June 4 in Dodgers History: Don Drysdale pitches his sixth straight shutout-a major league record (1968)

On June 4, 1968, Los AngelesDodgers’ Don Drysdale pitches his sixth straight shutout, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates , 5 – 0, and establishes two new major league records. Drysdale tops Doc White’s 64-year-old mark of five shutouts, and with 54 scoreless innings, he breaks Carl Hubbell’s National

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