Beloved Former Brooklyn Dodgers Pitcher Erskine Dies at 97

Beloved Former Brooklyn Dodgers Pitcher Erskine Dies at 97
Former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine plays the national anthem on his harmonica before a college basketball game in Anderson, Ind., on Jan. 14, 2017. Don Knight/The Herald-Bulletin via AP
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LOS ANGELES—Carl Erskine, who pitched two no-hitters as a mainstay for the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a 20-game winner in 1953, when he struck out a then-record 14 in the World Series, died Tuesday. He was 97.

Erksine died at Community Hospital Anderson in his hometown of Anderson, Ind., according to Michele Hockwalt, the hospital’s marketing and communication manager.