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Bill Plaschke: Dodgers will be haunted by blown leads as Astros go up 3-2

HOUSTON - They had a four-run lead. They had their best pitcher on the mound. They were headed home on the precipice of a championship.

Then, two days before what all of Los Angeles thought could be a celebratory Halloween clinching, the Los Angeles Dodgers stumbled into a nightmare Sunday.

Baseballs disappearing. Pitchers dissolving. Thousands screaming. Faces gone pale. Blue turned to black.

In a bright and pleasant World Series Game 5 that suddenly became their house of horrors, the Dodgers blew a four-run lead, then blew a three-run lead,

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