Games on August 26, 1934

The games of August 26, 1934

On August 26, 1934, 13 games went into the books. The Chicago Cubs routed the New York Giants 7-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-5. Shutouts: the New York Yankees over the Chicago White Sox (2-0) and the St. Louis Browns over the Washington Senators (3-0). One-run games: the Cleveland Indians 3-2 over the Boston Red Sox, the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 over the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Detroit Tigers 7-6 over the Philadelphia Athletics. Elsewhere, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Boston Red Sox, 5-2, the Chicago White Sox fell to the New York Yankees, 9-5, the Boston Braves topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-5, the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Brooklyn Dodgers 7-2, and the St. Louis Browns topped the Washington Senators 9-5. Doubleheaders on the date: the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds, and the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 25, 1934 and the next, Aug 27, 1934. The 1934 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.