1969 Padres - From VA to CA

In 1969, the San Diego Padres joined the ranks of Major League Baseball as one of four new expansion teams, along with the Montreal Expos, the Kansas City Royals and the Seattle Pilots. C. Arnholt Smith, a prominent San Diego businessman and former owner of the PCL Padres whose interests include banking, tuna fishing, hotels, real estate and an airline which he owns, has decided to hire a relatively green General Manager by the name of JC Barr.

Excitement in the San Diego is running wild with the prospects of a new MLB team. A new stadium has been built and the locals can't wait to attend the first ever home game. The locals are optimistic, but General Manager Barr seems to be more realistic with what he expects from the team.

"I truly believe that we have a good core of talent. Obviously we don't expect to win the division in our inaugural season, but then again what expansion team would in their first season? Mr. Smith has appointed me the caretaker of the San Diego Padres. It is my duty to not only field a competitive team as soon as possible, but to assure that the franchise remains competitive for many years in to the future. That groundwork has been laid and not it is my task to mold it into something that both Mr. Smith and the proud people of San Diego can be proud of."

Earlier this evening the San Diego Padres revealed their uniform;

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The colors represent the up beat and exciting style of baseball that General Manager Barr and owner Smith want to bring to this beautiful California Town.

History of GM JC Barr

Barr grew up in a little known town in Virginia by the name of Fredericksburg. JC Barr enjoyed a wonderful youth, living with his mother Bonnie, and father Steve. Barr played every sport he could find to play during his youth and starred at the local high school in both football and baseball. He was eventually offered a scholarship to play ball at Virginia Polytechnic and State University which he turned down in favor of attending the University of Virginia to obtain his degree in economic studies with a minor in both mathematics and business management.

Baseball was always the love of his life and shortly after graduation he found the perfect job for him, that is until now. JC was hired by the Atlanta Braves who had just recently moved from Milwaukee and had relocated their AAA team to the town of Richmond, which was only 45 minutes south of Barr's hometown. When he was offered a position in their front office that would be responsible for the management of the finances for their minor league establishment, Barr jumped at the opportunity to work in the sport that he had followed growing up.

JC's roles and responsibilities morphed several times in the three years he was with the Braves. It was discovered quickly that he had an eye for talent and was very quick to gauge the potential of young players and was also a natural at working with management and coaching to work through negotiations and other team duties.

Barr was promoted quickly within the Braves front office and by the year of 1968 he found himself serving as assistant to General Manager of baseball operations in Atlanta.

When Mr. Smith contacted JC about the position of General Manager for the San Diego Padres, the conversation did not last long. The one question that was asked required little thought for JC to find an answer. When asked if he was interested in building the San Diego Padres from the ground up, the answer was a resound YES.

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Opening Day Lineup:

SS Jerry Davanon (70)
Jerry finds himself hitting at the top of the lineup by default really. He is the only member of the team with the eye and speed needed to get on base and provide some runners for the meat of the lineup.

LF Al Ferrara (77)
Ferrara comes over from the Dodgers and has never really found himelf in the starting lineup. He has never had more than 347 ABs but he finds himself in the number two hole for the Padres going in to the 1969 season. All has good contact and good power and should have a decent season.

CF Tony Gonzalez (82)
One of the only players on the roster comfortable with a starting role, Tony is probably the best all around player the Padres have at the moment. He sports a career .293 average to anchor the three hole.

1B Nate Colbert (82)
Nate was drafted during the expansion draft and has a total of 60 ABs at the major league level. He has outstanding power and should provide the protection needed for Gonzalez to ensure some RBI chances out of the cleanup spot.

RF Ollie Brown (78)
Ollie represents the last power threat in the lineup. The former Giant can hopefully hit well enough to give Colbert some good pitches to hit before him. If he can't produce it could be a long season offensively for the Padres.

3B Van Kelly (68)
At this point in his career Kelly is nothing more than a good fielding 3B. Hopes are high for his offensive production in the future, but it really isn't expected this year.

2B John Sipin (71)
John hits in the #7 spot and isn't expected to really contribute much at all. He is pretty much just a filler until the Padres can afford something better or can grow a prospect in to this role in the future.

C Chris Cannizzaro (69)
Another player not expected to provide much offensive power. Chris is good behind the plate and has already worked up a friendship with most of the staff.

Bench:
C Sonny Ruberto (67)
CF Jose Arcia (71)
IF Roberto Pena (65)
1B Bill Davis (73)
SS Tommy Dean (70)
OF Larry Stahl (79)

Most are just good defensive replacements, but Stahl could certainly find himself playing a good bit during the year, especially if Brown or Ferrara falter.

Pitching Staff:

RHP Tommie Sisk (76)
Tommie is a veteran and should be a stable cog in the starting rotation. He pitched very well in Pittsburgh in 1967 when he started 31 games. He sports a career DICE of 3.97 in 752 innings.

RHP Clay Kirby (77)
Clay is a 20 year old rookie that is being thrown into the fire so to speak. Big things are expected of him in the future, lets just hope that this first season in the bigs doesn't cause irreversible damage to his ego.

RHP Dick Selma (77)
Selma started 23 games last year for the Mets and posted a 2.76 ERA. He could find himself to be the ace of the staff at only 25 years old.

LHP Randy Jones (78)
The 19 year old phenom won't spend a day in the minors. Jones is being billed as the face of the Padre organization. Let's just hope that he can live up to those expectations and doesn't crash and burn under the pressure.

RHP Steve Arlin (69)
Yet another rookie starting pitcher could spell doom for the Padres. Nothing against Arlin, but he isn't exactly the kind of guy you want in the 5 spot in the rotation. Any wins that he can produce this year will be a bonus to the pitching staff. Basically he is here to give the other 4 guys some rest.

Bullpen:
Closer - Al McBean (81)
Setup - Billy McCool (77)
Short - Tom Dukes (71)
Short - Dick Kelley (80)
Middle - Johnny Podres (73)
Long - Dave Roberts (70)

The bullpen shouldn't be that awful. Roberts shows some potential and the closer and setup role should be fairly stable. Veteran leadership will be the role of Podres, and that really is all that is predicted from him.

Top Prospects:

RHP Mike Corkins (69/91)
LHP Mike Caldwell (73/93)
OF Jerry Morales (74/93)
OF Johnny Grubb (66/90)
SS Frankie Libran (68/88)

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OPENING DAY APPROACHES

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Opening day is fast approaching and hopes are high for the 1969 San Diego Padres. No one is really sure how they will play as a team, or how many games the team will win. Regardless of all that, there is plenty of reason to be excited in San Diego. 1969 will see the debut of LHP Randy Jones. Randy is being billed as the face of the franchise at only age 19. It's an honor that could end up being a curse for the recently graduated high schooler.

GM JC Barr was asked about placing such high expectations on a kid that hasn't even pitched one inning in the minor leagues.

"This is something that we all feel Randy can handle. Randy is a tough kid both physically and mentally. He knows how we feel about him and that we are behind him one hundred percent. We, as an organization, have made it very clear to Randy that we don't expect the world of him in his first season. Rookie of the year, yes, I kid, I kid. We know that it will take some time for him to acclimate himself to the world of the major league hitter. That, however, is an adjustment that we have full confidence he can make."

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Another bright spot on the San Diego Padres is youngster Nate Colbert. Colber, a natural outfielder, will be moved to play 1B for the Padres in their first season in the league. Nate certainly has the power to excel in this league but it is still undetermined if he has the patience to learn major league pitching and adjust to the way pitchers will change their approach. There is one thing that everyone knows; you don't want to throw him first pitch fastball.

"Nate can hit the ball. I don't think that is in question. He has more raw power than just about anyone that I have seen in this game. His bat speed is unmatched out there right now and when this guy puts it all together pitchers are going to flat out fear what he can do that ball."

56-106

Even with all the optimism and thoughts of the future, there is one number that both GM Barr and Mr. Smith just can't get out of their heads. 106. That is the number of games that the 1969 Padres are expected to lose this season. While no one expects them to make the playoffs, it is pretty well known that competition is a must. 106 losses no matter if preventable or not, is not something that is going to be an acceptable norm in San Diego.

Opening day is just around the corner; can the kid from VA make the transition to CA and build a winner out of nothing?

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April 1969 - San Diego's Day In the Sun

April 1 1969
Padres 3, Cubs 6
W Jenkings (1-0), L Tommie Sisk (0-1)
Jenkings pitches well in the complete game win and dashes the Padres hopes of staring off hot in 1969

April 2 1969
Padres 1, Cubs 7
W Holtzman (1-0), L Clay Kirby (0-1)
The cubs pounded the Padres as rooking Clay Kirby takes the loss in his first major league start.

April 3, 1969
Padres 6, Cubs 4
W Kelley (1-0), L Regan (0-1), S Podres (1)
CF Tony Gonzalez comes through with three RBI in the game. Dick Kelley wasn't that effective but happened to get the win.

April 5, 1969
Reds 8, Padres 9
W Kelley (2-0), L Short (0-1)
The game went 15 innings with the Padres taking the win in their first home game. This was a big success for the franchise as they gave the hometown an exciting game and pulled out the win. Gonzalez went yard again. Ferrara also hit his first.

April 6, 1969
Reds 0, Padres 2
W Sisk (1-1), L Maloney (1-1)
Sisk pitched a complete game shut out and showed why he was placed at the top of the rotation. Gonzalez went deep for the third game in a row as the Padres suprised the Reds and increased their home winning streak to two.

