto Callaspo.
Game 48 - 1994 - Royals 5 at Sox 6 - Andy Tomberlin’s only Red Sox homer tied the game in the 8th and Damon Berryhill’s double plated two time All Star Scott Cooper in the 10th to make a winner of Ken Ryan.
Game 49 - 1987 - Sox 10 at Other Sox 9 - Al Nipper put the Sox in a 9-2 hole after two frames due largely to future Good Sox Ivan Calderon 6 RBI but the reigning AL Champs battled back and Mike Greenwell’s two out pinch hit double scored Dave Henderson and Spike Owen (the previous year’s trade paying dividends!) for the win.  Tom Bolton worked 4.1 innings of scoreless relief but it was Calvin Schiraldi getting the win.
Game 50 - 1999 - Tigers 7 at Sox 8 - The Sox rallied from 6-1 down to earn the victory for John Wasdin.  Tom Gordon notched his 11th save of the season extending his then record to 54 consecutive saves without blowing one.