May 13, 1969, Chicago: Cubs 19, Padres 0 (box score)

If you look up “ugly” in the dictionary, you might well see this box score. Dick Kelley started for the Padres, while Dick Selma got the nod for Chicago. Selma, you may recall, won the first game in Padres history. Less than three weeks later, he was shipped to the Cubs.

Whether it was a case of revenge or just one team completely overmatching another, this was more of a beating than a game. The Cubs scored four runs in each of the first two innings, and never relented. They scored multiple runs in five of the eight innings in which they batted. Hey, 28 baserunners will do that.

Selma went the distance for the home team, matching the 10 strikeouts recorded by Ferguson Jenkins a day earlier. Ernie Banks homered twice and drove in seven runs. Everyone in the starting lineup had at least one hit except Ron Santo — he walked four times, scored three runs and drove in another.

Highlights for the Padres? Well, Jerry DaVanon knocked two singles and Nate Colbert doubled in his only at-bat. Joe Niekro pitched a scoreless eighth. Only 5,080 people witnessed the beating. Nobody died.

Trivia: Padres backup catcher Chris Krug struck out to end the eighth inning in his final big-league at-bat. Ten days later he was released. He finished his three-year career with a .192/.245/.290 line.

Elsewhere in the world: Citizens rioted in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.

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