team:Pittsburgh Pirates
All the Pirates had to do yesterday in order to break a deadlock which existed between them and their Philadelphia opponents was to take a few pokes at the pellet, lean back and idle along to an 11-1 victory.
team:St. Louis Cardinals
Table of Contents 1. Pinch Hurling of Haines Enables Cards to Down Giants Again, 6–5 2. Browns Present Washington with Victory, 6–5, in Opening Contest 3. ATHLETICS WIN 8TH STRAIGHT, BEAT SOX, 6–2 4. BUCS POUND 3 PHIL PITCHERS TO WIN, 11 TO 1 Pinch Hurling of
team:Brooklyn Robins
Burleigh Grimes baffled the Cubs with his spitter as Brooklyn stayed in first place, while the Giants spiraled deeper into chaos — both on the field and inside the front office. The May 12, 1926 New York Daily News captured a National League race growing more dramatic by the day.
team:New York Yankees
A noisy single snapped along the left foul line by the bat of Pat Collins in the eleventh inning yesterday was one of the most welcome blows of the season, for that hit defeated the Detroit Tygers by a score of 7 to 6 and terminated the four-game losing streak of the Yankees.
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.
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
team:Washington Nationals
From the New York Daily News — a full snapshot of New York baseball. ROBINS TAKE NATIONAL LEAGUE LEAD PHILLIES ARE HIT BY 8 TO 4 SCORE AT EBBETS FIELD By CHARLES HOERTER. The Dodgers accomplished three big things at Ebbets Field yesterday afternoon. They defeated Art Fletcher’s despised Phillies
Team:New York Giants
The Sporting News Roundup: April 29, 1926 Two weeks into the 1926 major league season, the baseball world was already being turned upside down. Favorites stumbled, contenders emerged, and The Sporting News captured the early-season chaos from St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Boston and beyond. First Two Weeks Finds
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
team:New York Yankees
YANKS AND GIANTS AHEAD AS SECOND WEEK’S PLAY ENDS Race This Year Recalls Memories of Pennant Chases of 1921-22-23. By FRANK GETTY, United News Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, April 25.—The big league pennant races are assuming an aspect reminiscent of the days of 1921-22-23,