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1969: Padres Score Six in Fifth, Rout Reds

Tuesday, September 18, 2007
by Geoff Young

September 18, 1969, San Diego: Padres 7, Reds 1 (box score) Here's the danger of small sample sizes, as illustrated by Jose Arcia. We've established that the guy couldn't hit a lick, and yet, over a four-game period in mid-September, he went 9-for-18 with four doubles. In this one, Arcia collected four hits en route to a Padres win over Cincinnati. Starters Clay Kirby and Jim Maloney kept the game scoreless until the fourth. Then the Reds parlayed four singles into a run, driven in by none other than Maloney. With the bases still loaded, Kirby retired Bobby Tolan and Alex Johnson to limit the damage. San Diego scored its ...

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1969: Reds Beat Padres in Hit Parade

Monday, September 17, 2007
by Geoff Young

September 17, 1969, San Diego: Reds 10, Padres 5 (box score) Like offense? You'd have loved this one. Thirty-one hits. Six batters collected three base knocks -- five of them played, as you might have imagined, for the visiting Reds. Cincinnati scored early and often against starter Joe Niekro (and everyone else the Padres sent out there, come to think of it). They tallied single runs in the first and seventh innings, and two each in the third, fourth, fifth, and eighth. The Reds were, in a word, relentless. Midway through the game, the Padres trailed, 7-0, and were burning through their second pitcher. In the bottom of the fifth, they ...

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1969: Sisk, Padres Dominate Astros

Sunday, September 16, 2007
by Geoff Young

September 16, 1969, San Diego: Padres 8, Astros 1 (box score) Tommie Sisk entered Tuesday's contest with a 1-11 record. Houston's starter, Tom Griffin, came in with a 10-7 record. This day, though, belonged to Sisk and the San Diego Padres. The home team got to work early. Jose Arcia, the previous game's star, led off the first with a single to center and then stole second. Ron Slocum followed with his first big-league hit, a single that moved Arcia to third. Ollie Brown then singled home Arcia and Nate Colbert launched a homer that made the score 4-0 before an out had been recorded. The Padres added another ...

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1969: Light-Hitting Arcia Powers Padres Past Houston

Saturday, September 15, 2007
by Geoff Young

September 15, 1969, San Diego: Padres 5, Astros 3 (box score) Jose Arcia's career spanned two seasons and change. In just over 650 plate appearances, the infielder from Cuba batted .215/.260/.278. His OPS+ was 52. Arcia came into this game hitting .190/.234/.236 on the season (259 PA). He had driven in six runs all year, three in an August 20 contest at Montreal. You get the picture, right? The guy couldn't hit. On the third Monday in September, though, Arcia was a one-man wrecking crew. He led off the bottom of the first with an infield single off Astros right-hander Don Wilson and came around to score the game's first ...

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1969: Padres Lose 100th Game

Thursday, September 13, 2007
by Geoff Young

September 13, 1969, Los Angeles: Dodgers 7, Padres 2 (box score) The Padres struck first, but wasted an opportunity to do even more damage. Nate Colbert led off the second inning with a double to right. One out later, Jerry Morales hit an infield single that advanced Colbert to third; an error by catcher Tom Haller on the play allowed Colbert to score the game's first run. Chris Cannizzaro followed with a single to right, but pitcher Joe Niekro killed the rally by rapping into a 4-6-3 double play. Los Angeles responded in the bottom half of the inning. With two outs, Willie Crawford homered to left, tying ...

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1969: Dodgers Chip Away, Beat Padres

Wednesday, September 12, 2007
by Geoff Young

September 12, 1969, Los Angeles: Dodgers 5, Padres 3 (box score) San Diego jumped out to an early 2-0 lead against Bill Singer. With one out in the second, Van Kelly drew a walk. Jerry Morales followed with a double to center that scored the Padres' first run. Morales advanced to third on a Ted Sizemore throwing error on the play, then scored on a sacrifice bunt by Chris Cannizzaro. The Dodgers came back with a run of their own in the fourth. Three straight singles off San Diego starter Al Santorini to start the inning made the score 2-1. It could have been worse, but Sizemore bounced ...

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1969: Padres Can’t Come Back in Cincy

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
by Geoff Young

September 11, 1969, Cincinnati: Reds 6, Padres 4 (box score) The Padres dug themselves into a serious hole early in this one, and couldn't quite get back out of it. After mounting a minor threat in the second inning, the Reds touched up San Diego starter Tommie Sisk in the third. Pitcher Gary Nolan led off the frame with a single to center. After Ted Savage drew a walk, Bobby Tolan singled home Nolan, and Pete Rose drove in two more with a double to center. Johnny Bench then singled, but center fielder Jerry Morales nailed Rose at the plate for the inning's first out. Exit Sisk, enter Jack Baldschun. ...

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