Team:New York Giants
Bill Terry and Frank Frisch powered an 18-hit Giants attack in a 10–3 win over Philadelphia, while Brooklyn split a doubleheader with Boston after a costly extra-inning error spoiled the opener.
player:George Kelly
George Kelly slugged two home runs and drove in five runs as the Giants defeated Philadelphia, while rain halted both the Yankees and Robins and Ebbets Field prepared for a massive outdoor boxing card.
team:New York 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.
player:Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth belts two more home runs in a Yankees slugfest with Cleveland while the Giants crush the Cardinals behind Virgil Barnes and lose Travis Jackson to another painful knee injury.
player:Robert McGraw
HOMERUN BY FOURNIER STARTS SLUGGING FEST McGraw Holds Boston Team to Five Hits By JACK FARRELL. - NY Daily News May 4, 1926 Boston Braves by 4 to 1 yesterday at Ebbets Field, thereby solidifying their position in the upper berth of the National League. Robert McGraw outpitched Genevich in an