World Championship Game 4

K. Fields
2006-11-09T19:38:05-05:00
Baseball

Game 4 was viewed as a must win game for the Richmond Slam. Richmond sent Arnold Muniz to the mound to try and tie the World Championship Series up 2-2. His opponent was Ozzie Valera, the Game 4 starter for the Brooklyn Knights. Both pitchers pitched scoreless baseball through the first three innings. Things heated up in the fourth when Dick Moran hit a solo home run to start the inning. After a Detherage single, a Castino double, and a ground out RBI by Ted Pollet, the score was Brooklyn 2, Richmond 0. Detherage drew a base on balls in the sixth and scored when Hooks Goetz hit a home run, his eighth home run of the 2005 playoffs. The Slam narrowed the deficit to 4-1 in the bottom of the sixth. Brian Hamburg singled and Ricky Agganis doubled to bring him home. Richmond's hopes for a come from behind victory were erased in the eighth inning. Castino brought Detherage home for another run on a sacrifice fly. Yale Burns came to the plate with two men on base later in the inning. He drove in both runners with a triple. Gary Mccreery finished the damage for the inning by hitting a double and scoring Burns. That is how the score would remain. The Knights easily defeated the Slam 8-1. Brooklyn now leads the Series three games to one. They are within one win of their sixth consecutive World Championship.

Final score: Brooklyn 8, Richmond 1