Eric Gagné returns to Dodgers’ mound on 20th anniversary of saves streak

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer

LOS ANGELES — With “Welcome to the Jungle” blaring like the old days, Eric Gagné took the mound and fired a strike Wednesday night on the 20th anniversary of recording his 84th consecutive save for the Dodgers.

“Every time I step on this field, it’s like a church to me,” he said. “It’s my office on top of that little mound and walking in here with all the history – the Tommy Lasordas, the Don Drysdales, the Sandy Koufaxes of the world – it’s humbling.”