1969: Bunning, Stargell, Clemente Lead Pirates Past Padres

Friday, July 27, 2007
by Geoff Young
July 27, 1969, Pittsburgh: Pirates 4, Padres 1 (box score) Clay Kirby and Jim Bunning kept the game scoreless until the fourth. Then, in the bottom half of the inning, Roberto Clemente knocked a one-out single to center, advancing to second on an error by Ivan Murrell. One out later, with Manny Sanguillen at the plate, Kirby uncorked a wild pitch, moving Clemente to third. Sanguillen followed with a single to left, scoring Clemente and putting the Pirates up, 1-0. Pittsburgh added to its lead in the sixth. With one out, Stargell tripled to right and Clemente singled him home. The next inning, the Padres finally got on the board. ...
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1969: Padres Fall Just Short in Loss at Pittsburgh

Thursday, July 26, 2007
by Geoff Young
July 26, 1969, Pittsburgh: Pirates 4, Padres 3 (box score) This was almost a brilliant comeback win for the Padres. Almost. The Pirates drew first blood. In the first inning, they parlayed a double, balk, and groundout into a 1-0 lead against rookie (and former Pittsburgh farmhand) Dave Roberts. They extended it to 2-0 in the third and tacked on another run in the seventh. San Diego, meanwhile, ran into a brick wall named Luke Walker for 8 2/3 innings. Then, down to their final out, the Padres got a single from Ollie Brown and a double from Nate Colbert to bring up Al Ferrara, who brought the visitors back ...
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1969: Blass Blows Away Reeling Padres

Tuesday, May 22, 2007
by Geoff Young
May 22, 1969, San Diego: Pirates 7, Padres 1 (box score) Losers of four straight games, the Padres looked to turn their fortunes against Pittsburgh's Steve Blass. The Pirates had other ideas, scoring two runs off Clay Kirby in the first inning. The Padres answered with a run of their own in the fourth, when Nate Colbert hammered a two-out solo home run to narrow the gap to 2-1. That was as close as San Diego would get. Blass went the distance, limiting the Padres to three hits (two by Colbert) and fanning nine. The Pirates added three in the eighth and then capped the scoring with a solo homer ...
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1969: Padres Beaten by Moose

Monday, May 21, 2007
by Geoff Young
May 21, 1969, San Diego: Pirates 11, Padres 1 (box score) The Padres ran into a Moose on Wednesday -- right-hander Bob Moose. After winning eight games as a rookie the previous season, the 21-year-old Pennsylvania native had gotten off to a slow start in 1969. On this day, however, Moose was in complete control from the beginning. Of course, the fact that his offense scored 11 runs behind him didn't hurt. Holding a 4-1 lead entering the sixth inning, the Pirates erupted for four runs against San Diego left-hander Billy McCool. The key blow in the sixth was a grand slam by Al Oliver. The next inning, Pittsburgh plated ...
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