PAPILLION, Neb. — No charges will be filed over a fistfight between baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson and another man.

Police were unable to corroborate either man's story about the Feb. 15 fight at a gas station off I-80, Sarpy County Attorney Lee Polikov said.

"In this case, we have two parties, each claiming self-defense and no credible evidence to tip the scale in either direction," Polikov said.

Gibson and Miguel Sanchez each told police that the other swung first. Sanchez, 45, ended up with a black eye and a cut over his eye that required six stitches. Gibson, 66, suffered no reported injuries.

Both Gibson and Sanchez were initially cited for third-degree assault.

Authorities said the situation started in traffic in Omaha, and ended about 10 miles away at the gas station outside the city.

Sanchez alleged Gibson pulled out from a car lot and cut him off in traffic. Sanchez admitted he retaliated and cut Gibson off.

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Sanchez claimed Gibson followed him as he left Omaha. When Sanchez stopped for gas, he said Gibson confronted him.

Gibson told authorities he followed Sanchez because he wanted him to pay for his eyeglasses, which he said were broken when Sanchez cut him off in traffic.

Gibson was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1981. The Omaha native pitched for more than 17 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals.

He won 20 games five times and posted a 1.12 ERA in 1968, the lowest figure since 1914, and a factor in convincing baseball officials to lower the pitching mound the next year.

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