1969: Padres Score Early, Hold On Late to Beat Giants

Monday, September 24, 2007
by Geoff Young
September 24, 1969, San Diego: Padres 3, Giants 2 (box score) San Diego, with some help from the Giants defense, jumped on Juan Marichal immediately in this one. Jose Arcia and Roberto Pena singled to lead off the first. Ollie Brown then doubled home Arcia. After Marichal fanned the next two batters, Ivan Murrell flied to left for what should have been the final out of the inning. Jim Ray Hart dropped the ball, though, allowing Pena and Brown to score, and giving the Padres a 3-0 lead. Al Santorini held San Francisco in check until the eighth inning, when his control escaped him. A walk, two hit ...
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1969: Padres Capitalize on Fuentes Error, Rout Giants

Sunday, July 15, 2007
by Geoff Young
July 15, 1969, San Francisco: Padres 10, Giants 3 (...
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1969: Marichal Marches Giants Past Niekro, Padres

Monday, July 2, 2007
by Geoff Young
July 2, 1969, San Diego: Giants 6, Padres 3 (box score) I hope that if nothing else, this look back at the Padres' inaugural season has given everyone a greater appreciation for where the franchise is now. Honestly, if the club hadn't been doing so well over the past few seasons, I'm not sure I could maintain my enthusiasm for this series. It's tough to write about a team that loses two-thirds of its games and still has half a season remaining on the schedule. Anyway. The Giants scored two off Joe Niekro in the first on a most unusual sequence. With runners at first and second, no ...
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1969: Padres Lose Again to Marichal

Tuesday, April 17, 2007
by Geoff Young
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 second, the club from San Diego had the future Hall of Famer on the ropes. Unfortunately, despite collecting six hits in those first two innings, the Padres managed to leave five runners on base. They let Marichal off the hook, and he didn't need a second invitation to make the Padres pay for ...
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1969: Padres Drop Second Straight to Giants

Thursday, April 12, 2007
by Geoff Young
April 12, 1969, San Diego: Giants 5, Padres 1 (box score) In the first Saturday game at San Diego Stadium, the Padres and Giants drew just 20,356 people. I know this sounds like a terrible turnout, but consider that 12 big-league games were played that day. Of those, only the Reds at Braves and the Expos at Cubs drew larger crowds. Two teams (Cardinals and Tigers) had drawn as many as 2 million people the previous season, and it took them a combined 200 victories and a date in the World Series. Context is everything. To the game at hand, right-hander Al McBean got the call for the Padres. ...
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