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1969: Four-Run Fourth Dooms Padres

Monday, August 13, 2007
by Geoff Young

August 13, 1969, San Diego: Cubs 4, Padres 2 (box score) The Padres scored first in this Wednesday evening affair, but they could have done even more damage. In the second inning, with Bill Hands on the mound for Chicago, Nate Colbert led off with a single to left. Al Ferrara walked and Ivan Murrell reached on an error by third baseman Ron Santo. After Walt Hriniak flied to right for the first out, Tommy Dean was intentionally walked to load the bases. Joe Niekro struck out and Jose Arcia grounded to second to end the inning. San Diego had a 1-0 lead. In the fourth, the Cubs took ...

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1969: Holtzman, Santo Lead Cubs Past Padres

Thursday, August 2, 2007
by Geoff Young

August 2, 1969, Chicago: Cubs 4, Padres 1 (box score) It's hard to win when you have more errors than hits in a game. The Padres gave an excellent demonstration of that fact on a Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field. The Cubs scored two unearned runs in the second inning off Al Santorini. They extended their lead to 3-0 in the third on one-out homer to left off the bat of Ron Santo. Chicago southpaw Ken Holtzman, meanwhile, held the Padres hitless for 5 2/3 innings. Then Nate Colbert doubled to center, scoring Ollie Brown, who had walked directly ahead of him. Ivan Murrell doubled to lead off the next ...

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1969: Different City, Same Result

Wednesday, August 1, 2007
by Geoff Young

August 1, 1969, Chicago: Cubs 5, Padres 2 (box score) The Padres, after being swept in St. Louis by the Cardinals, headed to Chicago hoping to change their fortunes. Unfortunately, the Cubs, who owned first place in the NL East at the time, had their own ideas. Clay Kirby and Bill Hands hooked up in the opener on a Friday afternoon. The Cubs jumped on Kirby early with a two-out rally in the first. Billy Williams singled to center and Ron Santo walked. After a wild pitch moved both runners up 90 feet, Ernie Banks singled them home to give the home team a 2-0 lead. The Padres scored ...

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1969: Padres, Cubs Split Doubleheader

Friday, May 25, 2007
by Geoff Young

May 25, 1969, San Diego: Padres 10, Cubs 2 (box score); Cubs 1, Padres 0 (box score) Ernie Banks was famous for saying "let's play two." On a Sunday afternoon in San Diego, that's just what Banks' Cubs and the Padres did. The first game featured Johnny Podres and Rich Nye. The Padres struck quickly against Nye, plating three in the first on two home runs. With one out, Ollie Brown knocked a two-run blast to center. Then, after a Nate Colbert strikeout, Al Ferrara added a solo shot to left. Chicago ...

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1969: Padres Roll Unlucky Seven

Thursday, May 24, 2007
by Geoff Young

May 24, 1969, San Diego: Cubs 7, Padres 5 (box score) Saturday's contest at San Diego Stadium featured southpaws Dick Kelley and Ken Holtzman in an afternoon affair. The Padres opened with a run in the first. In his first big-league at-bat, second baseman John Sipin tripled to left with one out and then scored on a single off the bat of Ivan Murrell. Nursing a 1-0 lead in the third inning, Kelley gave up a one-out single to Glenn Beckert. After Billy Williams flied to left, Ron Santo stepped to the plate. He knocked a two-run homer to give the visitors their first lead of the game. The Padres ...

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1969: Padres Blanked Again by Selma

Wednesday, May 23, 2007
by Geoff Young

May 23, 1969, San Diego: Cubs 6, Padres 0 (box score) If the Padres didn't yet regret dealing Dick Selma to the Cubs, the right-hander was about to give his former team another reason to think about it. In his first start against the Padres, at Wrigley Field, Selma went the distance and led the Cubs to a 19-0 shellacking of the expansion club. Back in San Diego, in front of a Friday evening crowd of just under 8,000 fans, Selma dominated again. Nate Colbert doubled to left in the fourth, and Cito Gaston led off the eighth with an infield single. That's it. That was the Padres offense. The Cubs, ...

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1969: Padres Can’t Avoid Sweep at Wrigley Field

Monday, May 14, 2007
by Geoff Young

May 14, 1969, Chicago: Cubs 3, Padres 2 (box score) After dropping the first two at Wrigley Field, the Padres sent Tommie Sisk to the mound to try and avoid the sweep. For most of Wednesday afternoon, it looked like they might do that. The Padres broke through first. Catcher Chris Cannizzaro led off the third inning with a rare homer to left off right-hander Bill Hands. The Cubs answered with a leadoff homer of their own in the fourth, courtesy of Ron Santo. The score remained tied at 1-1 headed to the seventh. That inning, after a one-out walk to Bill Davis, Ed Spiezio doubled to center, putting runners ...

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