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Dodgers, Gibson highlight MLB's K-Day

By Larry Schwartz
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, September 28, 2001

Oct. 2, 1953/1963/1968 Just call it K Day ... 1953: Brooklyn Dodgers right-hander Carl Erskine, who lasted just one inning in the World Series opener two days ago, sets a Series record by fanning 14 New York Yankees -- including Mickey Mantle and Joe Collins four times each -- and wins 3-2 in Game 3. 1963: Exactly 10 years later, another Dodgers pitcher (though the team is now located in Los Angeles), left-hander Sandy Koufax, breaks that record in Game 1 of the Series. Koufax, who struck out ...

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