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| 1944 |
Batting cleanup for the Dodgers, Dixie Walker, the eventual National League batting champ, completes a cycle when he hits a sixth-inning double off Rube Fischer in the team's 8-4 win over the Giants. The Brooklyn right fielder's four RBIs prove to be the difference in the Ebbets Field's contest.
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| 1969 | Willie Davis, with his sixth-inning double in the team's 5-4 loss to New York at Dodger Stadium, breaks a 53-year-old franchise record by hitting safely in thirty consecutive games. The LA outfielder surpasses the streak established by Zack Wheat in 1916 when the team played in Brooklyn. |
| 1971 | Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slam when Dodger second baseman Jim Lefebvre and right fielder Bill Buckner collide, trying to make the fifth-inning catch. The 200-foot dropped bloop contributes to the Astros' 9-3 victory over LA at the Astrodome. |
| 1972 | In his major league debut, Doug Rau throws a three-hitter, beating the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, 5-1. The 23-year-old Dodger southpaw, who will compile a respectable 81-60 record, helps his cause with a triple in his first big-league at-bat but never hits another three-bagger during a nine-year career. |
| 1993 | In their 62nd home game, the Rockies draw a crowd of 47,699 to surpass the 1982 Dodgers, attracting 3,617,863 fans to Denver's Mile High Stadium to set a new National League single-season attendance record. The expansion club will also break the 1992 Blue Jays' major league mark of 4,028,318 before the end of the season. |
| 2002 | In the top of the ninth inning, Diamondback first baseman Mark Grace hurls an inning of relief with the team trailing the Dodgers, 18-0. The All-Star infielder retires three of the four batters he faces in the Bank One Ballpark, yielding a two-out home run to David Ross. |
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