Rain washed out the Pirates and Cubs in Pittsburgh, but the pennant race tightened as Kiki Cuyler claimed the National League batting lead, the Cardinals swept Philadelphia, and Babe Ruth continued his historic home run pace.
Babe Ruth chases another home run record while the Reds, Cubs and Pirates reshape the National League race. The Sporting News from May 27, 1926 captures baseball at a turning point, with pennant contenders rising, dynasties wobbling and legends still commanding the spotlight.
The defending Pirates battered the first-place Reds, 7–2, behind Emil Yde, Glenn Wright, and Pie Traynor, while the Cincinnati Enquirer captured the mood of May 1926 with baseball notes, humor, and sports-page verse.
Rogers Hornsby Day brought celebration to Sportsmans Park as Wee Willie Sherdel led the Cardinals past Philadelphia, while across the league the Browns squandered a five-run lead to Babe Ruth and the surging Yankees.
Babe Ruth blasted his fifteenth homer of the season as the Yankees stretched their winning streak to nine games, while the Reds dropped Brooklyn into third place and the Giants survived Pittsburgh behind the defensive brilliance of Frankie Frisch and Frank Snyder.
Babe Ruth keeps hammering home runs, Rogers Hornsby prepares for “Hornsby Day” in St. Louis, and the Reds, Robins, Yankees, and Athletics all surge in the 1926 pennant races in this packed Sporting News special edition from May 20, 1926.
Tony Lazzeri’s eighth-inning grand slam carried the Yankees past the White Sox, while rain froze Brooklyn and Pittsburgh in a 4–4 deadlock during a wet May 18, 1926 baseball slate.
Kiki Cuyler homered and Johnny Morrison outdueled Brooklyn as the Pirates climbed the standings at Forbes Field. Meanwhile, Rogers Hornsby prepared for a grand St. Louis celebration honoring baseball’s reigning batting king and his pursuit of Ty Cobb’s legendary mark.
All the Pirates had to do yesterday in order to break a deadlock which existed between them and their Philadelphia opponents was to take a few pokes at the pellet, lean back and idle along to an 11-1 victory.
Table of Contents
- Pinch Hurling of Haines Enables Cards to Down Giants Again, 6–5
- Browns Present Washington with Victory, 6–5, in Opening Contest
- ATHLETICS WIN 8TH STRAIGHT, BEAT SOX, 6–2
- BUCS POUND 3 PHIL PITCHERS TO WIN, 11 TO 1
Pinch Hurling of Haines Enables Cards to Down Giants Again, 6–5
Holds Foe Scoreless After Replacing Rhem in 8th with 2 on Base
Cardinals Get to…
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