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By HELENE ELLIOTT

Oct. 19, 1992 12 AM PT

Before David Cone’s two singles Sunday, American League pitchers were two for 108 in the World Series since the designated hitter was adopted in 1973. AL pitchers were hitless in 10 at-bats since Mike Moore doubled on Oct. 28, 1989, in Game 4 of Oakland’s World Series against the San Francisco Giants. Cone was six for 65 with four runs batted in with the New York Mets this season. His run batted in Sunday was the first for a pitcher in the World Series since Moore’s two-run double on Oct. 28, 1989.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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