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: 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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1969: Jenkins, Cubs Blank Padres

Saturday, May 12, 2007
by Geoff Young
May 12, 1969, Chicago: Cubs 2, Padres 0 (box score) Fresh off their first ever road series win, the Padres headed to Chicago for their first series at Wrigley Field. San Diego sent Gary Ross to the hill in the Monday afternoon opener. The Cubs countered with Canadian right-hander Ferguson Jenkins. The Cubs featured names such as Ron Santo, Billy Williams, and an aging Billy Williams. Early in the season, though, shortstop Don Kessinger, catcher Randy Hundley, and left fielder Al Spangler were leading the charge, helping the Cubs to a fine 21-11 start under manager Leo Durocher. Originally signed by the Phillies, Jenkins had won exactly 20 games in ...
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