BROOKLYN, Sept. 26--Robin Roberts threw a dark blanket over Brooklyn's pennant hopes today by pitching the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-3 victory that dumped the desperate Dodgers a full game behind the league leading Milwaukee Braves.
Don Newcombe, working with only two days of rest following his five hour, rain-interrupted pitching chore in Pittsburgh Sunday, was not quite up to it. He had to be excused at the end of five innings, trailing 4-2, after having been bashed for five of Philadelphia's 10 hits.
With only three games remaining to play, the Dodgers now find themselves behind the Braves in the important "lost" column for the first time in nearly two weeks.
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