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Dodgers rally in seventh to move one game closer to postseason

PHOENIX - Manny Machado walked down the first-base line, his eyes tracking the parabola which just burst off his bat, in the final inning of a 7-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The baseball soared toward the Chase Field fence, an insurance salvo taking flight. Machado admired the shot until his sense of pride morphed into urgency: The ball wasn't going to clear the wall.

Machado dropped his bat and started to sprint. He arrived at second base, the owner of an RBI double rather than a home run. At

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