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A two-out top-of-the-ninth home run by veteran rightfielder Rick Monday broke a 1-1 deadlock, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Expos and the National League pennant yesterday afternoon in wintery Montreal.
The near freezing temperatures didn't seem to faze the Dodgers, least of all rookie ace Fernando Valenzuela, who held Montreal to three hits in eight and two-third innings and drove in a run on a groundout. Valenzuela fanned six Expos with an accurate screwball and allowed no unintentional...
The fifth and deciding Dodgers-Expos playoff game was rained out.
With little incentive to play well, three of the prestrike leaders-the New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers-performed so indifferently that, in any other year, they would have missed the play-offs at season's end.
The Yankees were on the verge of eliminating the Milwaukee Brewers but fell into a deadlock after losing two straight in New York. Before play began Saturday night, the Houston Astros led the Dodgers in games, 2-1.