It took perfect timing and a little fortune to stop the unstoppable.
Chad Tracy stepped in against Eric Gagne on July 5, 2004 and delivered the game-tying single that finally ended the closer’s astonishing 84-game save streak. After nearly two years of perfection, it was Tracy who broke through, though the Dodgers would still escape with a 10th-inning walk-off win. Even in defeat, his swing marked the end of one of baseball’s most untouchable runs.
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