A 1st-inning wild pitch that eludes backup catcher Johnny Edwards allows a run to break Bob Gibson’s streak of 47 2/3 innings of scoreless pitching (in which he allows just 21 hits). The Cards beat Don Drysdale and the Dodgers in Los Angeles, 8 – 1. Gibson will pitch 23 innings before giving up another run.

On july 1, 1968 A 1st-inning wild pitch that eludes backup catcher Johnny Edwards allows a run to break Bob Gibson’s streak of 47 2/3 innings of scoreless pitching (in which he allows just 21 hits). The Cards beat Don Drysdale and the Dodgers in Los Angeles, 8 – 1. Gibson will pitch 23 innings before giving up another run.

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