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1969: Expos in Town Means Victory

August 29, 1969, San Diego: Padres 3, Expos 0 (box score) Following two straight series sweeps at the hands of the Mets and Phillies, San Diego welcomed the Montreal Expos to town. For all the Padres’ faults during their inaugural season (and there were plenty), they never seemed to have trouble beating their fellow expansion [...]

1969: Niekro Does It All in Extra-Inning Affair at Montreal

August 21, 1969, Montreal: Padres 1, Expos 0 (box score) Joe Niekro, Jerry Robertson, and a whole lot of zeroes. That was the story on a late-August Thursday in Montreal. The Expos had an early opportunity in the second, when Coco Laboy reached third with one out on an error by left fielder Al Ferrara, [...]