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The Braves still hold a one-half game lead oevr the defending champion Brooklyn Dodgers but they are all even in the vital games lost column.
BROOKLYN, Sept. 26--Robin Roberts threw a dark blanket over Brooklyn's pennant hopes today by pitching the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-3 victory that dumped the desperate Dodgers a full game behind the league leading Milwaukee Braves.
With only three games remaining to play, the Dodgers now find themselves behind the Braves in the important "lost" column for the first time in nearly two weeks.
Reluctant Braves. The embarrassing nonsense began in Brooklyn. Having just lost their one-game lead to Dodger Sal Maglie, a rejuvenated renegade from the Polo Grounds, the Braves seemed determined to repeat the performance. But the Dodgers would have none of it; as soon as the Braves gave them some...
Anything Goes. Cincinnati, meanwhile, recovered from an almost fatal 8-0 whipping by the Giants, scuttled the Pirates 6-4 and stayed within a long reach of the pennant. The Dodgers finished the week with two squeakers against the cellardwelling Chicago Cubs. But they managed to win both, despite umpires...