The last time a Dodger pitching staff was able to spin three consecutive shutouts was when Darryl Strawberry was their marquee slugger, the outfield walls were their original non-padded powder blue and the Atlanta Braves still had not won a pennant in over a 33 year span. It was 20 years ago this summer, July 25-27, 1991.
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| Darryl Strawberry in 1991, what could have been... |
The funny thing about those games is that they are mainly forgotten because the following day, July 28th, Dennis Martinez of the Expos pitched a perfect game against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Those four consecutive games were some of the strangest and remarkable games ever recorded at Chavez Ravine. The Expos starter on the July 26th game, Mark Gardner, pitched 9 innings of no-hit ball, only to lose the game 1-0 in the bottom of the 10th inning. So the Dodgers were essentially no-hit in 2 of the 4 matches and came away the victors in three games. Heck, they could have won the perfect game had they not given up two unearned runs that day. Here is how things went.
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