The stage was set for more drama in Game 4. The score was tied, 3-3, and, with two out in the 10th inning and Cey on second base, Russell went to the plate.
On the Dodgers bench, Sutton turned to his teammates and said, "It's all over. Where's the champagne?"
Sure enough, Russell lined a single against reliever Tug McGraw, Cey scored, the Dodgers won, 4-3, and Los Angeles had its second consecutive league championship.
"Everybody remembers Cey chugging around the bases for that run and clinching the pennant," Langill said.
Garvey, with seven hits and seven RBIs in the four games, won the MVP honors.
But the Dodgers then lost their second consecutive World Series to the Yankees, again in six games.
1983
Carlton was still the Phillies' ace, which he demonstrated in Game 1 at Dodger Stadium by going 7 2/3 innings and beating Dodgers' starter Jerry Reuss, 1-0. The run came on a first-inning home run by Schmidt.
The Dodgers rebounded, 4-1, in the second game as Fernando Valenzuela -- a 15-game winner that year at age 22 -- shut down the Phillies with relief help from Tom Niedenfuer.
After the Phillies beat the Dodgers' Bob Welch in the third game, 7-2, Philadelphia delivered the knockout punch in Game 4 when Matthews hit a three-run home run against Reuss in the first inning.
At the same time, Carlton -- at age 38 and pitching on three days' rest -- surrendered only one run in six innings and the Phillies won the game, 7-2, and the pennant.
Matthews had six hits in the series, batted .429 and was selected MVP. One of his teammates, Pete Rose, also had six hits, and Schmidt had seven.
Philadelphia moved on to the World Series, but lost to the Baltimore Orioles in five games.
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