May 4, 1969, Cincinnati: Reds 3, Padres 2 (box score), Reds 12, Padres 0 (box score) The first game of a doubleheader at Crosley Field featured Al Santorini and Jack Fisher. In a sign of how times have changed, Fisher actually worked an inning of relief just two days earlier in the Reds’ 8-5 loss [...]
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1969: Padres Score Nine in the First, Cruise to Third Straight Win
May 3, 1969, Cincinnati: Padres 13, Braves 5 (box score) For the second straight game, Padres batters busted out in a big way. How big? The Reds needed three pitchers to get out of the first inning. The starter, Tony Cloninger, faced five batters; all reached base, all scored. His replacement, Jim Merritt, allowed four [...]
1969: Padres Explode for Eight Runs in Cincy
May 2, 1969, Cincinnati: Padres 8, Braves 3 (box score) Making their first ever trip to Crosley Field, the Padres sent Clay Kirby to the mound against George Culver. The two teams traded runs in the first, with the Reds adding three more in the second on a Pete Rose sacrifice fly and a Bobby [...]
1969: Padres Take Two from Cincy
April 27, 1969, San Diego: Padres 5, Reds 2 (box score); Padres 10, Reds 9 (box score) The Padres swept the first ever doubleheader at San Diego Stadium. In the opener, right-hander Clay Kirby hooked up against right-hander George Culver. The Padres didn’t waste any time in this one. Tommy Dean led off the bottom [...]
1969: Padres Mount Late Comeback to Defeat Reds
April 26, 1969, San Diego: Padres 5, Reds 2 (box score) Dick Kelley and left-hander Jim Merritt locked horns in the second of four games between the Padres and Reds at San Diego Stadium. Merritt, who won 12 games with Minnesota the previous season, came to the Reds in a November 1968 deal that sent [...]
1969: Bench, Maloney Lead Reds Past Padres
April 25, 1969, San Diego: Reds 4, Padres 1 (box score) The Reds, making their first visit to San Diego, sent right-hander Jim Maloney to the mound against Tommie Sisk. A Fresno native, Maloney had won 20 or more games in a season twice by age 25. In 1968, a down year by his standards, [...]
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