On June 6, 1968, Cardinals ace Bob Gibson shut out the Houston Astros on three hits. On June 5, 2021, Mets ace Jacob deGrom threw seven shutout innings in a 4-0 win for New York over the San Diego Padres.
The connection? Ask us again in a couple of months just how relevant it is, but the way deGrom has been dealing lately, expect him and Gibson to be linked with each other again and again over the summer to come. Not that deGrom is thinking about any of that.
"I try not to think about (the ERA)," deGrom said.