LOS ANGELESThe last time the Los Angeles Dodgers were shut out for three consecutive games was by the Baltimore Orioles in the final three games of the 1966 World Series. They scored in the eighth inning Sunday to prevent it from happening again.
June 12, 1995
Obviously, we have a much better offensive club than what we’re showing, third baseman Tim Wallach said. I think everybody’s just pressing a little bit. We’ll get on the road and see if we can’t get it going.
n Wallach, who helped Cal State Fullerton win the 1979 College World Series, was so sure the Titans would beat USC Saturday at Omaha, Neb., that he took his children to a movie instead of watching the championship game.
I was confident they’d win, said Wallach, who had predicted that the Titans would win, 15-2, because the Trojans had used too many pitchers in earlier games. If I’d been home, I would have watched. Fullerton won, 11-5.
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n Philadelphia left fielder Gregg Jefferies got his 1,000th hit, a seventh-inning single. n The Phillies are expected to place center fielder Lenny Dykstra, who has missed seven games because of a back injury, on the disabled list retroactive to Sunday.
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