Early baseball in Massachusetts/Game 4

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Location	Massachusetts
Year	1858
Month	10
Note on date	Possibly the 4th
City	Springfield
State	MA
Country	US
Site	Hampden Park, Springfield
Was NY rules baseball	Yes
Played by	Unknown
Team 1	Pioneer (Springfield)
Team 2	Atwater (Westfield)
Team 1 Score	29
Team 2 Score	15

This game appears on the Protoball Games Tabulation [MA table] compiled by Craig Waff. It was played by New York rules, as reported by the Clipper [October 16] and Porter's Spirit [October 16].