1969: Mays Powers Giants Past Padres

Saturday, September 22, 2007
by Geoff Young
September 22, 1969, San Diego: Giants 4, Padres 2 (box score) Endure the present, and watch for better things. -- Virgil (not Ozzie) In the Padres' case, they would have to watch for a very long time. Then again, Virgil had been dead for 2,000 years, so length is a relative concept. The Giants scored first. In the third, Ron Hunt and Jim Ray Hart each notched RBI singles against San Diego's Mike Corkins to take a 2-0 lead. The Padres came back in the bottom half. With one out, Jose Arcia singled to center. After Roberto Pena struck out, Arcia stole second and then scored on an Ollie Brown ...
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1969: Braves Batter Padres

Wednesday, September 19, 2007
by Geoff Young
September 19, 1969, San Diego: Braves 12, Padres 3 (box score) Another day, another blowout. The Padres trailed, 4-2, after an inning, and that was as close as they ever got. The Braves banged out 17 hits and San Diego starter Mike Corkins left after retiring just one of the six batters he faced. Rico Carty and the light-hitting Gil Garrido collected three hits apiece, with Garrido driving in three runs (he finished with 10 RBI all season in 251 PA). Clete Boyer also drove in three runs, while Orlando Cepeda and ex-Padre Tony Gonzalez each added two hits. Heck, even Braves starter Milt Pappas knocked his second homer ...
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1969: Corkins Corked in Big-League Debut at Houston

Saturday, September 8, 2007
by Geoff Young
September 8, 1969, Houston: Astros 9, Padres 2 (box score) Mike Corkins made his first big-league start on a Monday in the Astrodome. It could have gone better. Corkins, whom the Padres selected from the Giants with the 31st pick in the expansion draft, didn't make it out of the second inning. Heck, he barely made it out of the first, allowing four runs on four hits (all for extra bases, including two triples to lead off the game) and a walk. The Padres scored in the second on a one-out solo home run off the bat of Nate Colbert to make the score 4-1, but Houston answered with ...
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