Orioles fans had to put away their brooms as a late two run homer by Art Shamsky provided the winning margin as New York won their first ever World Series contest. Tug McGraw provided three innings of one-hit, scoreless relief to gain the victory. Baltimore leads the series, 3-1.Just like game three, the guests scored in their half of the first. However, the pair of runs scored without benefit of a hit off Baltimore starter Tom Phoebus, who got the nod from manager Earl Weaver in order to give Jim Palmer an extra day's rest with the series clinch just one win away. Phoebus did not give up a hit, but lasted just five innings due to issuing seven walks.
Baltimore knotted the score with single runs in the first and third innings off lefty Jerry Koosman. Paul Blair walked and Merv Rettenmund doubled to set the stage for Frank Robinson, who drove in the first run on a grounder to second. Rettenmund, now htting .625 in the postseason, doubled again in the third to drive in the tying run.
The home team pushed across the go ahead run in the sixth inning with another two bagger, this time from Davey Johnson. With the stellar Baltimore bullpen rested, it looked as if the visitors had taken the final dagger.
Dick Hall was called on for the long relief stint and tossed two scoreless frames before being touched up by Shamsky in the eighth inning. The runs were unearned as Tommie Agee scored after reaching on a rare error by sure-handed shortstop Mark Belanger.
McGraw would finish things off, allowing just one baserunner the rest of the way. Hits were hard to come by, with the Orioles outhitting their opponent, 5-4.
Game 5 will pit Tom Seaver against Palmer.
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