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To Senators fans, game four of the 1924 World Series, on October 7, became known as the "Goslin Game." The exuberant, awkward Goose of earlier years was now one of the American League's most respected hitters, having just led the circuit in RBIs, outdistancing the likes of Babe Ruth. Ruth had dominated in that category for four of the previous five years, and would have done so in 1922 had his season not been curtailed by injury.
A much surer fielder than he'd once been, Goose Goslin had kept the same closed stance of his earlier years, somewhat reminiscent of the lefthanded carriage later adopted by Stan Musial. Goose showed only his back to the pitcher and peered at him over his shoulder. Goose had a protruding nose, and he was known to be able to joke about it. He would say that because of the way that he stood at the plate, he was not able to see past his nose with his left eye. Had he been able to keep two eyes on the ball, he would have hit, he figured, around .600 or so.
The Giants wasted no time scoring first in the fourth game, as Ossie Bluege's error contributed to a run off lefty George Mogridge, the veteran who had served Clark Griffith so well since being picked up from the Yankees in '21. Following the first game, Harris had decided that Walter Johnson would not start game four -- he wanted to give him one more days rest. His first choice for this game, Curly Ogden, had sacrificed too much down the stretch -- his arm was too sore -- so Harris had opted for Mogridge.
Goose Goslin, who had singled off Virgil Barnes to open the previous inning, started taking matters into his own hands in the third when he came up with two on and two out. He propelled the first pitch he saw into the lower tier of the right field grandstand, bringing in McNeely and Harris, both of whom had singled in front of him. Barnes, 16-10 for John McGraw in '24, was still around when Goslin next came to bat, in the fifth inning. McNeely and Harris had again both singled in front of him, and McNeely had already counted the fourth run when Barnes uncorked a wild pitch. With one out, Goslin drove in Harris with his third hit for a 5-1 lead. The Giants were never in it, although they kept pecking away at Mogridge with single runs in the sixth and eighth frames. Until the second run, Mogridge (who, incidentally, struck out four times in this game) had kept the Giants off the scoresheet for four straight frames.
The Nats countered with two runs of their own in the eighth inning. Goslin led off with another single, and he and Joe Judge came home when Ossie Bluege got his third single of the day for a 7-2 Washington margin. Earl McNeely also had three hits, including a double, in this game. The Giants did reply with a run charged to Mogridge in the eighth, after Ross Youngs was given a free pass and Mogridge had been replaced by Fred Marberry. Marberry surrendered another meaningless run in the ninth. The Senators had themselves a 7-4 win, thanks to the exploits of Goslin, who'd had himself a 4-for-4 outing, including a three-run homer and four runs driven in.
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