1969: Mets Beat Padres Twice on Tuesday

Sunday, August 26, 2007
by Geoff Young
August 26, 1969, San Diego: Mets 8, Padres 4 (box score); Mets 3, Padres 0 (box score) Dick Kelley and Tom Seaver squared off in the opener. The Padres took a 2-0 lead in the second on a one-out Nate Colbert walk followed by a two-out Cito Gaston home run. The Mets tied the score in the fourth, on the exact same sequence that plated San Diego's runs. Tommy Agee drew a one-out walk, and Donn Clendenon drilled a two-out homer. In the sixth, with Tommie Sisk now pitching for ...
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1969: Padres Drop Another Doubleheader

Thursday, August 16, 2007
by Geoff Young
August 16, 1969, New York: Mets 2, Padres 0 (box score); Mets 2, Padres 1 (box score) What could be better than playing a doubleheader after two off days? Why, facing Tom Seaver in the first game, of course. Tommie Sisk threw one of his better games for San Diego, allowing just two runs over six innings. Unfortunately, against Seaver and the Mets, that was two runs too many. The Mets scored their first run in the fifth on singles by Bud Harrelson and Tommie Agee, wrapped around a Seaver ...
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1969: Mets Come Back Late, Sweep Padres

Friday, June 8, 2007
by Geoff Young
June 8, 1969, San Diego: Mets 3, Padres 2 (box score) In their finale with the Mets at San Diego Stadium, the Padres faced young phenom Tom Seaver for the first time. Seaver entered the contest with a fine 8-3 record and 2.51 ERA. The Padres countered with Al Santorini, who came in with a 3-2 record and 2.03 ERA. The Padres drew first blood in this one. Chris Cannizzaro led off the third inning with a double to left-center. After Santorini and Tommy Dean struck out, John Sipin singled on a grounder back to the box. Cannizzaro scored and Sipin took second courtesy of a Seaver ...
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