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World Series Game 4: Cleveland 4 St. Louis 2, Series even 2-2
Cleveland jumped on St. Louis rookie starting pitcher Lenyn Crisp for three runs in the top of the first inning, and the Juke Box Heroes rode that to a 4-2 win at Busch Stadium (1997).
The Cleveland win evened the series at 2-2.
The Heroes wasted no time setting things in motion against Crisp.
Tyler McKenzie led off the game with a single, and Mac Horvath duplicated it with another single.
After a fly out, Tony Jackson put Cleveland in front for good with a 425-foot- homer on a 1-0 pitch.
The River Walkers got on the board bottom of the second.
Brian Mundell led off with a double off Heroes starter Mason Montgomery.
He scored on a two-out single from Thairo Estrada.
St. Louis pulled to within 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh.
Jordan Groshans with a lead-off homer off reliever Bob Granillo.
Cleveland got that run back in the top of the eighth, Mac Horvath hitting a lead-off homer off Travis Krogman.
Montgomery (2-0) pitched five innings, allowing one run on four hits.
Yuki Matsui followed with a scoreless sixth.
Granillo (0.2 IP) and Ronny Cravajal (0.1) combined to pitch the seventh.
Closer Adam Wenger pitched two innings, didn't allow a base runner and now his two saves in this postseason.
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