September 18, 2007 – 12:37 am
September 18, 1969, San Diego: Padres 7, Reds 1 (box score)
Here’s the danger of small sample sizes, as illustrated by Jose Arcia. We’ve established that the guy couldn’t hit a lick, and yet, over a four-game period in mid-September, he went 9-for-18 with four doubles. In this one, Arcia collected four hits en route to [...]
September 17, 2007 – 12:23 am
September 17, 1969, San Diego: Reds 10, Padres 5 (box score)
Like offense? You’d have loved this one. Thirty-one hits. Six batters collected three base knocks — five of them played, as you might have imagined, for the visiting Reds.
Cincinnati scored early and often against starter Joe Niekro (and everyone else the Padres sent out there, [...]
September 11, 2007 – 12:40 am
September 11, 1969, Cincinnati: Reds 6, Padres 4 (box score)
The Padres dug themselves into a serious hole early in this one, and couldn’t quite get back out of it. After mounting a minor threat in the second inning, the Reds touched up San Diego starter Tommie Sisk in the third.
Pitcher Gary Nolan led off the [...]
September 10, 2007 – 12:09 am
September 10, 1969, Cincinnati: Padres 2, Reds 1 (box score)
This Wednesday affair at Crosley Field turned out to be quite the pitchers duel. Through the first three innings, there were a total of three baserunners: all walks by the Padres against Cincinnati starter Tony Cloninger.
In the fourth, San Diego scored the game’s first run. Rookie [...]
August 12, 2007 – 8:00 am
Game #117
time:
10:15 a.m. PT
tv:
4SD
sp:
Jake Peavy (12-5, 2.21) vs Bronson Arroyo (5-12, 4.51)
pre:
Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com
Went and watched Rush Hour 3 on Saturday. Wait till it comes out on cable. As Morrissey says, “that joke isn’t funny anymore.”
On another note, the Padres have played 116 games this year. For reference, here are their best records at this [...]
August 11, 2007 – 8:38 am
Game #116
time:
12:55 p.m. PT
tv:
none
sp:
Justin Germano (6-6, 4.30) vs Bobby Livingston (2-2, 4.46)
pre:
Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com
Here’s an exercise for those who would jump off the Padres bandwagon during times of adversity (and for anyone else who might be curious). Which of the following describes San Diego’s last 10 games, and which describes the Diamondbacks’ last 10 games?
Team [...]
August 10, 2007 – 3:09 pm
Game #115
time:
4:10 p.m. PT
tv:
4SD
sp:
Wil Ledezma (3-3, 5.06) vs Matt Belisle (6-8, 5.26)
pre:
Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com
The latest contestant in “Who Wants to Pitch Like Cy Young” is Matt Belisle. Friday night actually marks the fifth straight game the Padres will face a starting pitcher who entered the game with an ERA north of 5.00. Belisle follows Braden [...]
July 9, 1969, San Diego: Reds 4, Padres 3 (box score)
Another day, another home loss to the Reds. Clay Kirby and left-hander Jim Merritt hooked up in this one, and although neither pitched particularly well, both kept their team in the game.
Cincinnati struck first. Pete Rose led off the game with a single to left. [...]
July 8, 1969, San Diego: Reds 8, Padres 2 (box score)
Cincinnati jumped to an early 1-0 lead, and it could have been much worse. The Reds had the bases loaded and one out in the first, but couldn’t score any additional runs.
No such troubles in the third inning. A Lee May double to left scored [...]
July 7, 1969, San Diego: Reds 5, Padres 3 (box score)
This game started off with a bang when Pete Rose popped a leadoff homer to right off Joe Niekro. Johnny Bench added an RBI single later in the first inning to put the Reds up, 2-0.
San Diego got one of the runs back in the [...]
