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1969: Padres Finish As They Started, with a Win

Tuesday, October 2, 2007
by Geoff Young

October 2, 1969, San Francisco: Padres 3, Giants 2 (box score) Prior to the Padres' inaugural season, manager Preston Gomez and his coaching staff had hoped their club could win 60 games. Although they fell short of that mark, they fared much better than the last National League expansion team, the historically inept 1962 New York Mets. As for Gomez' prediction that the Padres would outscore the Los Angeles Dodgers... well, let's just say he was off a tad (where a tad equals 177 runs). San Diego sent 20-game loser Clay Kirby to the mound in the season finale. The Giants countered with rookie right-hander Rich Robertson. The ...

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1969: Colbert, Slocum Lead Padres to Victory

Monday, October 1, 2007
by Geoff Young

October 1, 1969, San Francisco: Padres 9, Giants 4 (box score) The Padres provided a rare offensive display in the penultimate game of their inaugural season. For the first time since August 20 at Montreal, they scored more than eight runs. San Francisco started the scoring. Bobby Bonds led off the fourth inning to give the Giants a 1-0 lead. Four singles later, they pushed it to 3-0 and knocked Joe Niekro out of the contest. The visitors, however, had ideas of their own. In the fifth, with two on and one out, Tommy Dean flied to right, but Bill Burda dropped the ball, allowing Jim Williams to ...

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1969: Perry Dominates Padres

Sunday, September 30, 2007
by Geoff Young

September 30, 1969, San Francisco: Giants 6, Padres 1 (box score) The Giants scored three in the first off Al Santorini. With runners at second and third, and two out, Bobby Bonds singled to left, driving home Tito Fuentes and Ron Hunt. Left fielder Jim Williams and Santorini both made errors on the play, allowing Bonds to scamper home as well. San Diego threatened to cut the lead the next inning. Van Kelly led off with a single and Ivan Murrell doubled him to third. Gaylord Perry came back to strike out the side, keeping the Padres off the board. In the fifth, with the score now 4-0, San ...

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IGD: Padres @ Giants (26 Sep 07)

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
by Geoff Young

Game #158 time:7:15 p.m. PT tv:4SD sp:Jake Peavy (18-5, 2.36) vs Pat Misch (0-3, 2.75) pre:Padres.com, B-R.com This kid made a lot of Padres hitters schwing and Misch the last time he faced them. Thanks, you're much too kind; please stop throwing vegetables.

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IGD: Padres @ Giants (25 Sep 07)

Tuesday, September 25, 2007
by Geoff Young

Game #157 time:7:15 p.m. PT tv:4SD sp:Brett Tomko (4-11, 5.36) vs Matt Cain (7-16, 3.68) pre:Padres.com, B-R.com Brett Tomko is an anagram of Bottom Trek. Matt Cain is an anagram of Attic Man. I wish there were a super hero called Attic Man and he played for the Padres... Tunes: Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell.

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IGD: Padres @ Giants (24 Sep 07)

Monday, September 24, 2007
by Geoff Young

Game #156 time:7:15 p.m. PT tv:4SD sp:Chris Young (9-7, 2.83) vs Barry Zito (9-13, 4.56) pre:Padres.com | B-R.com Sigh. Milton Bradley and Mike Cameron are out for the year. Less nonsense and more winning, please. Go Padres!

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1969: Padres Score Early, Hold On Late to Beat Giants

Monday, September 24, 2007
by Geoff Young

September 24, 1969, San Diego: Padres 3, Giants 2 (box score) San Diego, with some help from the Giants defense, jumped on Juan Marichal immediately in this one. Jose Arcia and Roberto Pena singled to lead off the first. Ollie Brown then doubled home Arcia. After Marichal fanned the next two batters, Ivan Murrell flied to left for what should have been the final out of the inning. Jim Ray Hart dropped the ball, though, allowing Pena and Brown to score, and giving the Padres a 3-0 lead. Al Santorini held San Francisco in check until the eighth inning, when his control escaped him. A walk, two hit ...

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