September 2, 1926 at Wrigley Field
Cardinals 2, Cubs 0 (77-54)
The Cardinals own their fifth straight game behind a masterful three hit shutout by Grover Alexander. Oddly, Alexander didn’t strikeout a single Cub despite mowing them down one after another. Alexander even helped out his own cause with two hits and a run.
Taylor Douthit led the way with the bat. He had two hits, including a triple, he scored the other run and he drove in Alexander for the other run.
September 2, 1926 at Wrigley Field
Cardinals 9, Cubs 1 (78-54)
Rogers Hornsby had another big game at the plate in the Cardinals sixth straight win. He homered, finished with two hits and he scored two runs. Billy Southworth also was hot with the bat. He had three hits and two runs in the blow out win.
Flint Rhem coasted to an easy win but he was just as effective as the other starters during the Cardinals winning streak. In the six consecutive wins, only one time did a starter give up more then two runs and in that one instance only three runs were scored. Rhem gave up one run on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