The first week of the season ended pretty well. The Padres lost two in a row in Chicago but then reeled off three wins. Their first two games at home were enormously successful as they were able to be the Reds in the home opener in a 15 inning thriller. They then came back in game two to shut them out and show the people of San Diego that there might just be some hope for a competitive season.

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1969 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Kelly, Van SDP 5 .136 22 3 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 .182 .136 Colbert, Nate SDP 5 .182 22 4 1 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 4 .318 .208 Davanon, Jerry SDP 5 .190 21 4 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 2 .238 .292 Gonzalez, Tony SDP 5 .429 21 9 2 0 3 2 3 0 0 5 6 .952 .500 Ferrara, Al SDP 5 .238 21 5 2 0 1 2 6 0 0 5 3 .476 .304 Brown, Ollie SDP 5 .368 19 7 1 0 1 3 6 0 0 1 4 .579 .435 Cannizzaro, Chris SDP 5 .222 18 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 .222 .222 Sipin, John SDP 5 .063 16 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .063 .063 Davis, Bill SDP 4 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Arcia, Jose SDP 3 .750 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .833 Stahl, Larry SDP 4 .667 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 .750 Sisk, Tommie SDP 2 .333 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 Ruberto, Sonny SDP 2 1.000 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.500 1.000 Pena, Roberto SDP 2 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.000 Kirby, Clay SDP 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Selma, Dick SDP 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Jones, Randy SDP 1 .500 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 Dean, Tommy SDP 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Kelley, Dick SDP 4 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 Podres, Johnny SDP 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000

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1969 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Sisk, Tommie SDP 14.0 2.57 2 2 1 1 0 3 7 14.79 Kirby, Clay SDP 6.2 2.70 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 10.80 Selma, Dick SDP 6.0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 12.00 Jones, Randy SDP 6.0 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 19.50 Kelley, Dick SDP 6.0 7.50 4 0 2 0 0 4 1 15.00 Dukes, Tom SDP 4.0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 6.75 McBean, Al SDP 2.0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 18.00 McCool, Billy SDP 2.0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Podres, Johnny SDP 2.0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 9.00 Roberts, Dave SDP 0.1 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

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Podres can be surprisingly solid if you give him a chance. He didn't do badly for half a season with my '69 Royals. I remember him leading the team in wins with a CG.

Tough row to hoe, but a great first week. Good luck!

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Originally Posted by CatKnight

Podres can be surprisingly solid if you give him a chance. He didn't do badly for half a season with my '69 Royals. I remember him leading the team in wins with a CG.

Tough row to hoe, but a great first week. Good luck!

Thanks for the kind words. I think the key with Podres is his limited action. I think if I don't keep him on the mound for too long at once he can be a somewhat effective reliever. I don't want to have to put him in the rotation though.

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"I'm worried that people are going to expect too much from this team. We are very young. I think we have 6 rookies that are going to pretty much start for us all year long. It is a very tough thing to ask, basically a bunch of kids, to try to win you a pennant. I don't think that anyone would expect that. Fans, however, they don't see that. They see that we won 3 in a row and now any loss is going to be a let down."

If you don't want to put these high expectations on the young players, then why put a guy like Randy Jones in the spot that you have?

"Every franchise needs someone to lead them, someone to create all the excitement. Randy is that guy for us. He has all the tools to be a fine player in this league for a long time. If things work out right, then he will end up being one of the most elite players in the league."

Why all the confidence in Jones?

"Because he deserves it."

How do you feel about the 3-2 record and sitting in first place?

"It's outstanding obviously. I never expected that. I don't think that anyone can ever complain about being in first place."

Any other comments concerning the team at this point?

"This team is a great bunch of guys. We are going to have a lot of fun around here for a long time."

What do you like most about CA in regards to VA?

"It's warmer, and the scenery is a little bit better around here."

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April 7 1969
Reds 14, Padres 2
W Nolan (1-1), L Kirby (0-2)
After winning three in a row it was a rude awakening for the Padres as the Reds' offense woke up to score 14 runs.

April 9 1969
Padres 11, Houston 10
W Dukes (1-0), L Coombs (0-1), S McBean (1)
Jose Arcia filled in for an injured Van Kelly at third, and contributed a single, scored a run and batted in another in the high scoring victory.

April 10 1969
Padres 1, Houston 6
W Richard (2-0), L Jones (0-1)
JR Richard pitched a complete game against the Padres and shut them down for the most part. San Diego managed 7 hits, but were unable to score more than one run.

April 11 1969
Padres 4, Houston 5
W Forsch (1-0), L Kelley (2-1), S Coombs (2)
Another heart breaker. The Padres found themselves ahead going in to the 7th inning but were unable to hold off Houston. Curt Blefary doubled in two runs to put Houston ahead.

April 12 1969
Braves 7, Padres 9
W Podres (1-0), L Bradford (0-2), S McBean (2)
San Diego came through with 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th to steal another exciting game at home and thrill the crowds again.

April 13 1969
Braves 8, Padres 5
W Kelley (3-1), L Torrealba (0-2)
The Padres continue to excite the fans at home as they score 5 runs in the bottom of the 11th inning to seal the deal on this one.

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1969 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Gonzalez, Tony SDP 11 .426 47 20 3 0 3 4 6 0 1 8 12 .681 .481 Brown, Ollie SDP 11 .304 46 14 4 0 2 4 12 0 0 5 9 .522 .346 Davanon, Jerry SDP 11 .244 45 11 2 0 0 5 12 0 0 6 5 .289 .333 Ferrara, Al SDP 10 .214 42 9 2 0 4 3 15 0 0 9 10 .548 .267 Colbert, Nate SDP 11 .195 41 8 2 1 0 10 14 0 0 5 7 .293 .340 Sipin, John SDP 11 .179 39 7 1 0 0 3 12 2 0 6 2 .205 .238 Cannizzaro, Chris SDP 11 .289 38 11 3 1 0 5 7 0 0 7 3 .421 .372 Kelly, Van SDP 8 .176 34 6 2 0 0 1 10 0 0 2 0 .235 .200 Arcia, Jose SDP 8 .300 20 6 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 .400 .364 Stahl, Larry SDP 9 .545 11 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 2 .636 .571 Davis, Bill SDP 10 .200 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .200 Ruberto, Sonny SDP 4 .750 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 .750 Sisk, Tommie SDP 3 .250 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 Selma, Dick SDP 2 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Jones, Randy SDP 2 .250 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 Roberts, Dave SDP 4 .250 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 Pena, Roberto SDP 3 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.000 1.000 Kirby, Clay SDP 3 .000 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 Podres, Johnny SDP 4 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Dean, Tommy SDP 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Kelley, Dick SDP 6 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000

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1969 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Sisk, Tommie SDP 19.0 2.84 3 3 1 1 0 6 11 14.68 Kirby, Clay SDP 16.1 6.06 3 3 0 2 0 9 8 15.43 Jones, Randy SDP 12.2 7.82 2 2 0 1 0 6 3 19.89 Roberts, Dave SDP 11.2 7.71 4 1 0 0 0 7 3 19.29 Selma, Dick SDP 11.0 5.73 2 2 0 0 0 9 9 15.55 Kelley, Dick SDP 8.1 7.56 6 0 3 1 0 5 5 17.28 Dukes, Tom SDP 7.1 1.23 5 0 1 0 0 4 1 8.59 Podres, Johnny SDP 6.2 9.45 4 0 1 0 1 2 4 17.55 McBean, Al SDP 5.0 12.60 4 0 0 0 2 3 4 16.20 McCool, Billy SDP 5.0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00

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You definitely have an uphill battle. Whenever I start a dynasty in 1969, the Padres are always the worst team for the first few seasons.

I hope you have better luck. I'll be reading!

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Originally Posted by PotatoOfCouch13

You definitely have an uphill battle. Whenever I start a dynasty in 1969, the Padres are always the worst team for the first few seasons.

I hope you have better luck. I'll be reading!

Yeah, 106 predicted losses right now, I'm not so sure that isn't far off. Lately we have had to come back in the last two innings to get the wins, and I'm not sure how many more times we can score 8 or 9 runs in a game. Certainly going to be tough if we can't get the pitching to come around.

I may have to go out and look for some pitching here pretty soon.

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The Padres currently lead the league in average attendance, is that a suprise for you?

"Not really. The people here have long been fans of baseball. They supported the team years ago in the PCL and there was no reason to believe that they wouldn't support us as well."

You are still sitting in first place. Last week you noted that you didn't expect that, does it suprise you that you are still there?

"Yes and no, to be honest. We have a 6-5 record which isn't bad at all, but it isn't the kind of record that you expect a division leader to have. It's still way too early to make any judgements about this team or the way that the season as a whole is going to play out."

Both Jones and Colbert have failed to produce at this point, what is your reaction to that?

"Like I said, it is still way too early to worry about any of that right now. We are still trying to play as a team and put our best foot forward. Their time will come."

Up to this point what has been the most suprising thing about your team?

"I would say the play of Tony and Tommie. They are playing out of their heads at this point. I know it is still early, but it has been slightly a suprise that they have performed so well."

Are there any plans to move some of your younger prospects for some veteran leadeship?

"Right now, No. We don't plan on moving anyone anywhere just yet. We still have a while before we can accurately determine the direction that this team is going. You never want to give away your young guys anyhow, so unless we find ourselves in the middle of the pennant race we will probably haning on to them."

