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 [...]
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1969: Padres Fall Just Short in Loss at Pittsburgh
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 [...]
1969: Blass Blows Away Reeling Padres
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 [...]
1969: Padres Beaten by Moose
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 [...]
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