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...Angeles. The Dodgers had won the pennant two of the previous three years. This time, though they were devastated by injuries, they swept the climactic three-game series with Houston to end the season with both teams in a dead tie for first, forcing a one-game playoff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Two Out, Bottom of the Ninth... | 10/13/1980 | See Source »

...dramatic win vaulted the Astros to a 2-1 advantage in the best-out-of-give National League playoff. They need only one more victory to earn a ticket to their first World Series in the team's 19-year history...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: K.C. Puts Away Yankees, 4-2; Astros Shut Out Phillies, 1-0 | 10/11/1980 | See Source »

Luzinski's sixth-inning shot off Ken Forsch erased a 1-0 Astro lead and set of fireworks over Veterans' Stadium as a playoff-record crowd of 65,277 howled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Luzinski Home Run Edges Houston, 3-1 | 10/8/1980 | See Source »

After dropping three straight one-run affairs to the Los Angeles Dodgers and doubling business in their own city's cardiac units, the Houston Astros finally clinched the National League West crown, downing the Dodgers 7-1 in a one-game playoff yesterday in Los Angeles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Houston Tops L.A. to Take Division Title | 10/7/1980 | See Source »

...Angeles Dodgers defeated the Houston Astros, 4-3, yesterday, so the two teams finish the regular season tied in the National League West. Joe Niekro (9-12) will pitch for the Astros against Dave Goltz (7-10) in today's one-game playoff in Los Angeles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

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