So at the trade deadline it is possible you will be dumping some veterans for prospects?

"Anything is possible of course, but it's still too early to tell at this point."

Have you heard the rumors that have been going around about Randy Jones?

"I don't listen to rumors, so the answer to that is no."

Some believe that he has been rushed to the major leagues and that his arm was not yet ready for this kind of strain. It is speculated that he might be working through an injury of some kind.

"I can assure you that Randy is 100% healthy. There is nothing wrong with him physically. He may be a little down right now because he hasn't pitched well, but he will bounce back, we have complete faith."

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April 14 1969
Braves 9, Padres 5
W Reed (3-0), L Jones (0-2), S Upshaw (1)
The Padres' late inning miracles weren't enough in this one as hey fell at home. Getting down early they could not muster enough to come back for the win. Randy Jones pitched horribly, again.

April 15 1969
Giants 3, Padres 6
W Sisk (2-1), L Marichal (2-2), S McCool (1)
It was a nice win at home against the first place Giants. The Giants have been predicted to win the division this year, and it was especially nice to beat Marichal.

April 16 1969
Giants 9, Padres 2
W Perry (1-2), L Kirby (0-3)
This one wasn't even close as the Giants clearly showed who the better team was today. Kirby pitched poorly over 4 innings, but didn't get any help from his offense either.

April 17 1969
Giants 7, Padres 6
W Halicki (1-0), L McBean (0-1), S Linzy (1)
Steve Arlin got his first start of the season and pitched fairly well through 7 innings. The Giants pulled it out in the 10th though. Nate Colbert went deep for the first time this year.

April 19 1969
Padres 1, Mets 5
W Seaver (4-0), L Jones (0-3)
Jones pitched better but still not great. It's a tough thing for a rookie to match skills with someone like Seaver. Colbert went deep again, which is promising. He may be finding his stroke.

April 20 1969
Padres 2, Mets 1
W Sisk (3-1), L Koosman (1-3), S McBean (3)
Sisk pitched another beauty of a ball game and McBean was able to close it down at the end. CF Gonzalez got his 4th double of the season.

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1969 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Gonzalez, Tony SDP 17 .338 71 24 4 0 3 7 8 0 2 11 12 .521 .405 Brown, Ollie SDP 17 .319 69 22 6 0 4 5 16 0 0 9 12 .580 .364 Sipin, John SDP 17 .219 64 14 2 0 0 3 19 2 0 9 3 .250 .254 Davanon, Jerry SDP 16 .258 62 16 2 0 0 7 17 0 0 10 7 .290 .352 Colbert, Nate SDP 17 .262 61 16 4 1 2 14 19 0 0 8 15 .459 .390 Ferrara, Al SDP 15 .200 60 12 3 0 4 5 18 0 0 9 12 .450 .262 Cannizzaro, Chris SDP 17 .298 57 17 6 1 0 8 10 0 1 9 5 .439 .385 Kelly, Van SDP 14 .175 57 10 3 0 0 2 13 0 0 2 1 .228 .203 Arcia, Jose SDP 10 .286 21 6 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 2 .381 .348 Stahl, Larry SDP 14 .474 19 9 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 7 4 .842 .500 Davis, Bill SDP 15 .200 15 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .333 .200 Pena, Roberto SDP 6 .333 9 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .333 .333 Sisk, Tommie SDP 5 .111 9 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 Jones, Randy SDP 4 .286 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 Ruberto, Sonny SDP 5 .600 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .800 .600 Roberts, Dave SDP 5 .200 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 Kirby, Clay SDP 4 .000 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 Selma, Dick SDP 2 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Podres, Johnny SDP 5 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Arlin, Steve SDP 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Dean, Tommy SDP 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 McCool, Billy SDP 5 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Kelley, Dick SDP 7 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000

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1969 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Sisk, Tommie SDP 34.0 2.65 5 5 3 1 0 18 17 13.76 Jones, Randy SDP 23.2 8.37 4 4 0 3 0 10 12 19.01 Kirby, Clay SDP 20.1 7.97 4 4 0 3 0 12 13 18.59 Roberts, Dave SDP 15.2 6.89 5 1 0 0 0 9 5 19.53 Selma, Dick SDP 11.0 5.73 2 2 0 0 0 9 9 15.55 Podres, Johnny SDP 10.2 7.59 5 0 1 0 1 5 4 13.50 Dukes, Tom SDP 10.1 1.74 7 0 1 0 0 9 3 11.32 Kelley, Dick SDP 9.1 6.75 7 0 3 1 0 5 5 15.43 McCool, Billy SDP 8.0 2.25 5 0 0 0 1 2 2 4.50 Arlin, Steve SDP 7.0 5.14 1 1 0 0 0 5 8 14.14 McBean, Al SDP 7.0 10.29 6 0 0 1 3 3 4 15.43

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Would you say so far that the season has been a success?

Well it seems like all you guys want to jump the gun and fast forward all the time. We are 8-9. If the season ended right now then I would certainly say that it has been a success, but we all know that we still have a lot more games to play.

The offense isn't playing that bad, but the pitching has been horrendous so far this season. What do you plan to do in order to fix that?

I wouldn't say it has been horrendous. Sure we have had our fair share of bad games, but we have only been in one game that wasn't close. As far as I'm concerned, as long as the pitching can keep us in games and give us a chance, then things are going well. At this point, we have no intention of doing anything to fix the pitching.

Randy Jones has not pitched well at all. There was some speculation that he had been hurt, but now people are beginning to wonder if he is even major league worthy. When is enough enough for Randy Jones?

Sometimes I feel like you guys just recycle the same questions every week. Randy will be fine. He is just going through some growing pains at this point. Everything will work out and you will be singing his praises again soon enough.

Nate Colbert appears to be finding his stroke, what has happened this last week to help him?

I think he just finally got his timing down. There is no question the guy has talent and it was only a matter of time before he started putting it all together.

2B John Sipin just went down for a while with a broken wrist. Who is going to take his place in the lineup?

Jose Arcia will take over at 2B, and to be honest I don't think that we really lose anything at all. Arcia is a great fielder and has been producing with the bat in his limited action so far this year.

Some have been calling for Arcia to replace Sipin even before he was injured. What is your response to that?

John was not playing bad. I think people get too caught up in the batting average and don't look at everything that a player can bring to the table. John brought speed and great defense which is something that no team can do without. Jose was making the most of his chances, and I can't honestly say that we hadn't thought about trying to get him in the lineup full time.

Any other comments about the team at this point?

I would just have to say that right now we are very happy with the direction that the team is taking. The guys are really starting to come together as a team. I know that it sounds cliche but we really do win together and lose together as a team. These guys all work very hard and leave it all out on the field which is all that anyone can ask of them.

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Who are the fan favorites right now? (The guys with the "thumbs up" symbol on the player profile?)

--Pet

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Who are the fan favorites right now? (The guys with the "thumbs up" symbol on the player profile?)

--Pet

ZERO. I don't have one guy on my staring roster right now that has the thumbs up icon in his player profile.

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San Diego Padres at New York Mets April 21, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 Mets (NYM) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 9 1 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Arcia (2B) 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .280 A. Ferrara (LF) 3 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 .222 L. Stahl (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .450 O. Brown (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .301 T. Gonzalez (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320 N. Colbert (1B) 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 .277 V. Kelly (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .180 R. Pena (SS) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .250 R. Robles (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 C. Kirby (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 A. McBean (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 34 7 0 4 3 4 9 0 2B: A. Ferrara (4) HR: N. Colbert 2 (4), A. Ferrara (5) GIDP: R. Pena SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA C. Kirby 8.0 7 7 0 2 2 5 135 6.35 A. McBean 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 9.00 TOTALS 9.0 9 7 0 2 2 5 151 NEW YORK ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg B. Harrelson (SS) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 A. Otis (CF) 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .182 C. Jones (1B) 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .458 K. Singleton (RF) 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 .429 A. Shamsky (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 E. Charles (3B) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .358 J. Grote (C) 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .359 A. Weis (2B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .435 J. Matlack (P) 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 T. Agee (CF) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 T. McGraw (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R. Swoboda (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 A. Jackson (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 32 9 7 2 0 2 5 0 2B: A. Shamsky (2) GIDP: J. Grote, R. Swoboda, A. Otis NEW YORK ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Matlack 6.0 6 0 2 3 2 5 70 4.26 T. McGraw 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 25 3.86 A. Jackson 1.0 1 0 1 1 1 0 10 7.56 TOTALS 9.0 7 0 3 4 3 9 105 WP: C. Kirby (1-3) LP: J. Matlack (1-2) SV: A. McBean (4) Temperature: 76F Wind: 7 MPH (right to left) Attendance: 32,047 Time: 2:38

Kirby was able to pick up his first win of the season. Nate Colbert went deep twice and Al Ferrara hit another one as well. McBean picks up his 4th save as well.

