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...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...
...hunter: Detective William Majeski, 36, of Manhattan's Ninth Precinct. The hunted: Jack Henry Abbott, 37, ex-con (bank robbery and murder), protege of Norman Mailer, and overnight literary sensation with the publication of his prison memoirs, In the Belly of the Beast. They came into conflict, unseen opponents, shortly before dawn on July 18. Answering a call for police help in the East Village, Majeski arrived to find the body of an aspiring actor named Richard Adan lying in the street. Adan, 22, had been stabbed after an argument that began in the restaurant where he worked nights...
Under the direction of Seiji Ozawa, the orchestra delivered a brisk rendition of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony as thousands scattered across the grassy amphitheater cheered...
...Dodgers' fifth pitcher of the night, Dave Stewart, brought the Yankees down in order in the bottom of the eighth, but Gossage allowed no hits in the ninth, striking out Pedro Guerro and Rick Monday...
Burris gave up several long flyouts in the seventh, was taken out for a pinch-hitter, and was relieved by Steve Rogers in the ninth. Rogers, pitching in relief for only the third time in his career, became the losing pitcher as Monday stroked a three-and-one pitch over the centerfield wall...