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Dodgers Return Home Cooking, Down Phillies, 7-2

By M. Morris, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 12, 2008 11:09 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Dodgers cut Philadelphia's NLCS lead to 2-1 tonight, riding a 5-run first inning and the mental boost of a bench-clearing standoff to a 7-2 victory in front of a record Dodger Stadium crowd of 56,800. The teams exchanged errant pitches in the second... Read full story »

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