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San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants April 23, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Giants (SFG) 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 x 7 10 0 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Arcia (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241 A. Ferrara (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .224 O. Brown (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 T. Gonzalez (CF) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .321 N. Colbert (1B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 V. Kelly (3B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .172 R. Pena (SS) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .286 D. Selma (P) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Podres (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Davis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 T. Dukes (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 29 3 1 0 0 0 6 1 GIDP: O. Brown SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Selma 5.2 6 4 0 6 5 2 105 6.48 J. Podres 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 1 28 6.75 T. Dukes 1.0 2 1 0 1 1 1 28 2.38 TOTALS 8.0 10 5 0 7 6 4 161 SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Hunt (2B) 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .337 L. Wagner (RF) 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .308 W. Mays (CF) 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .388 W. McCovey (1B) 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .292 J. Hart (3B) 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .167 G. Foster (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .306 D. Dietz (C) 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 .373 H. Lanier (SS) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 B. Bonds (P) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .364 J. Davenport (P) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .208 B. Bolin (P) 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .091 TOTALS 32 10 5 7 0 6 4 0 2B: D. Dietz (7), L. Wagner (4), J. Davenport (1) SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA B. Bolin 9.0 3 1 0 0 0 6 109 2.10 TOTALS 9.0 3 1 0 0 0 6 109 WP: B. Bolin (3-0) LP: D. Selma (0-1) Temperature: 67F Wind: 7 MPH (out to right) Attendance: 37,422 Time: 2:38

San Diego got smacked around in this one as Bolin tossed the complete game shutout. Only managed three hits which is never good, but we were playing against the first place Giants, which right now are favored to win the division and are generally considered the best team in the National League.

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San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants April 24, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 0 Giants (SFG) 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 x 8 10 1 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 A. Ferrara (LF) 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .254 T. Gonzalez (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .305 N. Colbert (1B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254 O. Brown (RF) 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 .284 V. Kelly (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .162 J. Arcia (2B) 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 R. Jones (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200 J. Podres (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Davis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 TOTALS 34 8 2 2 2 2 5 0 2B: J. Davanon (3), J. Arcia (1) HR: O. Brown (5), A. Ferrara (6) GIDP: V. Kelly, T. Gonzalez SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA R. Jones 6.2 10 1 2 8 8 2 88 8.90 J. Podres 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 6.08 TOTALS 8.0 10 1 2 8 8 3 104 SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg B. Bonds (RF) 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 .385 R. Hunt (2B) 4 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 .356 W. Mays (CF) 4 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 .393 W. McCovey (1B) 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .280 J. Hart (3B) 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 .188 G. Foster (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .303 D. Dietz (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .352 H. Lanier (SS) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 M. McCormick (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .100 R. Herbel (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 33 10 1 8 2 8 3 1 2B: R. Hunt 2 (10), J. Hart (3) 3B: B. Bonds (1) HR: J. Hart (3), W. Mays (5) GIDP: W. McCovey SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA M. McCormick 8.0 8 1 2 2 2 4 103 3.13 R. Herbel 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 1 12 3.72 TOTALS 9.0 8 2 2 2 2 5 115 WP: M. McCormick (3-1) LP: R. Jones (0-4) Temperature: 86F Wind: Calm Attendance: 37,706 Time: 2:16

Brown and Ferrara both go deep, but they were only solo shots which doesn't help the Padres in this one. Jones pitches horribly again and San Diego gets slapped around by the superior team from San Fran.

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San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants April 25, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 9 1 Giants (SFG) 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 x 7 14 0 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .257 A. Ferrara (LF) 4 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 .267 T. Gonzalez (CF) 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 .302 N. Colbert (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .240 O. Brown (RF) 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .294 V. Kelly (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .153 J. Arcia (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .270 C. Cannizzaro (C) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 B. Davis (P) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .222 S. Ruberto (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 T. Sisk (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .091 L. Stahl (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .429 D. Kelley (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 B. McCool (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R. Robles (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 TOTALS 36 9 1 4 2 4 9 1 HR: T. Gonzalez (4), A. Ferrara (7) SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA T. Sisk 6.0 10 2 2 5 5 4 93 3.38 D. Kelley 1.0 3 1 1 2 2 0 32 7.84 B. McCool 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 2.00 TOTALS 8.0 14 3 3 7 7 5 141 SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Hunt (2B) 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 .355 L. Wagner (RF) 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 .305 W. Mays (CF) 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 .393 W. McCovey (1B) 4 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 .304 J. Hart (3B) 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .221 G. Foster (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301 D. Dietz (C) 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .360 H. Lanier (SS) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276 B. Bonds (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .370 J. Davenport (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 J. Marichal (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 G. Lavelle (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 36 14 3 7 3 7 5 1 2B: W. McCovey 2 (5) 3B: W. Mays (1) HR: D. Dietz (4), W. McCovey (4), L. Wagner (4) GIDP: W. McCovey, G. Foster SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Marichal 7.0 7 1 2 4 4 8 93 3.98 G. Lavelle 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 29 2.45 TOTALS 9.0 9 1 2 4 4 9 122 WP: J. Marichal (4-2) LP: T. Sisk (3-2) SV: G. Lavelle (1) Temperature: 69F Wind: 2 MPH (in from left) Attendance: 37,986 Time: 2:50

Gonzalez continues to hit well as does Ferrara. Both of them homer in this game, but it still isn't enough to overcome the offense of the Giants. Sisk, the Padres current ace, got knocked around a little bit in this one.

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Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres April 26, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Cubs (CHC) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 6 2 Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 5 12 0 CHICAGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg D. Kessinger (SS) 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .308 G. Beckert (2B) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .488 R. Santo (3B) 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 .283 B. Williams (LF) 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .301 J. Hickman (RF) 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .274 M. Jimenez (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .500 A. Phillips (CF) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .370 R. Hundley (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .322 A. Spangler (1B) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .316 E. Banks (1B) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .344 K. Holtzman (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 T. Abernathy (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 31 6 4 4 1 3 6 0 HR: R. Santo (8) CHICAGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA K. Holtzman 8.2 9 1 0 4 3 7 115 3.57 T. Abernathy 0.0 3 0 0 1 1 0 12 12.27 TOTALS 8.2 12 1 0 5 4 7 127 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .253 A. Ferrara (LF) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 L. Stahl (P) 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .478 T. Gonzalez (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289 N. Colbert (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .228 O. Brown (RF) 4 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 .315 V. Kelly (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .158 J. Arcia (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .268 C. Cannizzaro (C) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .264 C. Kirby (P) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .111 B. McCool (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Davis (P) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .263 TOTALS 36 12 1 5 0 4 7 0 GIDP: T. Gonzalez, N. Colbert SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA C. Kirby 8.0 6 4 1 4 4 6 128 5.94 B. McCool 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.80 TOTALS 9.0 6 4 1 4 4 6 136 WP: B. McCool (1-0) LP: T. Abernathy (1-1) Temperature: 89F Wind: 3 MPH (in from left) Attendance: 41,213 Time: 2:28

San Diego picks up the win at home by scoring three runs in the bottom of the ninth to steal one from the Cubs. Ollie Brown went three for four and raised his average to .315. Larry Stahl continues to play well and is starting to make a case for himself to get in to the lineup every say.

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Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres April 27, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Cubs (CHC) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 7 0 Padres (SDP) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 CHICAGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg A. Phillips (CF) 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .368 D. Kessinger (SS) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .298 R. Santo (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .282 B. Williams (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299 E. Banks (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .340 R. Hundley (C) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .315 G. Beckert (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .478 A. Spangler (RF) 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 J. Niekro (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 J. Hickman (RF) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .282 P. Regan (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 27 7 3 2 0 2 1 1 2B: G. Beckert (5) GIDP: E. Banks CS: E. Banks, D. Kessinger CHICAGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Niekro 7.0 4 3 0 1 1 8 89 4.03 P. Regan 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1 27 3.24 TOTALS 9.0 5 4 0 1 1 9 116 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 .247 A. Ferrara (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .259 T. Gonzalez (CF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .280 N. Colbert (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .229 O. Brown (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .301 V. Kelly (3B) 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .179 J. Arcia (2B) 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 D. Selma (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 L. Stahl (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .458 B. McCool (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 28 5 4 1 0 1 9 0 2B: V. Kelly (4) GIDP: A. Ferrara, L. Stahl CS: J. Arcia 2 SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Selma 8.0 6 3 0 2 2 1 125 5.11 B. McCool 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 1.64 TOTALS 9.0 7 3 0 2 2 1 139 WP: J. Niekro (4-0) LP: D. Selma (0-2) SV: P. Regan (4) Temperature: 85F Wind: Calm Attendance: 42,662 Time: 2:28

San Diego loses another close one. This time to Joe Niekro. Selma pitches well but he gets no run support in the loss. Arcia gets caught stealing twice in the same game which just added insult to injury pretty much.

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Weekly Recap
4/21/1969 - 4/27/1969

2B John Sipin remainson the DL for approximately another 190 days. His broken wrist is taking quite some time to heal. Meanwhile Jose Arcia has been filling in for Sipin and has posted a .273 average thus far. For now it appears as if Sipin going down might actually work out for the Padres.

OF Ollie Brown leads the team with a .301 batting average, Al Ferrara leads the team with 7 HRs, Tommie Sisk has posted 3 wins so far this season and sports an ERA of 3.38.

The Padres currently lead the league in average attendance at 43,000 per home game which is very good considering the way that they have played recently. The fans remain excited about the team and continue to show their support even during the tough games.

With the lowest payroll in the National League at 1.3 million the San Diego Padres have been able to turn over a profit of 300K so far in the young season. The future seasons appear bright if they remain on the same patch as they are currently.

