LOS ANGELES_Dodger Stadium has staged concerts, soccer games, a Papal mass, even a bullfight.
But Wednesday will mark the first time baseball's third-oldest ballpark will play host to Game 7 of a World Series.
The Dodgers forced a final game by defeating the Astros, 3-1, on Tuesday as Rich Hill and four relievers combined on a six-hitter.
Two World Series-clinching games have been played in Chavez Ravine, both against the Yankees: In 1978, when New York won in six games, and in 1963, when the Dodgers swept.
The Dodgers also have won two Games 7 on the road, in 1955 at Yankee Stadium and 10 years later in Minnesota. Both games finished 2-0 with a left-hander tossing a shutout in the final game _ Johnny Podres in the first case for Brooklyn, Sandy Koufax in the second.
That streak is likely to end Wednesday because Yu Darvish, a right-hander, is starting for the Dodgers. But a left-hander could still figure in the decision with Alex Wood and ace Clayton Kershaw _ along with Tony Watson and Tony Cingrani _ available out of the bullpen.
