IN THE NEWS: One-year wonder Hod Lisenbee, 28, blanks the Red Sox 60 for the Senators in his first ML start. He will be 18-9 with four shutouts for the 3rd-place Senators and never have another winning season.
The Pirates rally in the 9th inning to beat the Cubs, 76. Cubs' starter Charlie Root walks the bases loaded before Paul Waner singles in the winning run. Chicago went ahead in the 7th inning when Chuck Tolson hits the first pinch grand slam in Cubs' history.
The Yankees ride the tandem of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig to a 73 win over the Athletics. Ruth bangs a first inning homer off Jack Quinn, and Gehrig hits one off Quinn in the 6th. Babe comes back in the 8th with another homer, off Rube Walberg as New York takes over undisputed possession of first place.
IN THE NEWS: In the first matchup of pitching brothers in ML history, Brooklyn's Jess Barnes defeats his brother Virgil Barnes, 76. In relief of Doug McWeeney, Jess pitches the last seven innings, and is the recipient of six runs in the 7th and 8th. Virgil allows 12 hits in the first seven 2/3 innings, and takes the loss.
IN THE NEWS: The Senators even the series at two apiece with the Yankees as Hod Lisenbee wins, 61. The Yanks manage six hits -- 3 by Bob Meusel. The Nats are playing their 4th game without stars Sam Rice and Goose Goslin: Rice is out with sinus trouble and Goose has pleurisy.
IN THE NEWS: At Comiskey Park, Lou Gehrig christens the new RF pavilion by parking a 9th inning grand slam there, off Ted Lyons. It's the 1st homer in the remodeled park. The Yankees coast to an 80 win behind Herb Pennock.
IN THE NEWS: The Yankees draw a record 52,000 to Comiskey Park but Waite Hoyt spoils the party by winning one of his league-leading 22 games, 90, the 2nd straight shutout of the Sox. Batterymate Pat Collins homers in the 7th, while Lou Gehrig adds a pair of triples.
At Detroit, Marty McManus singles in two runs in the 9th to lead the Tigers to a 32 win over the Red Sox. Fats Fothergill goes hitless for the 1st time this season to end his 18-game hitting streak.
At New York, the 2nd place Giants take the Cubs to camp, 54, behind the pitching of Virgil Barnes. Bill Terry's double in the 9th drives home the winning run. Earl Webb hits a two run homer for Chicago in the 6th as Chicago manages to leave no runners on base in the game.
IN THE NEWS: Pounding five Boston pitchers for 22 hits, the 2nd-place Tigers outlast the Red Sox, 1711. Harry Heilmann leads the cat attack with two homers and two singles.
IN THE NEWS: In St. Louis, Babe Ruth belts his 2nd homer in two days and his 8th of the year, off Ernie Nevers, as the Yanks win, 42. The ball is to the left of the CF flag pole in Sportsman's Park, the longest ball to date ever hit there. Martin Haley in the St. Louis Post Dispatch writes: "Homeric Herman careened the animated leather for a sky-scraping bulls eye into the distant center-field bleachers, the ball clattering up the icy seats at the point where the left-center and dead-center field sections conjoin."
In Detroit, it is Ty Cobb Day and more than 30,000 pay to see the former Tiger manager in his first appearance at Navin Field in an A's uniform. With Eddie Collins on base in the first inning, Cobb drives a double into the overflow crowd to start the A's to a 63 win. Lefty Grove is the victor.
IN THE NEWS: Brooklyn P Dazzy Vance collects four hits and holds the Reds to the same number, all doubles, and Brooklyn wins 63. The Robins last run comes on a clean steal of home by Max Carey.
The Giants edge the Cardinals, 32, scoring the winning run in the 11th when Taylor Douthit drops a fly ball. Starter Pete Alexander is the loser to Burleigh Grimes. Lester Bell is 0-for-5 with five strike outs for the Birds.
IN THE NEWS: With a bunt in the 3rd inning, Ty Cobb stretches his hit streak to 14 games as the A's pound the Tigers, 103. Howard Ehmke holds Detroit to six hits. Eddie Collins is 1-for-2 with four walks, and Al Simmons has a homer, double and single for the A's.
IN THE NEWS: During a game between the Phils and Cards, a section of 10 rows in the RF stands at Baker Bowl collapses from the weight of the crowd and hundreds of fans fall on those below. There are many injuries, but the one death that occurs is caused by the crowd stampede, not the stands collapsing. Philadelphia is leading 124 in the top of the 7th4 runs coming on Russ Wrightstone's 2nd grand slam of the yearwhen the tragedy occurs, and the game is called. The Phils 12 remaining home games in May will be played at Shibe Park.
Cubs pitcher Guy Bush must feel his name as he and Braves starter Charlie Robertson battle for 18 innings before Robertson tires and the Cubs win 72. Jimmy Cooney drives in the winning run and Sparky Adams contributes four hits. Bush goes 18 innings and Robertson 17 1/3. Two National League pitchers -- Carl Hubbell in 1933 and Vern Law in 1955 -- will match Bush's marathon effort.
IN THE NEWS: In St. Louis, Eddie Miller has his 2nd 4-hit day in a row, and Wally Schang is 3-for-3 with a grand slam to lead the Browns to an 86 win over the A's. Eddie Collins and Al Simmons homer for Philley.
IN THE NEWS: Yankee OF Bob Meusel swipes 2B, 3B, and home in the 3rd inning as New York tops Detroit, 62. Lou Gehrig contributes a homer and two doubles to back Dutch Ruether's pitching.
