KOD 13 - Tier B World Series - Game 4: "A Ray of Hope"

GAME 4 - Arlington Stadium
Ray Burris vs Jon Matlack
Expos 4, Rangers 2

Hoping not to fall into a deep 3-1 series hole the Expos put their hopes on the right shoulder of Ray Burris.  The 6'5" big man from Idabel, Oklahoma did not disappoint going 7 1/3 innings and giving up just 2 runs (1 earned).  Burris did not miss many bats (1 k) on the day, but he got all the big outs that he needed to get, since he did give up 7 hits.  Heading into the top of the 7th the story was former Met, 1972 NL Rookie of the Year John Matlack, who was nursing a 2-1 lead.  The Expos would finally get to Matlack in the 7th with 3 huge runs.  After Tim Raines led off the inning with a double, Rodney Scott singled to put runners on the corners with no outs.  Cromartie singled home Raines to tie the game at 2-2.  Hawk Dawson popped out to third for the first out, but Gary Carter picked him up with a sac fly to right to score Scott and give Burris a 1 run lead.  Larry Parrish, who homered in the 4th, singled home Cromartie with 2 out to make it 4-2.  After Bump Wills reached first via a Cromartie error, to lead off the bottom of the 8th game 3 hero Pat Putnam popped out to short.  Burris was lifted for rookie Bryn Smith, who got the speedy Mickey Rivers to hit into a 6-4-3 DP to end the inning.  Reardon pitched perfect ninth to earn the save as the Expos tied up the series.  Montreal had 10 hits with Parrish and Raines each getting 2 apiece.  Billy Sample knocked in both of Texas' runs with RBI singles.
Series tied 2-2.