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1969 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Sisk, Tommie SDP 40.0 3.38 6 6 3 2 0 22 19 14.40 Kirby, Clay SDP 36.1 5.94 6 6 1 3 0 23 24 16.35 Jones, Randy SDP 30.1 8.90 5 5 0 4 0 12 13 18.10 Selma, Dick SDP 24.2 5.11 4 4 0 2 0 12 16 13.86 Roberts, Dave SDP 15.2 6.89 5 1 0 0 0 9 5 19.53 Podres, Johnny SDP 13.1 6.08 7 0 1 0 1 7 4 12.15 Dukes, Tom SDP 11.1 2.38 8 0 1 0 0 10 4 12.71 McCool, Billy SDP 11.0 1.64 8 0 1 0 1 3 2 4.91 Kelley, Dick SDP 10.1 7.84 8 0 3 1 0 5 6 17.42 McBean, Al SDP 8.0 9.00 7 0 0 1 4 3 4 15.75 Arlin, Steve SDP 7.0 5.14 1 1 0 0 0 5 8 14.14

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1969 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Gonzalez, Tony SDP 23 .280 93 26 4 0 4 8 11 1 2 12 14 .452 .343 Brown, Ollie SDP 23 .301 93 28 6 0 5 5 20 0 0 14 13 .527 .337 Colbert, Nate SDP 23 .229 83 19 4 1 4 15 24 0 0 10 17 .446 .340 Ferrara, Al SDP 21 .259 81 21 4 0 7 6 24 0 0 13 16 .568 .310 Kelly, Van SDP 20 .179 78 14 4 0 0 3 17 0 0 3 1 .231 .210 Davanon, Jerry SDP 20 .247 77 19 3 0 0 10 20 0 0 10 8 .286 .348 Cannizzaro, Chris SDP 23 .267 75 20 6 1 0 9 14 0 1 10 5 .373 .345 Sipin, John SDP 17 .219 64 14 2 0 0 3 19 2 0 9 3 .250 .254 Arcia, Jose SDP 16 .273 44 12 1 1 0 2 9 0 2 3 4 .341 .304 Stahl, Larry SDP 18 .458 24 11 1 0 2 2 5 0 0 7 5 .750 .481 Davis, Bill SDP 19 .263 19 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 3 .368 .263 Pena, Roberto SDP 8 .267 15 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 .267 .267 Sisk, Tommie SDP 6 .091 11 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 Jones, Randy SDP 5 .200 10 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 Kirby, Clay SDP 6 .111 9 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .111 .200 Selma, Dick SDP 4 .000 7 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .125 Ruberto, Sonny SDP 6 .667 6 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .833 .667 Roberts, Dave SDP 5 .200 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 Podres, Johnny SDP 7 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Robles, Rafael SDP 2 .500 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 Arlin, Steve SDP 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Dean, Tommy SDP 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 McCool, Billy SDP 8 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Kelley, Dick SDP 8 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000

Re: 1969 Padres - From VA to CA

It's time to start spending some of that windfall, on development if nothing else.

What are the season standings?

--Pet

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It's time to start spending some of that windfall, on development if nothing else.

What are the season standings?

--Pet

We are currently rated number 5 in both scouting and farm system. We are 10th in medical. I'm considering trying to upgrade some positions but I'm not quite sure I want to. If I can find some young talent then I might try to make some deals, but I think the team is so far away that it might not be worth it to really up my payroll at this point, especially if the team starts to struggle later in the season.

Current standings in the NL West:

San Francisco18-9 --
Houston 15-12 3.0
San Diego 12-13 5.0
Atlanta 13-14 5.0
Los Angeles 11-15 6.5
Cincinnati 10-17 8.0

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Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres April 28, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Cubs (CHC) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 11 0 Padres (SDP) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 6 9 0 CHICAGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg A. Phillips (CF) 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .388 D. Kessinger (SS) 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 .306 R. Santo (3B) 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .271 B. Williams (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .297 E. Banks (1B) 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .347 J. Hickman (RF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .273 R. Hundley (C) 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .313 G. Beckert (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .457 B. Hands (P) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 P. Regan (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 TOTALS 34 11 3 5 2 5 3 1 2B: A. Phillips (7) 3B: A. Phillips (3) HR: R. Hundley (6), E. Banks (11) GIDP: R. Hundley, J. Hickman CHICAGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA B. Hands 7.0 7 4 0 4 4 6 99 4.22 P. Regan 1.1 2 3 0 2 2 2 35 4.00 TOTALS 8.1 9 7 0 6 6 8 134 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 3 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 .263 A. Ferrara (LF) 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .262 T. Gonzalez (CF) 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .278 N. Colbert (1B) 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .239 O. Brown (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289 V. Kelly (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .171 J. Arcia (2B) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .271 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .269 R. Jones (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 L. Stahl (P) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .458 B. McCool (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Dukes (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Davis (P) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .300 TOTALS 33 9 7 6 0 6 8 1 2B: B. Davis (3), J. Davanon (4) GIDP: T. Gonzalez SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA R. Jones 7.0 8 2 0 3 3 2 101 7.96 B. McCool 1.2 3 0 2 2 2 1 35 2.84 T. Dukes 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 2.31 TOTALS 9.0 11 3 2 5 5 3 149 WP: T. Dukes (2-0) LP: P. Regan (0-2) Temperature: 77F Wind: Calm Attendance: 43,538 Time: 3:07

Jones pitched well which is a good sign but he was unable to get the win. Dukes came in and continues to be a great situational reliever for the Padres. San Diego scores two in the bottom of the ninth to win yet another game at home.

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San Diego Padres at Philadelphia Phillies April 30, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 5 0 Phillies (PHI) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .253 B. Davis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 R. Pena (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 R. Robles (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 A. Ferrara (LF) 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .264 L. Stahl (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .440 T. Gonzalez (CF) 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .270 N. Colbert (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .239 O. Brown (RF) 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .280 V. Kelly (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .174 J. Arcia (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .284 T. Sisk (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .083 A. McBean (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 30 5 2 3 1 3 10 0 2B: V. Kelly (5), N. Colbert (5) HR: A. Ferrara (8) SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA T. Sisk 8.1 8 4 0 1 1 9 135 2.98 A. McBean 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 8.31 TOTALS 9.0 9 4 0 1 1 9 148 PHILADELPHIA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Briggs (CF) 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .258 R. Barry (LF) 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .300 J. Callison (RF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .330 M. Schmidt (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 .279 D. Johnson (1B) 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .229 D. Money (SS) 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 V. Roznovsky (C) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .247 D. Allen (LF) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .350 D. Watkins (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 T. Harmon (2B) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 T. Taylor (P) 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .263 C. Short (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 R. Stone (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 J. Boozer (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 L. Hisle (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 TOTALS 34 9 4 1 0 1 9 2 2B: D. Johnson (2), D. Money (4) CS: J. Briggs PHILADELPHIA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA C. Short 7.0 3 0 1 1 1 8 97 4.72 J. Boozer 2.0 2 2 0 2 2 2 34 7.85 TOTALS 9.0 5 2 1 3 3 10 131 WP: T. Sisk (4-2) LP: C. Short (1-4) SV: A. McBean (5) Temperature: 74F Wind: 6 MPH (in from center) Attendance: 30,755 Time: 2:55

Sisk pitched another beauty of a ball game and got another win while lowering his team leading ERA to under 3.00. Ferrara hit another home run to bring his total to 8 for the month of April. Certainly a lot more production than was every thought to come from him. McBean comes in for the 9th and allows one hit and no runs to pick up his 5th save. Two wins in a row, very promising to end the month on a mini-streak.

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Monthly Review - April 1969

Month's Record
W 12 - L 13

Overall Record
W 12 - L 13

Overall a pretty impressive start to the 1969 season for the San Diego Padres. Despite the pitching troubles they have found a way to remain right at the .500 level. Pitcher Tommie Sisk already has 4 wins and has an ERA under 3.00 which lands him on the National League leader board in that respect. OF Al Ferrara leads the team with 8 round trippers.

The team full of rookies has been able to hold it's own up to this point in the season. The wear and tear of an entire 162 game schedule may get to this team at some point, but up to now the only significant injury has been to 2B John Sipin. Sipin broke his wrist and is currently out for around 6 months. He was replaced in the lineup by Jose Arcia. Arcia, despite being thrown out quite often when attempting to steal has done a more than adequate job of filling in.

The team batting stats look like this at the end of April:

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1969 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Gonzalez, Tony SDP 25 .270 100 27 4 0 4 10 13 1 2 13 15 .430 .342 Brown, Ollie SDP 25 .280 100 28 6 0 5 6 22 0 0 15 13 .490 .321 Colbert, Nate SDP 25 .239 92 22 5 1 4 15 27 0 0 10 19 .446 .339 Ferrara, Al SDP 23 .264 87 23 4 0 8 8 24 0 0 14 17 .586 .326 Kelly, Van SDP 22 .174 86 15 5 0 0 3 20 0 0 3 3 .233 .202 Davanon, Jerry SDP 22 .253 83 21 4 0 0 12 23 0 0 12 9 .301 .361 Cannizzaro, Chris SDP 25 .284 81 23 6 1 0 10 15 0 1 11 6 .383 .363 Sipin, John SDP 17 .219 64 14 2 0 0 3 19 2 0 9 3 .250 .254 Arcia, Jose SDP 18 .250 52 13 1 1 0 2 10 1 2 4 4 .308 .278 Stahl, Larry SDP 20 .440 25 11 1 0 2 3 5 0 0 8 5 .720 .483 Davis, Bill SDP 21 .286 21 6 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 4 .429 .286 Pena, Roberto SDP 9 .267 15 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 .267 .267 Sisk, Tommie SDP 7 .083 12 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 Jones, Randy SDP 6 .167 12 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 Kirby, Clay SDP 6 .111 9 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .111 .200 Selma, Dick SDP 4 .000 7 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .125 Ruberto, Sonny SDP 6 .667 6 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .833 .667 Roberts, Dave SDP 5 .200 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 Podres, Johnny SDP 7 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Robles, Rafael SDP 3 .500 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 Arlin, Steve SDP 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Dean, Tommy SDP 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 McCool, Billy SDP 9 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Kelley, Dick SDP 8 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000

Starting the season Davanon was one of the biggest mysteries. It wasn't known if he was going to able to hold down the leadoff spot in the lineup. To this point he has done just that. He is hitting a modes .253 but is second on the team in OBP at .363, which is exactly where you want your leadoff man to rank on your team, near the top.

