1969: Padres Return Home, Fall to Braves
Saturday, April 21, 2007by Geoff Young
April 21, 1969, San Diego: Braves 5, Padres 2 (box score)
Back home in San Diego, the Padres welcomed the Atlanta Braves to town for a brief two-game series. The Braves were led by Hank Aaron, whose 512 career home runs placed him fifth on the all-time leaderboard behind Ted Williams, Jimmie Foxx, Willie Mays, and of course, Babe Ruth.
Johnny Podres started for the home team, while right-hander Ron Reed got the call for Atlanta. Reed had been named to the National League All-Star team as a rookie in 1968, but he'd gotten off to a rough start in his sophomore season.
Today, however, it was Podres' (and the ...
