BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : DODGERS : Dodgers Almost Repeat Fiasco of ’66 World Series

The last time the Dodgers were shut out in three consecutive games was by the Baltimore Orioles in the final three games of the 1966 World Series. The Dodgers scored in the eighth inning Sunday to prevent it from happening again.

“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.”

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Wallach, who helped Cal State Fullerton win the 1979 College World Series, was so sure the Titans would beat USC on Saturday at Omaha that he took his children to a movie instead of watching the championship game.

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Philadelphia left fielder Gregg Jefferies got his 1,000th hit, a seventh-inning single. . . . The Phillies are expected to place center fielder Lenny Dykstra, who has a lower back injury, on the disabled list retroactive to last Sunday.