IN THE NEWS: Charlie Grimm singles in Hack Wilson with the winning run in the 22nd inning to give the Cubs a 43 victory over the Braves at Boston. Braves pitcher Bob Smith goes the distance, while Bob Osborn hurls 14 runless relief innings to win for Chicago. The two teams have now combined for a major-league record 40 innings in their last two games. Smith's 22-inning stint, the 5th longest in history, will not be matched this century. Only Oeschger-Cadore on May 1, 1920 and Coombs-Harris on September 1, 1906, were longer.
IN THE NEWS: White Sox players give their former manager Eddie Collins a wristwatch and diamond stickpin on his return to Chicago with the A's, then win 30 behind Tommy Thomas' 6th straight win. In addition to new Sox manager Ray Schalk, there are three ex-Sox managers present: the A's Eddie Collins and Kid Gleason, and umpire Clarence Rowland. Another ex-manager, Ty Cobb of the Tigers, hits in his 19th straight game.
IN THE NEWS: At Ebbets Field, the Cubs top the Dodgers, 75, behind Tony Kaufmann. Fans interrupt the game with a shower of bottles after a disputed call by umpire Pete McLaughlin. Babe Herman has a pair of homers for Brooklyn, but costs his team two runs with a errant throw.
At Philadelphia, the Reds win the opener, 63, behind Pete Donohue's mastery of the Phils. George Kelly provides a grand slam. The Phils roll to a 152 win in the nitecap as Cy Williams belts three home runs and a triple, collecting six RBIs and scoring four times. Williams ties Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig for the ML lead with nine homers.
IN THE NEWS: The Cubs move into first place in the National League when a 9-run 9th inning gives them an 116 win and doubleheader sweep at Brooklyn. Chicago takes the opener, 64. For the second day in a row, a disputed call -- this one by Frank Wilson -- causes fans to stop the game. Meanwhile, the Pirates are beating New York for the 3rd straight game, 53.
It is George Burns Day in Cleveland as he is presented with a diploma as the MVP of 1926, a silver bat containing $1,150 in cash, and an automobile. Burns has a pair of doubles but the visiting Yankees win 64 in 12 innings.
IN THE NEWS: In St. Louis, the Indians beat the Browns, 73, scoring their only earned tun on John Hoddap's homer. For the 2nd game in a row, veteran 1B George Burns swipes home on the front end of a double steal with Joe Sewell, pulling it off in the 9th. The two did it yesterday in game two's 97 win.
IN THE NEWS: In his first starting assignment, New York's Wilcy Moore loses a heartbreaker to the Senators, 32, in the nitecap of a twinbill. Lou Gehrig is spiked at 1B by Bucky Harris as Firpo Marberry scores the winning run. The Yanks win the opener, 82, as Ruth corks his 12th homer of the year, a 3-run shot. Tris Speaker plays most of Game One despite fracturing his left thumb in batting practice.
Behind Lee Meadows' 7th win without a loss, the Pirates win their 10th in a row, beating the Cardinals, 64. The win streak has pushed the Bucs into first place.
IN THE NEWS: In a loosely played game at Yankee Stadium, the Yanks swamp the Red Sox, 157, scoring seven runs in the 8th inning. Babe Ruth propels his 13th homer, off Danny MacFayden, while Johnny Grabowski is 4-for-4 with a walk. Dutch Ruether is ineffective, serving up gopher balls to Bosox Grover Hartley in the 2nd and Fred Haney in the 3rd. The Sox give it back in the 4th with three walks, two errors, a single by Bob Meusel and a double by Mark Koenig, to make four runs. Ted Wingfield, pitching 2/3 of the 4th, takes the loss.
IN THE NEWS: Finally making his first appearance of the season after recovering from a broken foot sustained in spring training, Walter Johnson hurls the last shutout of his career, No. 110, winning 30 over Boston. Johnson faces just 29 batters, giving up three hits. The Senators take the 2nd game of the holiday twinbill, 105, behind recruit Bump Hadley.
Unassisted triple plays are a rarity, but SS Jimmy Cooney makes one for the Cubs against Pittsburgh in the opener of the Memorial Day doubleheader. He catches Paul Waner's line drive, steps on 2B to retire Lloyd Waner, and tags Clyde Barnhart going back to 1B. Paul Waner still collects three hits and two RBI, but the Cubs win 76 in 10 innings to snap the Pirates 11-game win streak. The Bucs win the nitecap, 65, in 10 innings as Lloyd Waner has seven hits for the day.
IN THE NEWS: Detroit 1B Johnny Neun pulls off the 2nd unassisted triple play in two days. It happens in the 9th against Cleveland to end the game when Neun catches Homer Summa's line drive, touches Charlie Jamieson in the baseline and runs to 2B where he tags the base Glenn Myatt has vacated. Detroit wins 10. Rip Collins escapes with the win.
The Yankees slug the 3rd-place Athletics into submission, winning 103 and 185. Babe Ruth homers in each game to run his string to four straight games. He finishes the month with 12 homers, and 16 altogether. Rookie strongboy Jimmie Foxx belts his first ML homer, off Urban Shocker, in game 2. Tony Lazzeri and Mark Koenig homer in game 2, while Lou Gehrig has two singles to go along with his double, triple and homer in the opener.
Led by Joe Harris, the Pirates score nine runs in the last four innings to beat the Cubs, 109. Harris has five hits, including a double and two triples, for the first place Pirates.
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