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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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1969: Padres Swept by Reds

Monday, July 9, 2007
by Geoff Young

July 9, 1969, San Diego: Reds 4, Padres 3 (box score) Another day, another home loss to the Reds. Clay Kirby and left-hander Jim Merritt hooked up in this one, and although neither pitched particularly well, both kept their team in the game. Cincinnati struck first. Pete Rose led off the game with a single to left. After Rose stole second, Bobby Tolan beat out a bunt single to put runners at the corners. Alex Johnson then flied to right, scoring Rose and advancing Tolan to second. With Tony Perez up, Tolan stole third and then was caught trying to steal home. (I can't imagine a scenario in ...

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1969: Padres Fall to Reds

Saturday, July 7, 2007
by Geoff Young

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 in the second. Van Kelly doubled and Ivan Murrell singled him to third. Kelly scored on a 4-6-3 double play off the bat of Chris Cannizzaro to make the score 2-1. The Padres had a chance to break the game open in the third. With runners at second and third, and one out, Cincinnati ...

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1969: Padres Finally Score, Still Lose

Sunday, June 24, 2007
by Geoff Young

June 23, 1969, Cincinnati: Reds 4, Padres 3 (box score) The Padres, having suffered three straight shutouts, last scored in the sixth inning of a June 20 game. Since then, they had gone 30 2/3 innings without scoring. San Diego tried its luck against right-hander Jack Fisher in this one and wasted no time in succeeding. With two out in the first, Al Ferrara singled to right, plating John Sipin, who had led off the contest with a double. The Reds tied the game in the bottom half, but the Padres weren't done against Fisher. Larry Stahl, making his first start of the season at first base, tripled to lead ...

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1969: Three Days, Three Shutouts

Saturday, June 23, 2007
by Geoff Young

June 23, 1969, Cincinnati: Reds 5, Padres 0 (box score) After being blanked in the final two games of a weekend series at Houston, the Padres headed north to take on the Reds. Gary Ross made the start for San Diego, while Cincinnati countered with left-hander Jim Merritt. The Reds threatened immediately in this one. With one out in the first inning, Bobby Tolan was hit by a pitch. Alex Johnson singled him to third, bringing up Tony Perez. Fortunately for Ross and the Padres, Perez rapped into a 6-4-3 double play. San Diego wasn't so lucky in the second. After Lee May flied out to lead off the inning, ...

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1969: Padres Explode for Eight Runs in Cincy

Wednesday, May 2, 2007
by Geoff Young

May 2, 1969, Cincinnati: Padres 8, Braves 3 (box score) Making their first ever trip to Crosley Field, the Padres sent Clay Kirby to the mound against George Culver. The two teams traded runs in the first, with the Reds adding three more in the second on a Pete Rose sacrifice fly and a Bobby Tolan two-run home run. Cincinnati held a 4-1 advantage into the fourth inning. Nate Colbert led off that frame with a grounder to third that Tony Perez couldn't handle. After Cito Gaston and Ed Spiezio grounded out, Chris Cannizzaro singled to left. Bill Davis, batting for Kirby, then drew a walk. Leadoff man ...

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1969: Padres Take Two from Cincy

Friday, April 27, 2007
by Geoff Young

April 27, 1969, San Diego: Padres 5, Reds 2 (box score); Padres 10, Reds 9 (box score) The Padres swept the first ever doubleheader at San Diego Stadium. In the opener, right-hander Clay Kirby hooked up against right-hander George Culver. The Padres didn't waste any time in this one. Tommy Dean led off the bottom of the first with a homer to left, the first of his big-league career. After adding single runs in the third and the fifth, the Padres finished their scoring in the sixth inning. With two outs, Roberto ...

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