July 7, 1969, San Diego: Reds 5, Padres 3 (box score) This game started off with a bang when Pete Rose popped a leadoff homer to right off Joe Niekro. Johnny Bench added an RBI single later in the first inning to put the Reds up, 2-0. San Diego got one of the runs back [...]
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1969: Padres, Astros Split Doubleheader
July 6, 1969, San Diego: Astros 3, Padres 2 (box score); Padres 1, Astros 0 (box score) Jim Ray got the start for Houston in the opener. The Padres countered with rookie left-hander Dave Roberts, just up from Double-A Elmira, where he was 7-5 with a 3.50 ERA in 15 games. Originally signed by the [...]
1969: Padres Bust Out Bats Late, Beat Astros
July 5, 1969, San Diego: Padres 9, Astros 8 (box score) The 1969 Padres scored 11 runs in extra innings all season. More than half (6) of them came in this game. The Astros jumped out to a quick lead against Clay Kirby. After Curt Blefary led off the contest with a single to right, [...]
1969: Marichal Marches Giants Past Niekro, Padres
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 [...]
1969: Falling? We Haven’t Even Started
June 30, 1969, San Diego: Giants 6, Padres 1 (box score) The scary thing isn’t that the Padres went 7-22 in June to bring their season record to 27-52, it’s that they went 25-58 the rest of the way. As a relative newcomer to the party who has had to “suffer” through the ’93 Fire [...]
1969: Padres Drop Another Doubleheader
June 20, 1969, Houston: Astros 6, Padres 1 (box score); Astros 3, Padres 1 (box score) For the second time in four days, the Padres played two. For the second time, they found themselves overmatched. The opener pitted Clay Kirby against Larry Dierker. The Padres struck first, with Nate Colbert homering to lead off the [...]
1969: Bullpen Implodes, Padres Drop Opener to Expos
June 10, 1969, San Diego: Expos 7, Padres 4 (box score) A season-low “crowd” of 3,194 gathered to witness the Montreal Expos’ first ever game in San Diego. Rookie right-hander Mike Wegener, who had yielded two unearned runs over nine innings against the Padres in Montreal 11 days earlier, got the call for the visitors. [...]
1969: Padres Begin Long Spiral Downward with Loss at Home to Mets
June 6, 1969, San Diego: Mets 5, Padres 3 (box score) The Padres, fresh off a franchise-long six-game winning streak, returned home to face the New York Mets. Joe Niekro toed the slab for San Diego, while the visitors started rookie right-hander Gary Gentry. Taking advantage of Gentry’s wildness and his team’s shoddy defense, the [...]
1969: Padres Extend Winning Streak to Five
June 3, 1969, Philadelphia: Padres 6, Phillies 5 (box score) Fresh off their fourth straight victory, the Padres sent Clay Kirby to the mound against Philadelphia’s Woodie Fryman. San Diego struck early in this one. With two out in the first, Ollie Brown drew a walk. Nate Colbert followed with a single, and the streaking [...]
1969: Padres Down Phillies at Shibe Park
June 2, 1969, Philadelphia: Padres 6, Expos Phillies 4 (box score) The Padres and Phillies met Monday night in front of just over 3,000 fans at Shibe Park. Al Santorini, off to a great start for San Diego, faced sophomore right-hander Jerry Johnson. The Phillies were led by the brilliant but bristly Dick Allen and [...]
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