Van Kelly and Nate Colbert have struggled with average, but Nate leads the team in RBI with 19. Al Ferrara often finds himself being subbed out in the later innings in favor of Larry Stahl's defense, but even so he has still found a way to lead the team in HR with 8.

The offense in general is playing well enough to win for sure.

The pitching stats at the end of April look like this:

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1969 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Sisk, Tommie SDP 48.1 2.98 7 7 4 2 0 31 23 14.15 Jones, Randy SDP 37.1 7.96 6 6 0 4 0 14 15 17.12 Kirby, Clay SDP 36.1 5.94 6 6 1 3 0 23 24 16.35 Selma, Dick SDP 24.2 5.11 4 4 0 2 0 12 16 13.86 Roberts, Dave SDP 15.2 6.89 5 1 0 0 0 9 5 19.53 Podres, Johnny SDP 13.1 6.08 7 0 1 0 1 7 4 12.15 McCool, Billy SDP 12.2 2.84 9 0 1 0 1 4 2 6.39 Dukes, Tom SDP 11.2 2.31 9 0 2 0 0 10 5 13.11 Kelley, Dick SDP 10.1 7.84 8 0 3 1 0 5 6 17.42 McBean, Al SDP 8.2 8.31 8 0 0 1 5 3 4 15.58 Arlin, Steve SDP 7.0 5.14 1 1 0 0 0 5 8 14.14

This is of course troubling for the team as well as GM Barr. Tommie Sisk has been effective, but the starting rotation in general has pitched very poorly. Randy Jones has walked more than he has struck out, the same goes for Clay Kirby. Both have pitched better recently and it is hoped that pattern continues. If not then the Padres could find themselves in a bad spot in a month or two. Billy McCool and Tom Dukes have been solid in the pen and despite a high ERA Al McBean has managed to secure 5 saves already this season.

When asked about the direction of his team, JC Barr had this to say.

As of right now we are pleased. We certainly have some holes on the team that need fixing, but this has to be played very carefully. We need to manage this team for the future as well as the present. We are committed to the develpment of our young players and do not want to jeopardize the future by trading them away for veterans at this poin.

We find ourselves only one game under .500 which is certainly a mental victory for most of us at this stage in the season. It is still too early to gauge where we will end up at the conclusion of 162 games, so if there are any moves, don't expect them to be blockbusters.

At this point we are trying to stabalize the team and prepare for the future while attempting to win as many games as we can in the present.

GM Barr was also asked about his adjustment to the move from Virginia.

It truly is a different world out here. Everything moves so much slower back home. Less roads and highways, less people, just seems like people are in less of a hurry back east. The political stuff, well that is pretty much the same everywhere you go. I just try to keep out of it and move on my way. 1969 is a tough year for us Americans, and to be honest I'm just glad that I am able to give back to society. I'm glad that I am able to provide some entertainment for the good people of San Diego and other parts of Cali. You know it truly is great to get paid to do something that you love.

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Really like the dynasty. I'm generally not a fan of retro dynasties (don't know why), but I really like your setup and presentation. Nice work.

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Really like the dynasty. I'm generally not a fan of retro dynasties (don't know why), but I really like your setup and presentation. Nice work.

Thank you. I'm glad that some others find it entertaining. I am enjoying it, and this is the first one that I have ever done that had any real depth to it.

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May 1969 - Can The Sun Still Shine?

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San Diego Padres at Philadelphia Phillies May 1, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 0 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 9 15 0 Phillies (PHI) 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 10 13 0 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273 A. Ferrara (LF) 5 2 0 3 1 4 1 0 .272 T. Gonzalez (CF) 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .269 N. Colbert (1B) 4 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 .250 O. Brown (RF) 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .288 V. Kelly (3B) 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .178 J. Arcia (2B) 5 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 .281 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 .286 C. Kirby (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 L. Stahl (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .423 T. Dukes (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. McCool (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 39 15 4 9 2 9 6 0 2B: J. Davanon 2 (6), J. Arcia (2), A. Ferrara (5) HR: N. Colbert (5), A. Ferrara (9) GIDP: C. Kirby SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA C. Kirby 6.0 8 2 0 5 5 4 103 6.17 T. Dukes 1.2 3 1 0 3 3 4 39 4.05 B. McCool 1.0 2 2 0 2 2 1 35 3.95 TOTALS 8.2 13 5 0 10 10 9 177 PHILADELPHIA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg T. Taylor (1B) 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .217 L. Hisle (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .212 J. Callison (RF) 5 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 .343 D. Allen (LF) 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 .350 M. Schmidt (3B) 2 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 .292 D. Money (SS) 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 .240 V. Roznovsky (C) 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 D. Johnson (1B) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .237 D. Watkins (P) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 T. Harmon (2B) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .254 R. Wise (P) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .286 J. Briggs (CF) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255 B. Laxton (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 G. Jackson (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 R. Barry (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 J. Boozer (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 36 13 5 10 0 8 9 0 2B: D. Johnson (3), D. Allen (8) 3B: D. Money (1), J. Callison (3) HBP: D. Allen CS: M. Schmidt, L. Hisle PHILADELPHIA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA R. Wise 4.0 9 2 1 6 6 1 73 6.70 B. Laxton 2.0 4 2 1 3 3 2 48 8.16 G. Jackson 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 36 7.00 J. Boozer 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 7.45 TOTALS 9.0 15 4 2 9 9 6 169 WP: J. Boozer (3-0) LP: B. McCool (1-1) Temperature: 74F Wind: Calm Attendance: 29,995 Time: 3:28

Scored a ton of runs...again but can't come up with the win. If the Padres pitching staff could keep teams from scoring over 4 runs a game things would be good in San Diego. Colbert continues to hit and Ferrara goes deep AGAIN.

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San Diego Padres at Philadelphia Phillies May 2, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 5 7 1 Phillies (PHI) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 x 6 7 1 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 B. Davis (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 R. Pena (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 R. Robles (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 L. Stahl (LF) 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .400 T. Gonzalez (CF) 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .259 N. Colbert (1B) 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .273 O. Brown (RF) 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 .287 V. Kelly (3B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .172 J. Arcia (2B) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .279 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .287 D. Roberts (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 C. Gaston (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. McCool (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 32 7 6 5 1 3 3 0 2B: J. Arcia (3), L. Stahl (2) HR: O. Brown (6) GIDP: O. Brown, C. Gaston SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Roberts 7.0 6 2 1 4 2 4 105 5.56 B. McCool 1.0 1 2 1 2 2 1 28 4.91 TOTALS 8.0 7 4 2 6 4 5 133 PHILADELPHIA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Briggs (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 D. Money (SS) 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .260 J. Callison (RF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .339 D. Allen (LF) 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .336 M. Schmidt (3B) 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 .296 D. Johnson (1B) 4 2 0 2 2 5 0 0 .248 D. Watkins (C) 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .167 T. Harmon (2B) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .247 J. Paugh (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 J. Boozer (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 TOTALS 30 7 4 6 2 5 5 0 2B: D. Money 2 (6) HR: D. Johnson 2 (7) PHILADELPHIA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Paugh 7.1 7 6 1 5 5 3 140 4.97 J. Boozer 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6.86 TOTALS 9.0 7 6 1 5 5 3 149 WP: J. Boozer (4-0) LP: B. McCool (1-2) Temperature: 73F Wind: 4 MPH (in from right) Attendance: 31,009 Time: 2:48

Another one run game that we can't seem to win. This one especially hurt because Al Ferrara went down with an ankle fracture for three weeks. Larry Stahl has been put in the lineup to replace the power hitting Ferrara.

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Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Padres May 3, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Reds (CIN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 0 Padres (SDP) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 CINCINNATI ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg P. Rose (RF) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .372 B. Tolan (CF) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 T. Perez (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .384 J. Bench (C) 4 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 .263 L. May (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .304 A. Johnson (LF) 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317 D. Concepcion (SS) 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .667 C. Ruiz (2B) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .197 J. Maloney (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .133 F. Whitfield (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .341 W. Granger (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 31 9 1 1 1 1 10 2 HR: J. Bench (6) HBP: D. Concepcion, C. Ruiz GIDP: J. Maloney CS: D. Concepcion, B. Tolan CINCINNATI ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Maloney 8.0 2 0 0 1 1 7 123 5.01 W. Granger 0.1 2 0 0 1 1 1 15 5.68 TOTALS 8.1 4 0 0 2 2 8 138 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg L. Stahl (LF) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .382 V. Kelly (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .175 O. Brown (RF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .279 T. Gonzalez (CF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252 B. Davis (1B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .250 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .278 J. Arcia (2B) 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .297 J. Davanon (SS) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 D. Selma (P) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 B. McCool (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 C. Gaston (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 TOTALS 28 4 0 2 0 2 8 0 2B: V. Kelly (6), J. Arcia (4), L. Stahl (3) SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Selma 8.0 9 1 1 1 1 10 126 4.13 B. McCool 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.60 TOTALS 9.0 9 1 1 1 1 10 131 WP: B. McCool (2-2) LP: W. Granger (3-4) Temperature: 80F Wind: 8 MPH (in from center) Attendance: 37,454 Time: 2:40

San Diego was able to sneak by the Reds again. Selma pitched a wonderfull game giving up only one run against a pretty impressive Reds' offense. If we can get some more games like this from our starters we should be in good shape. On the down side OF Ollie Brown goes down for three weeks with a Wrist Fracture. Youngster Cito Gaston takes his place in the lineup.

