On September 3, 1969, the Dodgers and Mets were tied heading into the ninth inning with a Dodger outfielder hitless in his bid to extend his hitting streak to 31 games.It looked like the same thing might happen tonight ... but the Dodgers and Andre Ethier came up short.New York broke a tie with two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, and Ethier watched the Dodgers go quietly in the ninth after going 0 for 4 with a walk, and so the only streak of note extended this night was the Dodgers' losing streak to four with a 4-2 defeat.Ethier, who struck out against lefty reliever Tim Byrdak in his final at-bat with a runner on first in the eighth inning, needed eight batters to come up in the ninth inning once the Mets broke the 2-2 tie.After pitching a shutout seventh inning, Dodger relie