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October 7, 1883 – Game 4 of the 2nd World’s Series Tournament

Boston Beaneaters (3) at St. Louis Browns (0)

Lineups

Boston

1B, John Reilly (.252)
SS, Arthur Irwin (.287)
2B, Ross Barnes (.327)
LF, Harry Stovey (.288)
CF, Pete Hotaling (.265)
RF, Paul Radford (.283)
3B, Ed Pinkham (.309)
C, Pat Deasley (.258)
P, Bill Sweeney (16-3, 1.75)

St. Louis

LF, Jim Clinton (.236)
C, Barney Gilligan (.258)
SS, Bill Gleason (.284)
CF, Oscar Walker (.272)
RF, Harry McCaffery (.269)
2B, Bill Smiley (.231)
3B, Ed Brown (.255)
1B, Redleg Snyder (.259)
P, Jumbo McGinnis (25-21, 2.05)

Top of first: Reilly singled to center. Reilly stole second. Irwin struck out. Reilly caught trying to steal third. Barnes singled to center. Barnes caught trying to steal second.

Bottom of first: Clinton flied to center. Gilligan struck out. Gleason singled to center. Walker homered to right, Gleason scored. St. Louis 2, Boston 0. McCaffery grounded to third.

Top of second: Stovey grounded to third. Hotaling grounded to third. Radford flied to left.

Bottom of second: Smiley grounded to second. Brown struck out. Snyder flied to center.

Top of third: Pinkham grounded to second. Deasley singled to right. Sweeney sacrificed to catcher, but Gilligan committed a throwing error on the play, Deasley to third, Sweeney to second. Reilly doubled to center, Deasley and Sweeney scored. St. Louis 2, Boston 2. Reilly caught trying to steal third. Irwin lined to short.

Bottom of third: McGinnis flied to right. Clinton grounded to third. Gilligan walked. Gleason grounded to short.

Top of fourth: Barnes singled to left. Barnes was picked off of first base. Stovey struck out. Hotaling struck out.

Bottom of fourth: Walker grounded to first. McCaffery struck out. Smiley flied to right.

Top of fifth: Radford grounded to short. Pinkham flied to right. Deasley grounded to third, but Brown committed a throwing error, Deasley to second. Sweeney singled to center, Deasley scored. Boston 3, St. Louis 2. Reilly flied to center.

Bottom of fifth: Brown grounded to short. Snyder singled to center. McGinnis sacrificed to catcher, Snyder to second. Clinton lined to short.

Top of sixth: Irwin grounded to short, safe at first on Gleason’s throwing error. Barnes singled to left, Irwin to second. Stovey homered to left, Irwin and Barnes scored. Boston 6, St. Louis 2. Hotaling struck out. Radford singled to left center. Pinkham grounded to second, fielding error on Smiley, Radford to second. Deasley doubled to center, Radford scored, Pinkham to third. Boston 7, St. Louis 2. Sweeney singled to right, Pinkham scored, Deasley thrown out at home trying to score. Boston 8, St. Louis 2. Charlie Hodnett came in to pitch for St. Louis. Reilly grounded to short.

Bottom of sixth: Gilligan grounded to short. Gleason hit by pitch. Walker flied to center. McCaffery singled to center, Gleason to third. Smiley grounded to third.

Top of seventh: Irwin flied to center, but was safe at first on Walker’s fielding error. Irwin caught stealing second. Barnes flied to center. Stovey grounded to short.

Bottom of seventh: Brown flied to center. Snyder singled to left. Hodnett struck out. Clinton singled to left, Snyder to second. Gilligan tripled to right, Snyder and Clinton scored. Boston 8, St. Louis 4. Gleason singled to left, Gilligan scored. Boston 8, St. Louis 5. Walker grounded to second.

Top of eighth: Hotaling grounded to second. Radford grounded to second. Pinkham grounded to first.

Bottom of eighth: McCaffery singled to center. Smiley popped to catcher. Brown homered to left, McCaffery scored. Boston 8, St. Louis 7. Snyder singled to left. Hodnett walked, Snyder to second. Clinton got an infield hit to third, Snyder to third, Hodnett to second. Gilligan singled to left center, Snyder scored, Hodnett to third, Clinton to second. Boston 8, St. Louis 8. Gleason popped to catcher. Walker flied to right.

Top of ninth: Deacon White batted for Deasley and flied to left. Jim O’Rourke batted for Sweeney and flied to center. Reilly flied to left, but Clinton committed a fielding error, Reilly to second. Irwin grounded to short, but Gleason committed a throwing error, Reilly to third. Barnes popped foul to catcher, but Gilligan committed an error and dropped the ball. Barnes grounded to second.

Bottom of ninth: Dory Dean pitching for Boston, Deacon White catching. McCaffery singled to right center. Eddie Fusselback batted for Smiley and sacrificed to pitcher, McCaffery to second. Jim Britt batted for Brown and walked. Passed ball on White, McCaffery to third, Britt to second. Johnny Ryan batted for Snyder and walked. Hodnett singled to left, McCaffery scored. St. Louis 9, Boston 8.

Final score St. Louis 9, Boston 8. Player of the game Barney Gilligan – 2 for 4, 1 BB, 1 3B, 1 run, 3 RBI, 3 runners caught stealing
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