April 24, 1969, Houston: Padres 4, Astros 1 (box score) A day after being completely dominated by Larry Dierker, the Padres set the tone early in this one. The game started innocently enough, with the two teams exchanging zeroes in the first inning. Ollie Brown then led off the top of the second with a [...]
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Checking In on the New Guys
The Padres lost on Sunday, and I have surprisingly little to say about it. They didn’t really do anything wrong other than run into Jason Hirsh, who is pitching very well right now. I liked what I saw from Greg Maddux. Again. Actually, I like what I’m seeing from a lot of the new guys: [...]
1969: Dierker, Astros Shut Down Padres
April 23, 1969, San Diego: Astros 4, Padres 0 (box score) The Padres, perhaps feeling guilty about the eight runs they’d scored against Atlanta the previous night, put up very little fight against Larry Dierker and the Houston Astros. Dierker, who had lost to the Padres two weeks earlier, limited the home club to just [...]
1969: Ollie Brown Leads Padres Past Atlanta
April 22, 1969, San Diego: Padres 8, Braves 4 (box score) The Braves jumped out to an early lead against left-hander Dick Kelley. In the top of the second, after retiring the first two batters, Kelley served up singles to two of the weakest batters in the lineup, shortstop Sonny Jackson and pitcher Pat Jarvis. [...]
IGD: Padres @ Rockies (22 Apr 07)
first pitch: 12:05 p.m. PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Greg Maddux (1-1, 3.86 ERA) vs Jason Hirsh (1-1, 3.38 ERA) The Padres look to complete the sweep in Denver behind Greg Maddux. Despite his 6-1 career record at Coors Field, Maddux hasn’t pitched particularly well there, sporting a 5.96 ERA over 48 1/3 innings. He’s [...]
IGD: Padres @ Rockies (21 Apr 07)
first pitch: 5:05 p.m. PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Clay Hensley (0-3, 12.21 ERA) vs Jeff Francis (1-1, 5.60 ERA) Hello, offense. Don’t look now, but for the first time in more than 6 years, the Padres have scored at least 11 runs in consecutive games. The last time that happened was April 7 and [...]
1969: Padres Return Home, Fall to Braves
April 21, 1969, San Diego: Braves 5, Padres 2 (box score) Back home in San Diego, the Padres welcomed the Atlanta Braves to town for a brief two-game series. The Braves were led by Hank Aaron, whose 512 career home runs placed him fifth on the all-time leaderboard behind Ted Williams, Jimmie Foxx, Willie Mays, [...]
IGD: Padres @ Rockies (20 Apr 07)
first pitch: 6:05 p.m. PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chris Young (1-1, 4.30 ERA) vs Josh Fogg (0-0, 3.38 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com What’s up with the Rockies? Oddly enough, pitching has carried them through the first couple weeks of the season. They’ve gotten surprisingly good performances out of the entire rotation except for, [...]
Friday Links (20 Apr 07)
I woke up this morning with the Beatles’ “Long, Long, Long” in my head. Very strange tune to have in my head, considering I haven’t heard it in years. Anyway, you’re here for the links so let’s get right to them: Former No. 1 pick Gonzalez finally finds home in San Diego (Press-Enterprise). Mostly fluffy [...]
1969: Padres Drop Final Game of Inaugural Road Trip
April 20, 1969, San Francisco: Giants 3, Padres 2 (box score) The final game of their inaugural road trip saw the Padres send Tommie Sisk to the mound. The Giants countered with right-hander Bobby Bolin. After trading single runs early, the Padres and Giants remained deadlocked until the bottom of the sixth. In that inning, [...]
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