Episode description

1968 is known as 'The Year Of The Pitcher', and no other pitcher stood out more than the Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain. With a winning record for the last three years, his achievement in the '68 season would become one of the greatest pitching performances in history. Because the wins just kept coming.

It's September 14th, and the Tigers welcome the Oakland Athletic to Detroit. McLain is first up at the mound, sitting on a 29-5 record. The last pitcher to hit 30 wins was Dizzy Dean of the 1934 St Louis Cardinal.

We join Ernie Harwell and Detroit Tigers Baseball Radio as McLain chases one more win to reach the historic high-water mark.

You can find the boxscore here.

This game was played on September 14th 1968.