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  • June 26: Bob Gibson's Fifth Shutout

    June 26: Bob Gibson's Fifth Shutout
    Jul 1 2026
    On June 26, 1968, Bob Gibson shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates 3–0 — nine innings, four hits, no walks — for his fifth straight shutout, in the middle of the most untouchable season a pitcher has ever thrown. This is the night the zeros stopped feeling like luck and started feeling like a law of physics. A two-voice walk back through one date on the Cardinals calendar, from the Year of the Pitcher.
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    4 mins