team:New York Yankees
Lefty Grove struck out 10 to overpower the Yankees, while the Giants rallied past the Braves and the Phillies hammered the Robins in another action-packed day from the June 29, 1926 New York Daily News.
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.
team:New York Yankees
The Yankees answered their Athletics setback with a 9–3 rout behind Herb Pennock and an eight-run fifth inning, while Jess Barnes and the Robins battered the Braves 8–2. Meanwhile, John McGraw's Giants looked to climb back into the National League's first division.
team:New York Yankees
Tony Lazzeri’s first-inning hit and Urban Shocker’s steady pitching carried the Yankees to their 13th straight victory over the Red Sox, while the injury-riddled Giants welcomed a cold-weather postponement before facing the Robins again at the Polo Grounds.
player:Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth smashed his eleventh home run of 1926 to lift the Yankees over Cleveland in a tight pitching duel, while the National League pennant race grew even tighter as the Robins and Pirates battled through rain and the Giants fell to Cincinnati. Vintage newspaper coverage from May 15, 1926.