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1969: Kirby Sucks Up Reds

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 [...]

1969: Padres Finally Score, Still Lose

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 [...]

1969: Padres Drop Two in Cincy

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 [...]

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 [...]