August 1, 1969, Chicago: Cubs 5, Padres 2 (box score) The Padres, after being swept in St. Louis by the Cardinals, headed to Chicago hoping to change their fortunes. Unfortunately, the Cubs, who owned first place in the NL East at the time, had their own ideas. Clay Kirby and Bill Hands hooked up in [...]
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1969: Padres Stumble into All-Star Break
July 20, 1969, Atlanta: Braves 10, Padres 0 (box score) In their final game before the All-Star break, the Padres sent Clay Kirby to the mound against Atlanta’s Pat Jarvis. The game could have gone worse for San Diego, although it’s hard to imagine how. The Braves scored in the first on two walks, two [...]
1969: Padres Capitalize on Fuentes Error, Rout Giants
July 15, 1969, San Francisco: Padres 10, Giants 3 (
1969: Padres Bust Out Bats Late, Beat Astros
July 5, 1969, San Diego: Padres 9, Astros 8 (box score) The 1969 Padres scored 11 runs in extra innings all season. More than half (6) of them came in this game. The Astros jumped out to a quick lead against Clay Kirby. After Curt Blefary led off the contest with a single to right, [...]
1969: Bullpen Implodes, Padres Drop Opener to Expos
June 10, 1969, San Diego: Expos 7, Padres 4 (box score) A season-low “crowd” of 3,194 gathered to witness the Montreal Expos’ first ever game in San Diego. Rookie right-hander Mike Wegener, who had yielded two unearned runs over nine innings against the Padres in Montreal 11 days earlier, got the call for the visitors. [...]
1969: Padres Extend Winning Streak to Five
June 3, 1969, Philadelphia: Padres 6, Phillies 5 (box score) Fresh off their fourth straight victory, the Padres sent Clay Kirby to the mound against Philadelphia’s Woodie Fryman. San Diego struck early in this one. With two out in the first, Ollie Brown drew a walk. Nate Colbert followed with a single, and the streaking [...]
1969: Padres Falter Late, Lose to Carlton and Cardinals
May 17, 1969, San Diego: Cardinals 5, Padres 1 (box score) Clay Kirby had helped lead the Padres to victory six days earlier in St. Louis. This time, in San Diego, he faced up-and-coming left-hander Steve Carlton. Signed by the Cardinals in 1963 as an amateur free agent, Carlton first surfaced with the big club [...]
1969: Veale, Stargell Lead Pirates Past Padres
May 7, 1969, Pittsburgh: Pirates 2, Padres 0 (box score) After winning the opener in Pittsburgh, the Padres turned to Clay Kirby. The Pirates countered with left-hander Bob Veale. The Alabama native had finished the previous season at 13-14 despite a sparkling 2.05 ERA. Veale had gotten off to a slow start in 1969, entering [...]
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: Padres Lose Again to Marichal
April 17, 1969, San Francisco: Giants 5, Padres 4 (box score) Nine games into their existence as a big-league franchise, the Padres scored more than two runs in a game for the very first time. After pouncing on Juan Marichal for two runs in the top of the first inning and adding another in the [...]
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