August 2, 1969, Chicago: Cubs 4, Padres 1 (box score)

It’s hard to win when you have more errors than hits in a game. The Padres gave an excellent demonstration of that fact on a Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field.

The Cubs scored two unearned runs in the second inning off Al Santorini. They extended their lead to 3-0 in the third on one-out homer to left off the bat of Ron Santo.

Chicago southpaw Ken Holtzman, meanwhile, held the Padres hitless for 5 2/3 innings. Then Nate Colbert doubled to center, scoring Ollie Brown, who had walked directly ahead of him.

Ivan Murrell doubled to lead off the next inning, but he never advanced past second. His and Colbert’s two-baggers were the Padres’ only two hits of the game.

Santo knocked his second solo homer with two out in the seventh to make the score 4-1. Holtzman finished the start and won his 13th game of the season.

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