The Phillies post-season roster had nine players 30 years of age or over and three rookies, Charlie Hudson, Kevin Gross, and Juan Samuel.
Valenzuela and eventual NL Cy Young Award winner John Denny would continue dueling until the Dodger half of the fifth.
The Dodgers' final run came in the eighth when Bill Russell walked with two outs, stole second, and scored on an RBI single by catcher Jack Fimple.
In the top of the fourth, rookie Charles Hudson allowed a leadoff single, then a two-out two-run homer by Mike Marshall to cut the Phillies' lead to 3–2.
Saturday, October 8, 1983, at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Series MVP Gary Matthews hit a three-run homer in the first off Jerry Reuss after two straight two-out singles.
In the fifth, Pete Rose hit a leadoff single and scored on Mike Schmidt's double to knock Reuss out of the game.
Alas, the Dodger rally was short-lived as Steve Carlton pitched his second win, scattering 10 hits with relief help from Reed and Al Holland.
1983 NLCS (3–1): Philadelphia Phillies over Los Angeles Dodgers 1983 marked the last time that local telecasts of League Championship Series games were allowed.
In 1982, Major League Baseball recognized a problem with this due to the emergence of cable superstations such as WTBS in Atlanta and WGN-TV in Chicago.