Game 5 of the NLDS will be third winner-take-all playoff between the Dodgers and Giants. The first two meetings between the archrivals are tough acts to follow.
, making his third start of the Series, struck out 10 in a three-hit shutout. The Dodgers scored both runs in the fourth inning, on a Lou Johnson homer and a Wes Parker triple. Koufax was named the Series MVP for the second time in three years, yielding one earned run in 24 innings and striking out 29. He pitched Game 7 on two days’ rest.Houston’s Cesar Cedeno runs into and bumps Dodgers shortstop Derrel Thomas after successfully stealing second base during a tiebreaker series on Oct. 5, 1980.
The tiebreaker was far less dramatic: Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda went with Dave Goltz and the game was over by the fourth inning, when Houston took a 7-0 lead.Steve Garvey scores in front of Dodgers teammate Bill Russell during Game 5 of the NLDS against the Houston Astros on Oct. 11, 1981.One year later, the Dodgers turned the tables on the Astros.
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