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LINESCORE		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
	Dodgers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	1
	Mets	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	10	2
		10	11	12
		0	0	1
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Watch the TV broadcast Starters: John Tudor vs. Dwight Gooden WP: Alejandro Pena   LP: Roger McDowell HR: LA: Kirk Gibson (12th), Mike Scioscia (9th); NYM: Darryl Strawberry (4th), Kevin McReynolds (4th)

But in Game 2, the Dodgers were handed some unexpected motivation. Mets starter David Cone publicly expressed that he didn't think too highly of his opponent -- a sentiment that quickly made its way to the Dodgers' locker room. Cone, who went 20-3 during the regular season, was promptly driven off the mound after only two innings in a 6-3 Dodgers win.

Still, New York had a 2-1 lead in games heading into pivotal Game 4 when they sent Doc Gooden to the hill. After scoring two quick runs off Gooden in the first, the Dodgers fell behind 4-2, which was the score when catcher Mike Scoscia came to bat with one out and one on in the ninth. Scoscia, who hit only three homers all season, gave the Dodgers life with a game-tying homer that sent Gooden to the showers.

Three extra innings later, Kirk Gibson smacked a solo shot off reliever Roger McDowell in the top of the 12th to give the Dodgers a 5-4 lead.

But it wasn't over yet. In the bottom half of the inning, it looked as though Gibson's heroics might go to waste, as the Mets put two men on against Tim Leary. So Manager Tommy Lasorda called on his "bulldog," Hershiser, to close it out. Despite having pitched into the ninth in Game 1, not to mention his seven innings pitched in Game 3 the night before, Hershiser recorded the final out to tie the series at two games apiece.

The series ultimately extended to a seventh game, when Hershiser threw a complete-game shutout to propel the Dodgers into the World Series against the Oakland A's.

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