GAME 4
HOGSETT, FURTRADERS SHUT OUT BURNS, GO UP 3 GAMES TO 1
MONTGOMERY, AL (AP): Fremont pitcher Chief Hogsett and reliever Oral Hildebrand dismantled the
Montgomery Burns offense, allowing only five hits and no runs en route to a 5-0 Furtrader win.
The victory gives Fremont a 3 games to 1 lead in the 1932 World Series and moves them one game
away from the first World Championship in franchise history.
Fremont was anxious to score from the opening inning. Facing Montgomery ace Pat Malone, the winner
of the first game of the Series, the Furtraders put a pair of runners on base in the first inning
with only one out. However, the wily veteran Malone was able to escape trouble by forcing Lou Gehrig
to pop out to catcher Cochrane and striking out Riggs Stephenson to end the threat.
Hogsett meanwhile, had little trouble with the Montgomery lineup. After retiring six of the first
seven batters he faced, Burns second baseman Tony Piet reached base with a double. A groundout
moved Piet to third, but Hogsett retired the next two batters to end the Burns' best scoring opportunity
of the afternoon. No Montgomery baserunner would reach third again the rest of the game.
Piet did, however, have a direct hand in the scoring of the first run of the game, albeit for Fremont.
Lou Gehrig and Riggs Stephenson led off the Furtrader sixth with back to back singles, but Malone
then countered with two quick outs. When Fremont catcher Shanty Hogan laced a ground ball towards
Piet, it appeared as if the threat was over. Piet's throw to the covering Eric McNair was wide of
the bag at second and bounded into left field. Gehrig scampered home with the first run of the game,
a margin that would prove to be more than enough for Hogsett and then Hildebrand.
An inning later, a ground ball through the legs of Piet with two out and a two runners on gave the
Furtraders another unearned run off of Malone who pitched well in defeat but was betrayed by his
supporting cast.
Fremont opened up the lead with three more in the top of the ninth on a long home run by Riggs
Stephenson, the second ninth inning home run in consecutive days by Fremont. The home run closed
out the scoring and gave the Furtraders a 5-0 Game Four win.
The Furtraders will attempt to win their first championship in franchise history when the take the
field for Game Five. Leading the way will be Game one starter Ed Brandt. Opposing him will be Tex
Carleton for Montgomery. Both pitchers were hard luck losers in the previous World Series appearance
and while Brandt looks to finish the 1932 season, Carleton and the Burns will be out to extend it for
at least another game.
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