June 23, 1969, Cincinnati: Reds 4, Padres 3 (box score)

The Padres, having suffered three straight shutouts, last scored in the sixth inning of a June 20 game. Since then, they had gone 30 2/3 innings without scoring.

San Diego tried its luck against right-hander Jack Fisher in this one and wasted no time in succeeding. With two out in the first, Al Ferrara singled to right, plating John Sipin, who had led off the contest with a double.

The Reds tied the game in the bottom half, but the Padres weren’t done against Fisher. Larry Stahl, making his first start of the season at first base, tripled to lead off the second. Chris Cannizzaro followed with a double to give San Diego the lead. Then, with two out, Sipin knocked his second double in as many at-bats to score Cannizzaro and put the Padres up, 3-1.

In the fourth, with the visitors still ahead by two runs, Lee May drilled a two-run homer to tie the game. The score remained tied until the bottom of the ninth, when Pete Rose hit a two-out single to bring home Jim Beauchamp and give the Reds a 4-3 victory in front of 7,486 fans at Crosley Field.

Trivia: Reliever Clay Carroll picked up his 10th win of the season for Cincinnati in the team’s 65th game.

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