Despite 1st-inning back-to-back home runs by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig off Sloppy Thurston‚ the Senators edge the Yankees‚ 3 – 2.
On May 23, 1926, at Wrigley Field, Hack Wilson of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first player to hit a home run that strikes the center field scoreboard at Wrigley Field. The blow was his fifth of the season and came in the fifth inning. According to the paper from that day, it was a…
Hack Wilson smacks a 5th-inning home run‚ a rare blast off the Wrigley Field scoreboard‚ situated at ground level‚ to start a rout of the Braves. The Cubs score 7 runs in the 8th inning to win, 14 – 8. Sparky Adamscontributes 4 hits for Chicago. Later that night‚ Wilson and a few others are arrested at a friend’s apartment for drinking beer in violation of the Prohibition Act. The scoreboard will be moved to the left field corner in 1937‚ before one will be built atop the newly-built bleachers.
In Washington‚ Al Simmons hits a solo homer‚ off Walter Johnson‚ into the CF stands. The A’s beat the “Big Train”‚ 5 – 3‚ behind the pitching of Slim Harriss.
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Pete Donohue hit a home run and four singles to beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 11 – 2.
The Cardinals trade C Mike Gonzalez and infielder Howard Freigau to the Cubs for catcher Bob O’Farrell. O’Farrell‚ who suffered a fractured skull from a foul tip‚ played just 71 games in 1924 and lost his job to Gabby Hartnett. But O’Farrell will have a banner year for the Cards‚ hitting .293 and catching 146 games‚ and then take over as manager in 1927. Freigau will hit .307 for the year.
Senator right-hander Walter Johnson strikes out 14, including six consecutive batters to tie an AL mark, en route to tossing a 4-0 one-hitter over Chicago. A fourth-inning single by Harry Hooper spoils the ‘Big Train’s’ bid for his second career no-hitter.
Pittsburgh sends 2B Cotton Tierney and P Whitey Glazner to the Phils for 2B Johnny Rawlings and P Lee Meadows. Meadows will win 85 games over the next 5 years as Glazner’s replacement in the Pittsburgh rotation.
George Sisler and Frank Baker match homers as the Browns and Yankees go into the 7th tied, 3 – 3. Ken Williams hits his 12th home run of the year‚ with 2 on‚ giving St. Louis a 6 – 3 lead‚ and the Browns add 5 more off reliever Lefty O’Doul to win‚ 11 – 3. Urban Shocker is the winner.
Despite a homer by Bill Terry in the 8th and a 3-run shot by Mel Ott in the 9th‚ Carl Hubbell loses to the Phillies, 9 – 8. Philadelphia bangs out 17 hits‚ including a home run by Pinky Whitney against “King Carl.”
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