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Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Padres May 4, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Reds (CIN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 CINCINNATI ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg P. Rose (RF) 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .357 A. Johnson (LF) 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .326 J. Stewart (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Perez (3B) 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .380 J. Bench (C) 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .254 L. May (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 D. Concepcion (SS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 J. Beauchamp (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 C. Ruiz (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .187 G. Nolan (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 F. Whitfield (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 B. Short (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 T. Savage (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 C. Carroll (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 35 4 3 1 0 1 5 0 2B: T. Perez (7), J. Beauchamp (4) GIDP: J. Bench CINCINNATI ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA G. Nolan 8.0 5 1 0 0 0 5 94 3.76 B. Short 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 3 32 3.15 C. Carroll 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 4.00 TOTALS 11.0 5 2 0 0 0 9 142 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg L. Stahl (LF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 V. Kelly (3B) 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .186 O. Brown (RF) 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .270 T. Gonzalez (CF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .241 B. Davis (1B) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 J. Arcia (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .284 J. Davanon (SS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .245 R. Jones (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 C. Gaston (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 B. McCool (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A. McBean (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R. Pena (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 D. Kelley (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 TOTALS 36 5 2 0 0 0 9 1 2B: V. Kelly (7) SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA R. Jones 8.0 3 0 0 0 0 3 75 6.55 B. McCool 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 1 30 4.32 A. McBean 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7.45 D. Kelley 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 1 23 7.94 TOTALS 11.0 4 3 0 1 1 5 135 WP: B. Short (1-1) LP: D. Kelley (3-2) SV: C. Carroll (3) Temperature: 82F Wind: 4 MPH (in from left) Attendance: 38,855 Time: 2:50

The losses by one run are really starting to get frustrating. It seems as if any time someone pitches very well the offense decides to struggle. Randy Jones put together another good game though. Which is very promising.

Stahl has gone 2-14 in his first three starts of the year, and Cito Gaston will get his chance to show what he can do next week as he starts in RF.

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1969 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Sisk, Tommie SDP 48.1 2.98 7 7 4 2 0 31 23 14.15 Jones, Randy SDP 45.1 6.55 7 7 0 4 0 17 15 14.69 Kirby, Clay SDP 42.1 6.17 7 7 1 3 0 27 26 16.16 Selma, Dick SDP 32.2 4.13 5 5 0 2 0 22 17 13.22 Roberts, Dave SDP 22.2 5.56 6 2 0 0 0 13 7 16.68 McCool, Billy SDP 16.2 4.32 13 0 2 2 1 7 8 9.72 Dukes, Tom SDP 13.1 4.05 10 0 2 0 0 14 6 14.18 Podres, Johnny SDP 13.1 6.08 7 0 1 0 1 7 4 12.15 Kelley, Dick SDP 11.1 7.94 9 0 3 2 0 6 7 17.47 McBean, Al SDP 9.2 7.45 9 0 0 1 5 3 4 13.97 Arlin, Steve SDP 7.0 5.14 1 1 0 0 0 5 8 14.14

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1969 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Gonzalez, Tony SDP 29 .241 116 28 4 0 4 12 18 1 2 14 15 .379 .318 Brown, Ollie SDP 29 .270 115 31 6 0 6 8 23 0 0 17 15 .478 .317 Kelly, Van SDP 26 .186 102 19 7 0 0 5 24 1 0 4 4 .255 .224 Colbert, Nate SDP 27 .273 99 27 5 1 5 16 27 0 0 12 22 .495 .364 Davanon, Jerry SDP 26 .245 98 24 6 0 0 12 25 0 0 13 9 .306 .339 Cannizzaro, Chris SDP 29 .290 93 27 6 1 0 12 19 0 1 12 8 .376 .368 Ferrara, Al SDP 24 .272 92 25 5 0 9 8 25 0 0 17 21 .620 .330 Arcia, Jose SDP 22 .284 67 19 4 1 0 2 14 1 2 7 5 .373 .304 Sipin, John SDP 17 .219 64 14 2 0 0 3 19 2 0 9 3 .250 .254 Stahl, Larry SDP 24 .333 39 13 3 0 2 4 6 0 0 10 5 .564 .386 Davis, Bill SDP 24 .259 27 7 3 0 0 2 5 1 0 3 4 .370 .310 Pena, Roberto SDP 11 .250 16 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 .250 .250 Jones, Randy SDP 7 .143 14 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 Sisk, Tommie SDP 7 .083 12 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 Kirby, Clay SDP 7 .083 12 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .083 .154 Selma, Dick SDP 5 .000 8 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 .000 .111 Roberts, Dave SDP 6 .143 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 Ruberto, Sonny SDP 6 .667 6 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .833 .667 Robles, Rafael SDP 4 .333 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 Gaston, Cito SDP 3 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Podres, Johnny SDP 7 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Arlin, Steve SDP 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 McCool, Billy SDP 13 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Dean, Tommy SDP 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Kelley, Dick SDP 9 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000

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How do you feel about the recent skid that the Padres have been going through?

I'm not sure that I would call it a skid. There are 162 games in a season, every team is going to go through streaks during the year. This is just one of them for us. We had two vital parts of our offense go down with injury so its a tough time for us right now.

You now find yourslef 8 games back of the division lead. Is this cause for concern?

Well of course it is. You never want to be in even second place, so when you are falling behind it is always cause for concern.

Do you have anything planned to get back up near the top of the division?

Not at this time. We have been looking around the league at some of the younger pitchers available and right now the asking price is just too high for us to pay. We are going to stick it out with our guys and fight through these injuries. We will be winning again soon.

Randy Jones has been pitching well lately. What do you attribute this too, could it be that maybe he was slightly injured?

Randy was never hurt. He is pitching well right now because he is a heck of a pitcher. Randy has been working hard and been paying attention to the scouting reports, and all of that is finally starting to pay off for him.

With Stahl and Gaston in the OF for the next three weeks does that become an area of weakness?

Not at all. Stahl has played well off the bench and there is no reason to believe that he won't keep it up. Gaston is a very talented young man and I have full confidence that he can fill in in RF and do just fine.

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Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Padres May 5, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Reds (CIN) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 0 Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 CINCINNATI ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg P. Rose (RF) 5 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .366 A. Johnson (LF) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .321 J. Stewart (P) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 T. Perez (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .368 J. Bench (C) 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 .258 L. May (1B) 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .294 J. Beauchamp (CF) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213 F. Whitfield (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .326 B. Tolan (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 W. Woodward (SS) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .209 C. Ruiz (2B) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .190 J. Merritt (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Savage (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 C. Carroll (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 31 7 6 3 0 1 5 0 GIDP: T. Perez, F. Whitfield CINCINNATI ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Merritt 8.0 3 0 0 0 0 9 83 2.29 C. Carroll 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.60 TOTALS 9.0 4 0 0 0 0 9 96 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .245 L. Stahl (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .302 T. Gonzalez (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 N. Colbert (1B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .265 C. Gaston (RF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 V. Kelly (3B) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .190 J. Arcia (2B) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .281 T. Sisk (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .071 B. Davis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 B. McCool (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 30 4 0 0 0 0 9 0 2B: T. Gonzalez (5) GIDP: L. Stahl SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA T. Sisk 8.0 5 5 0 2 1 3 117 2.72 B. McCool 1.0 2 1 0 1 1 2 26 4.58 TOTALS 9.0 7 6 0 3 2 5 143 WP: J. Merritt (1-0) LP: T. Sisk (4-3) SV: C. Carroll (4) Temperature: 76F Wind: 8 MPH (out to center) Attendance: 37,294 Time: 2:40

Sisk pitches well again, but once again the Padres can muster no offense.

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Houston Astros at San Diego Padres May 6, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Astros (HOU) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 x 2 8 0 HOUSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Morgan (2B) 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 .313 M. Martinez (SS) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .218 D. Menke (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .300 B. Watson (1B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .247 J. Wynn (CF) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .172 D. Rader (3B) 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 .284 J. Edwards (C) 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .273 J. Alou (RF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .340 N. Miller (LF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .270 L. Dierker (P) 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .130 C. Johnson (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 TOTALS 27 2 9 1 0 1 8 2 GIDP: J. Edwards CS: D. Rader HOUSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA L. Dierker 8.0 8 1 0 2 2 4 103 4.18 TOTALS 8.0 8 1 0 2 2 4 103 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 L. Stahl (LF) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304 T. Gonzalez (CF) 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 N. Colbert (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 C. Gaston (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 V. Kelly (3B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 J. Arcia (2B) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273 C. Kirby (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .083 B. Davis (P) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276 D. Kelley (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 R. Pena (P) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .294 T. Dukes (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 30 8 1 2 0 1 4 0 GIDP: T. Gonzalez SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA C. Kirby 6.0 1 7 0 1 1 6 112 5.59 D. Kelley 2.0 1 2 0 0 0 2 36 6.75 T. Dukes 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.77 TOTALS 9.0 2 9 0 1 1 8 158 WP: D. Kelley (4-2) LP: L. Dierker (4-3) SV: T. Dukes (1) Temperature: 74F Wind: 4 MPH (out to right) Attendance: 38,278 Time: 2:49

No offnese, but great pitching from Kirby as he goes 6 strong innings. The pitching has been promising but now it seems like the offense, which was a strength, has now become a spot for weakness.

