Rogers Photo Archive/Getty ImagesWith Walter Alston looking on from the dugout, Willie Davis stands in the batter's box in 1969.Four years ago, I wrote about the 31st game of Willie Davis' record-setting Dodger hitting streak and Vin Scully's broadcast of it:... In the bottom of the seventh inning of the 1969 game, his hitting streak on the line, Davis tried to bunt his way aboard, to no avail. With the Dodgers still leading by four runs, and starting pitcher Claude Osteen having thrown 25 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings, it appeared Davis' pursuit was done.But in the top of the eighth, New York's Tommie Agee and Donn Clendenon each hit two-run home runs, tying the game. The Dodgers were stunned -- so stunned, they didn't collect themselves before the next Mets ba
When Willie Davis' streak was on the line ...
Published May 2, 2011 at 9:35 AM
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