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.

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.

Babe Ruth smashed his eleventh home run of 1926 to lift the Yankees over Cleveland in a tight pitching duel, while the National League pennant race grew even tighter as the Robins and Pirates battled through rain and the Giants fell to Cincinnati. Vintage newspaper coverage from May 15, 1926.