player:Adolfo Luque - Ghosts Of The Diamond

team:St. Louis Cardinals

Reinhart Pitches Brilliantly as Cardinals Submerge Reds, 11 to 2

Arthur Reinhart scattered seven hits while the Cardinals erupted for 15 of their own, chasing Adolfo Luque with a six-run fifth inning to salvage the series finale against Cincinnati, 11–2.

1926 Cincinnati Enquirer cartoon titled “Knock ’Em Dizzy, Red!” showing a giant Reds batter swinging rivals like the Giants, Pirates, Phillies, Cubs, and Braves out of first place.

team:Cincinnati Reds

Red Lucas Lifts Reds Over Giants as Cincinnati Tightens Grip on First Place

Red Lucas crushed a game-winning triple, Adolfo Luque outpitched Jack Scott, and the Reds stretched their winning streak to six games before more than 30,000 fans at Redland Field. Meanwhile, Billy Evans explained why Lefty Grove finally looked worth Connie Mack’s $100,000 investment.

publication:New York Daily News

Reds Deepen Giants’ Misery as Babe Ruth Waits Out the Rain — Baseball News from May 17, 1926

The Giants dropped their third straight in Cincinnati after a disastrous eighth inning, while Babe Ruth’s Yankees sat idle in the rain and Brooklyn lost a lucrative one-day stand to the weather. Baseball writers of May 1926 captured panic, frustration, and pennant-race tension coast to coast.