team:Detroit Tigers
Ty Cobb suspended pitcher Ken Holloway, George Sisler stole home in a pivotal Browns victory, Grantland Rice weighed in on the Yankees, and George Kelly’s two homers powered the Giants past Philadelphia.
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.
publication:St. Louis Star
The St. Louis Star praised Cardinals outfielder Heine Mueller’s brilliant May 1926 play, while Alan Gould reflected on baseball’s unpredictability and a feature chart examined White Sox first baseman Earl Sheely’s steady career.
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:Flint Rhem
Playing a nineteen inning ball game is duck soup compared to this business of trying to tell the reading public in so many words how it happened and why.
publication:New York Daily News
PHILLIES' 5 RUN LEAD VANISHES IN EIGHTH Succession of Pitchers Does Not Stop Boys By WILL MURPHY Philadelphia, Pa., April 27 The Giants broke their losing streak and the hearts of about 8,400 Philadelphia fans by overcoming the Phils' five-run lead in the eighth inning here today