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A sparkling four-hitter by rookie Charles Hudson yesterday brought the Philadelphia Phillies within one game of clinching the National League pennant. The 7-2 victory over Los Angeles gave the host Phillies a 2-1 edge over the Dodgers in the best-of-five National League Championship Series.
The Phillies will try to clinch the pennant Saturday night with 300-game winner Steve Carlton, who beat the Dodgers in Game One of the series. Los Angeles, hoping to extend the playoff to a decisive fifth game, will probably start Jerry Reuss, the first-game loser.
In the fifth, the Dodgers regained the lead. With Greg Brock on first and two out. Dusty Baker walked and Pedro Guerreto hit a dying liner to right field for a two-run triple.
In the eighth inning, the Dodgers added another run when Bill Russell walked, stole second, and scored on Jack Fimple's single.
The Dodgers had trouble getting men home from third. In the fourth inning, with Russell on first and Marshall on third, a delayed double steal failed as Marshall was run down between third and home. Before the successful L.A. uprising in the fifth inning. Fernando Valenzuela reached third on Maddox...