1969: Padres Falter Late, Drop Series to Expos
Tuesday, June 12, 2007by Geoff Young
June 12, 1969, San Diego: Expos 4, Padres 1 (box score)
After splitting the first two games at San Diego Stadium, the Expos and Padres remained deadlocked in a scoreless tie through six innings in the rubber match. Not until the bottom of the fifth had either team put a runner past first base. In that inning, the Padres loaded the bases with two out for Tommy Dean, who grounded out to end the frame.
Montreal broke the tie in the seventh. With one out and nobody on, Rusty Staub launched a home run to right off Joe Niekro.
The Padres came back with an unearned run the following inning. ...
