Games on May 26, 1957

The games of May 26, 1957

On May 26, 1957, 13 games went into the books. The Boston Red Sox routed the Baltimore Orioles 9-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 13-5. The day's shutouts were the Chicago White Sox over the Cleveland Indians (1-0). The closest finishes were the Boston Red Sox 5-4 over the Baltimore Orioles, the Chicago Cubs 5-4 over the Milwaukee Braves, the Cincinnati Redlegs 7-6 over the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Cleveland Indians 4-3 over the Chicago White Sox. In the other games, the Brooklyn Dodgers topped the New York Giants 5-3, the Chicago Cubs topped the Milwaukee Braves 7-5, the Kansas City Athletics topped the Detroit Tigers 3-1, the New York Yankees fell to the Washington Senators, 9-7, the New York Yankees beat the Washington Senators 7-6, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3. The Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles, the Milwaukee Braves and the Chicago Cubs, and the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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, May 25, 1957 and the next, May 27, 1957. For the wider picture, see the 1957 season.