May 22 in Dodgers History: Brooklyn’s Don Newcombe makes his first major league start a dandy, shutting out the Reds, 3 – 0, in Cincinnati. It’s the first sh (1949)

On May 22, 1949 — Brooklyn’s Don Newcombe makes his first major league start a dandy, shutting out the Reds, 3 – 0, in Cincinnati. It’s the first shutout in a National League debut in eleven years and extends Brooklyn’s win streak at Cincinnati to 19 games going back to June 1947. Newk gives up hits

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