1969: Padres Break Nine-Game Skid

Monday, August 6, 2007
by Geoff Young
August 6, 1969, San Diego: Padres 3, Cardinals 2 (box score) A day after getting shut down by Bob Gibson, the Padres had to face left-hander Steve Carlton, who wasn't yet the dominant pitcher he would become. San Diego scored first on a homer off the bat of Al Ferrara with one out in the fifth. Ivan Murrell and Chris Cannizzaro followed with triples to extend the lead. The Padres, though, couldn't get Cannizzaro in from third and the score remained 2-0. The Cardinals responded immediately. Lou Brock tripled to lead off the sixth, and Curt Flood followed with a double to right. With one out, Bill ...
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1969: Taylor Shuts Down Padres in St. Louis

Saturday, July 28, 2007
by Geoff Young
July 28, 1969, St. Louis: Cardinals 2, Padres 1 (box score) Julian Javier led off the bottom of the first with a home run to left off Dick Kelley. The Cardinals added to their lead in the sixth, when Vada Pinson doubled home Javier to make the score 2-0. It could have been even worse, but reliever Gary Ross retired Lou Brock and Tim McCarver with the bases loaded to limit the damage. The Padres, meanwhile, couldn't do anything against rookie right-hander Chuck Taylor. In the eighth, with the help of some shoddy defense by the home team, San Diego finally managed to score. Walt Hriniak reached on ...
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1969: Padres Fall Short in Comeback, Drop Series to Cardinals

Friday, May 18, 2007
by Geoff Young
May 18, 1969, San Diego: Cardinals 6, Padres 5 (box score) The Padres jumped out to a quick lead in the rubber match against the visiting Cardinals, touching starter Dave Giusti for two runs in the first. After a single, walk, and passed ball put runners on second and third with two out, Ollie Brown singled to left to drive home Roberto Pena and Nate Colbert. St. Louis got one of the runs back in the second. Then, in the fourth, the Cardinals took a lead they would not relinquish. With one out, Joe Hague doubled to right, scoring Mike Shannon. Later in the inning, Lou Brock singled ...
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1969: Padres Falter Late, Lose to Carlton and Cardinals

Thursday, May 17, 2007
by Geoff Young
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 in 1965. After another cup of coffee the following season, he established himself as a rotation mainstay in 1967 and 1968. The 24-year-old from Miami entered Saturday evening's contest with 32 big-league victories and 406 strikeouts. The visitors scored first. In the top of the second, with nobody on and two out, Mike Shannon ...
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1969: Baldschun, Padres Win Again in St. Louis

Friday, May 11, 2007
by Geoff Young
May 11, 1969, St. Louis: Padres 4, Cardinals 2 (box score) The Padres concluded their three-game set at Busch Stadium by sending Clay Kirby to the mound. The Cardinals countered with ex-Padre Dave Giusti. Ex-Padre? Yes, that's right; San Diego had selected Giusti from the Cardinals with the third pick in the 1968 expansion draft. Less than two months later, the Padres returned him to St. Louis in exchange for third baseman Ed Spiezio and spare parts. The Cardinals jumped on Kirby early. With one out in the first, Julian Javier tripled to left. Lou Brock, batting third in Red Schoendienst's lineup, followed with a single to give the ...
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1969: Padres Beat Carlton, Cardinals

Thursday, May 10, 2007
by Geoff Young
May 10, 1969, St. Louis: Padres 5, Cardinals 3 (box score) The Cardinals started quickly in this one. In the first inning, with Lou Brock at second and two out, Joe Torre hammered a two-run homer to center off Joe Niekro to give the home team a 2-0 lead. Ordinarily that might be enough for Steve Carlton, the 24-year-old left-hander from Miami. Through the first three innings, the Padres couldn't get anything going against Carlton. The Cardinals, meanwhile, tacked on another run in the third on a Torre single that scored Brock. In the top of the fourth, facing the bottom of the Padres order, Carlton ran into trouble. ...
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1969: Padres Blow Early Lead, Fall to Cardinals

Wednesday, May 9, 2007
by Geoff Young
May 9, 1969, St. Louis: Cardinals 7, Padres 6 (box score) In their first trip to Busch Stadium, the Padres jumped all over right-hander Ray Washburn. With Roberto Pena on second and two out in the first inning, four consecutive singles resulted in three runs. Chris Cannizzaro was caught looking to end the frame, but the club from San Diego had staked Al Santorini to an early lead. For a while, it looked like three runs might be enough for Santorini. He shut down the Cardinals through five innings, allowing just two walks and two hits. Only one St. Louis baserunner had made it past first base. In ...
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