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First spotless series since 2020 comes with a ‘special’ feel

LOS ANGELES -- The streak is over.

"I don't even know when the last time we swept somebody was," Chris Stratton said to me in the Dodger Stadium clubhouse, music still playing in the background and beers being drunk by the victors.

Do you want to know?

He paused for a moment. "I guess," he said, a bit worried about the answer.

Aug. 21-23, 2020, against the Brewers.

A brief moment of visible relief comes over the reliever's face. “Ok," he said. "I was hoping it wasn’t 2019.