September 14, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, Athletics 4 (95-54)
Denny McLain needed some ninth inning heroics but the end result was his historic 30th win of the season. With the A’s up 4-3, the Tigers picked up two runs in the ninth to win it. Al Kaline came home on a fielder’s choice by Jim Northrup and then Willie Horton singled home Mickey Stanley for the game winner. McLain improved to 30-5 and he gave up four runs on six hits and one walk with ten strikeouts.
Norm Cash was the hitting star. He went two for four with a homerun and three RBIs. The homer was his 21st of the season.
