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Bug #339   found in JULY, 1968
URL: /chronology/1968JULY.stm
Fixed: August 12, 2003
Reported by: Paul A Farber (pfarber@temple.edu)
Reported error: You listed Bruce Edwards as the back-up catcher who let the wild pitch allow a scored run. The back-up catcher was Johnny Edwards, Bruce Edwards never played for the Cards and was retired by 1968.
Original text: "July 1, 1968: A first inning wild pitch that eludes backup catcher Bruce 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 the Don Drysdale and the Dodgers in Los Angeles 8–1. Gibson will pitch 23 innings before giving up another run."
Action taken: Reference changed and re-linked.
Revised text: "July 1, 1968: A first 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 the Don Drysdale and the Dodgers in Los Angeles 8–1. Gibson will pitch 23 innings before giving up another run."
Related URLs: /ballplayers/G/Gibson_Bob98.stm
/ballplayers/E/Edwards_Johnny.stm
/ballplayers/E/Edwards_Bruce.stm