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Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager hit back-to-back home runs off Ron Guidry in the seventh inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees yesterday and a 3-2 lead in the World Series.
The Dodger Stadium crowd of 56, 115 erupted in thunderous applause as the Dodgers continued on a comeback trail that began in the National League West Division series against Houston.
Guidry had struck out nine, including Guerrero in the fourth inning, when he started the seventh. As the crowd sat in silence, waiting for the Dodgers to come to life as they had so many times before, the explosion came on the second pitch to Guerrero.
The homers, only the ninth hit back-to-back in World Series history, gave the come-from-behind Dodgers their third straight victory. The Dodgers outlasted the Yankees in game four on Saturday, 8-7. Both teams have won all their games at home.
Valenzuela came within inches of being taken downtown again in that inning, when Yankee catcher Rick Cerone hit a double that rebounded off the pipe railing on top of the left-field fence. Cerone got his homer in the third when he pulled a two-run blast to put the...