IN THE NEWS: Hack Wilson hits his first home run of 1931 as the Cards beat the Cubs 6–3 at St. Louis. After hitting 56 homers last year, Wilson will hit only 13 with the deader National League ball. The MVP will end up as an alternate in the Cubs outfield.
IN THE NEWS: At Yankee Stadium, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, back in the lineup, switch positions to spare Ruth's lame leg. Despite five hits by the pair, the Red Sox beat the Yankees, 7–3, as Gehrig makes an error. It is the last game in which Gehrig plays OF.
IN THE NEWS: At Philadelphia, George Earnshaw strikes out 10 as he pitches the A's to a 4–1 win over the Red Sox. The A's (9-9) tied for 4th, will reel off a 17-game win streak to vault into first place.
IN THE NEWS: The A's move into first place to stay with a 12–5 win over the Indians at Cleveland. Philadelphia scores nine runs in the past two innings to give the win to Grove.
At Detroit, Tommy Bridges gives up three hits in stopping the Yankees, 3–1, and dropping the Bombers to 2nd place.
IN THE NEWS: Brooklyn's Babe (Babe Herman, that is) hits for the cycle to help beat the Reds, 14–4. Al Eckert pitches 2/3 inning to take the loss, his last ML decision.
IN THE NEWS: At Philadelphia, the Phils outslug the Pirates, 11–7, with the victory going to reliever Ben Shields, his last ML decision. The journeyman will wrap up his undefeated career, finishing 4–0, despite an 8.27 ERA.
IN THE NEWS: Dazzy Vance is knocked cold by a line drive while leading the Phillies 3–2 with two outs in the 9th inning. Jack Quinn gets the last out for Brooklyn.
Carl Hubbell stop the Braves, 3–0, in the opener and Giant pitcher Bill Walker matches the King with a 6–0 whitewash in the nitecap.
IN THE NEWS: Cleveland's Earl Averill cracks three doubles and a home run in a 10–5 win over Chicago. Averill is the 2nd Indian this year to hit four extra base hits in a game. Joe Vosmik, who did it earlier, has a pair of doubles today.
IN THE NEWS: The A's win their 17th in a row, two behind the White Sox' American League record, beating the Yankees 4–2 and 16–4 at Philadelphia. Lefty Grove wins the opener and Roy Mahaffey coasts to the win in the nitecap. Mickey Cochrane and Ben Chapman match homers in the opener, while Jimmie Foxx is the only batter to leave the park in game 2. The streak, the 4th (tied) longest of the century, ends tomorrow when Lefty Gomez stops the A's 6–2. The A's are in first place by five games.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants whitewash the Braves twice, beating Boston 6–0 and 3–0. Carl Hubbell pitches the nitecap following lefty Bill Walker's win in the opener.
IN THE NEWS: The Cards retake first place and hold it the rest of the season, as they win a Memorial Day doubleheader from the Reds and the Giants lose a pair to Brooklyn. In the 2nd game at the Polo Grounds, Robins 3B Wally Gilbert has six consecutive hits but falls one short of the major-league record held by his manager, Wilbert Robinson. The Robins' Gordon Slade adds a grand slam in the sweep.
Despite the Baker Bowl's reputation as a home run haven, no one had hit a ball over the stadium wall since 1922. But Wally Berger, Boston Braves slugger, clears it in a 10–9 loss to the Phillies.
At Boston, the A's score five runs in the top of the 12th to break a scoreless tie. Lefty Grove goes the distance in beating the Red Sox, 5–0.
IN THE NEWS: Yankee Earle Combs' hitting streak ends at 29, although the Yankees beat Washington, 4–2, in a rain-shortened 7-inning game.
After beating the Pirates three times in Pittsburgh, the Cubs come home and beat the Pirates for the 4th time in three days. With the help of an unassisted double play by Chicago CF Adam Comorosky, Bob Smith shuts out the Bucs, 5–0. Heine Meine is the loser.
At St. Louis, the Cards take the first game from the Reds, 7–5, then drop the nitecap, 7–2, ending a streak of 25 straight home victories over Cincinnati. The streak, which started in the 2nd game on April 27, 1929, is an National League record.
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