June 17, 1969, Los Angeles: Dodgers 7, Padres 3 (box score); Dodgers 11, Padres 0 (box score)
Gary Ross and Bill Singer hooked up in the first game of a doubleheader at Chavez Ravine. Both teams had early opportunities — the Padres put the first two runners on in the second, and the Dodgers returned the favor the next inning — but couldn’t score. Then in the fourth, the Padres broke through on a leadoff homer to dead center by Ollie Brown.
In the fifth, San Diego added two more runs. Cito Gaston led off with a single to left, and Van Kelly followed with a homer to right, giving the Padres a 3-0 lead.
The visitors clung to their three-run lead into the seventh. Then, the roof caved in on Ross and the Padres. After Tom Haller struck out to start the frame, the next six batters reached base to put the Dodgers on top, 4-3. With Frank Reberger, the Padres’ third pitcher of the inning, now on the hill, Wes Parker knocked a sac fly for the second out and Andy Kosco followed with a two-run homer to extend the lead to 7-3.
The Padres made a little noise in the ninth. Chris Cannizzaro and Cito Gaston singled to start the inning, but left-hander Jim Brewer came back to strike out the side and seal the deal.
The second game was a disaster. Joe Niekro gave up a run in the first, two in the second, and three more in the fourth before yielding to Steve Arlin, who didn’t do much better. In the end, the Padres lost, 11-0, to complete a very long and fruitless day of baseball.
Trivia: Arlin made his big-league debut in the second game. Arlin later gained notoriety for coming within one out of throwing the Padres’ first no-hitter.
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