Javier’s Fly Wins It in 9th : Dodgers: It drives in Brooks, who beats Kruk’s throw for 3-2 victory over Phillies.

The Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies found yet another way to decide a one-run game in the ninth inning, ending their wacky three-game series Wednesday with a 3-2 Dodger victory.

This one followed Monday’s 2-1 brawl-dominated Dodger victory and Tuesday’s 12-11 Phillie victory that featured a nine-run ninth inning.

Before a Dodger Stadium crowd of 27,934, Hubie Brooks drew a one-out walk from losing pitcher Joe Boever (2-4) and took third on Mike Scioscia’s hit-and-run single. Relief ace Roger McDowell came in but couldn’t handle Mike Sharperson’s attempted squeeze, drawing a throwing error when Sharperson reached first to load the bases.

Brooks held third on the play. “Missed communications,” Sharperson said.

Pinch-hitter Stan Javier flied to left field, and Brooks barely beat John Kruk’s throw home for the winning run.

Jim Gott (2-2) pitched a perfect ninth inning and earned the victory, which allowed the Dodgers to remain within 6 1/2 games of the Cincinnati Reds and a game ahead of the San Francisco Giants.

The victory overshadowed two run-scoring singles by the Phillies’ Dale Murphy, and came even though the Dodgers got only five hits.

The Dodgers agreed this was a key victory after Tuesday’s loss. “It was a good sign we didn’t let last night keep a negative attitude,” Javier said.

“It was one of the most important wins of the year for us.”

The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the second inning, thanks largely to Phillie starting pitcher Jose DeJesus’ wildness. The rookie opened the inning by walking Eddie Murray and, with one out, walked Scioscia on four pitches. Sharperson, who won Monday’s game with a ninth-inning homer, continued his recent clutch hitting, singling home Murray.

DeJesus was barely touched again, leaving for a pinch-hitter after holding the Dodgers to three hits in seven innings.

Dodger starter Jim Neidlinger was equally effective in his seven innings, allowing only six hits and two runs while striking out eight.

But no recent Dodger-Phillie game has been routine. In continuing the pattern, Wednesday’s weirdness came in the sixth inning, when the Phillies tied the score, 1-1.

With one out, Lenny Dykstra singled to right field and Darren Daulton walked. Dykstra took third when Von Hayes forced Daulton at second. As soon as Hayes reached first, he was ejected by umpire Joe West for making a remark about home plate umpire Harry Wendelstedt.

Hayes exited, batting helmets flying out of the dugout in his wake. Murphy hit Neidlinger’s next pitch into left to score Dykstra.

The Phillies took the lead in the eighth inning when Murphy singled off Sharperson’s glove with two men on.

The Dodgers pulled even in the bottom of the inning when Mickey Hatcher led off with a pinch infield single off Don Carman. Pinch-runner Jose Gonzalez reached second on Carman’s first wild pitch, took third on a sacrifice and scored on Carman’s second wild pitch to send the game into the ninth tied, 2-2.

The Dodgers have a 25-16 record since the All-Star break--best in the National League West--and are 10 games above .500 at home.

And they insist they are still in the race. “(Tuesday) is history,” Scioscia said. “We played a good ballgame tonight.”

Dodger Notes

The Phillies have inflicted three of the season’s most painful losses on the Dodgers, Tuesday’s 12-11 game perhaps the most devastating. On May 6, the Phillies erased a 5-1 Dodger lead to win, 9-5, at Philadelphia; and on May 19, the Dodgers relinquished an 8-6 lead and lost, 15-12, at Dodger Stadium. . . . The Phillies’ comeback Tuesday wasn’t even a team record. They erased an 11-run deficit against the Cubs in Wrigley Field on April 17, 1976 to set a National League record. . . . The major league record comeback is 12 runs, done twice. The last team to do it was the Philadelphia A’s in June 1925, against Cleveland.

Rookie pitcher Jim Neidlinger got his first hit Wednesday, a soft liner to right field leading off the third inning. . . . Left-hander Pat Perry threw a simulated game Tuesday and said he “felt great.” Perry, recovering from shoulder problems, hasn’t pitched since June 11.

Phillie outfielder Lenny Dykstra, who entered Wednesday’s game leading the National League in batting and tied for the lead in walks, is trying to become the first NL player to lead in both categories since Richie Ashburn in 1958. Only four other players since 1900 have accomplished the two-way title, the latest Boston’s Wade Boggs in ’88.

The Dodgers announced the appointments of Walter Nash as team vice president for ticketing and Bob Smith as vice president for stadium operations. Nash joined the Dodgers in 1962 and has been director of the ticket department since 1964. Smith also began in 1962 and has been director of stadium operations since 1968.