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Houston Astros at San Diego Padres May 7, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Astros (HOU) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 6 11 1 Padres (SDP) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 8 1 HOUSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg M. Martinez (SS) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 J. Morgan (P) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .317 D. Menke (2B) 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .278 B. Watson (1B) 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .268 J. Wynn (CF) 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .183 D. Rader (3B) 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .275 J. Edwards (C) 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .270 J. Alou (RF) 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .340 N. Miller (LF) 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .300 C. Geronimo (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Richard (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 C. Johnson (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 K. Forsch (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 J. Gotay (P) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .167 F. Gladding (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 34 11 4 6 0 6 3 0 HOUSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Richard 6.0 6 1 0 3 2 4 101 1.73 K. Forsch 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 24 4.94 F. Gladding 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 1 19 2.25 TOTALS 9.0 8 3 0 4 3 5 144 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245 L. Stahl (LF) 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .294 T. Gonzalez (CF) 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 N. Colbert (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 C. Gaston (RF) 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .077 V. Kelly (3B) 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .189 J. Arcia (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276 B. Davis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 R. Pena (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 C. Cannizzaro (C) 4 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 .282 D. Roberts (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 B. McCool (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 S. Ruberto (P) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .667 TOTALS 33 8 3 4 0 3 5 0 2B: C. Cannizzaro 2 (8), T. Gonzalez (6), L. Stahl (4) HBP: C. Gaston CS: J. Davanon SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Roberts 8.2 11 0 0 5 3 2 131 4.88 B. McCool 0.1 0 4 0 1 1 1 23 5.00 TOTALS 9.0 11 4 0 6 4 3 154 WP: K. Forsch (2-1) LP: D. Roberts (0-1) SV: F. Gladding (3) Temperature: 70F Wind: 6 MPH (in from right) Attendance: 39,568 Time: 3:17

The offense and the pitching did it's job until the 9th inning when they allowed 4 runs and were unable to come back in the bottom of the inning.

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Houston Astros at San Diego Padres May 8, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Astros (HOU) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 10 2 Padres (SDP) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 12 1 HOUSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Morgan (2B) 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 .305 M. Martinez (SS) 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .214 B. Watson (1B) 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 J. Wynn (CF) 5 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 .191 D. Rader (3B) 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .272 J. Edwards (C) 5 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .275 J. Alou (RF) 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .327 N. Miller (LF) 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .318 C. Geronimo (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Billingham (P) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 D. Menke (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273 B. Henry (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Ray (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 C. Johnson (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 W. Blasingame (P) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 TOTALS 42 10 4 5 1 5 9 2 2B: J. Edwards 2 (11), N. Miller (5) HR: J. Wynn (6) CS: J. Morgan, N. Miller HOUSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Billingham 6.0 8 4 0 2 2 3 105 4.75 B. Henry 1.0 3 0 0 1 0 2 24 6.43 J. Ray 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 3.00 W. Blasingame 3.0 1 4 0 0 0 4 55 6.75 TOTALS 11.0 12 9 0 3 2 9 198 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg L. Stahl (LF) 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .273 V. Kelly (3B) 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200 B. Davis (1B) 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 T. Gonzalez (CF) 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 .276 C. Gaston (RF) 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .111 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 .274 J. Arcia (2B) 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .284 J. Morales (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Davanon (SS) 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .241 S. Arlin (P) 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333 R. Pena (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 B. McCool (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 S. Ruberto (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .571 T. Dukes (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 41 12 9 3 0 1 9 0 2B: J. Davanon (7), S. Arlin (1) GIDP: C. Gaston SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA S. Arlin 8.0 8 1 1 3 3 7 134 4.20 B. McCool 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 1 34 4.50 T. Dukes 1.0 2 1 0 2 2 1 26 4.70 TOTALS 11.0 10 4 1 5 5 9 194 WP: W. Blasingame (3-1) LP: T. Dukes (2-1) Temperature: 91F Wind: 3 MPH (out to center) Attendance: 38,717 Time: 3:49

Arling got a rare start and actually pitched well, but once again the bullpen blew it in the 9th.

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San Diego Padres at Pittsburgh Pirates May 10, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Pirates (PIT) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 x 4 9 0 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 B. Davis (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 R. Pena (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 L. Stahl (LF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 T. Gonzalez (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 N. Colbert (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .246 C. Gaston (RF) 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 V. Kelly (3B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .195 J. Arcia (2B) 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .286 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .275 R. Jones (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .118 TOTALS 30 4 3 0 0 0 8 1 2B: J. Arcia (5) 3B: C. Cannizzaro (2) SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA R. Jones 8.0 9 5 0 4 4 3 106 6.24 TOTALS 8.0 9 5 0 4 4 3 106 PITTSBURGH ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg M. Alou (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .311 M. Sanguillen (C) 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .289 A. Oliver (LF) 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .282 W. Stargell (1B) 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 .265 R. Zisk (RF) 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .353 R. Hebner (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .274 B. Mazeroski (2B) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .288 G. Alley (SS) 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .225 J. Bunning (P) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .174 TOTALS 30 9 5 4 0 4 3 0 2B: M. Sanguillen (5) HBP: A. Oliver GIDP: R. Zisk, J. Bunning CS: M. Sanguillen PITTSBURGH ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Bunning 9.0 4 3 0 0 0 8 111 3.82 TOTALS 9.0 4 3 0 0 0 8 111 WP: J. Bunning (4-1) LP: R. Jones (0-5) Temperature: 90F Wind: 6 MPH (in from left) Attendance: 32,466 Time: 2:25

Randy Jones pitched relatively well again but it was all for not as Jim Bunning pitched the complete game shutout for the hom team Pirates.

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San Diego Padres at Pittsburgh Pirates May 11, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 9 1 Pirates (PIT) 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 x 7 14 2 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg L. Stahl (LF) 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 V. Kelly (3B) 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .203 N. Colbert (1B) 5 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 .244 T. Gonzalez (CF) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .268 C. Gaston (RF) 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .231 C. Cannizzaro (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 R. Pena (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .261 J. Davanon (SS) 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .242 B. Davis (P) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .270 R. Robles (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 T. Sisk (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .063 J. Morales (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Dukes (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 S. Ruberto (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 B. McCool (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 37 9 4 3 1 3 4 0 2B: V. Kelly (8), J. Davanon (8) HR: N. Colbert (6) GIDP: N. Colbert SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA T. Sisk 5.0 8 1 0 4 4 2 79 3.08 T. Dukes 2.0 4 1 0 2 2 2 36 5.19 B. McCool 1.0 2 1 0 1 1 0 21 4.71 TOTALS 8.0 14 3 0 7 7 4 136 PITTSBURGH ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg M. Alou (LF) 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .316 G. Alley (SS) 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .225 R. Clemente (RF) 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .386 W. Stargell (1B) 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 .272 M. Sanguillen (C) 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .288 B. Mazeroski (2B) 4 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .295 J. Pagan (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .417 R. Davis (CF) 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .229 D. Ellis (P) 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .227 C. Taylor (P) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 L. Walker (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 36 14 3 7 0 7 4 1 2B: R. Davis (1), J. Pagan (4), C. Taylor (2) PITTSBURGH ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Ellis 8.0 7 4 0 2 2 4 120 2.84 L. Walker 1.0 2 0 1 1 1 0 15 3.20 TOTALS 9.0 9 4 1 3 3 4 135 WP: D. Ellis (5-2) LP: T. Sisk (4-4) Temperature: 92F Wind: 8 MPH (in from left) Attendance: 33,887 Time: 2:55

This was just a spanking. There isn't any othe way around this one. Colbert goes deep but the Padres just weren't able to score 8 runs to pull out the win in this one.

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1969 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Gonzalez, Tony SDP 35 .268 142 38 6 0 4 14 20 1 2 14 16 .394 .338 Kelly, Van SDP 32 .203 123 25 8 0 0 8 28 1 0 6 5 .268 .252 Davanon, Jerry SDP 32 .242 120 29 8 0 0 13 27 0 1 15 9 .308 .326 Colbert, Nate SDP 32 .244 119 29 5 1 6 16 32 0 0 13 23 .454 .326 Brown, Ollie SDP 29 .270 115 31 6 0 6 8 23 0 0 17 15 .478 .317 Cannizzaro, Chris SDP 35 .265 113 30 8 2 0 15 25 0 1 13 10 .372 .349 Ferrara, Al SDP 24 .272 92 25 5 0 9 8 25 0 0 17 21 .620 .330 Arcia, Jose SDP 27 .286 84 24 5 1 0 2 18 2 2 7 5 .369 .302 Sipin, John SDP 17 .219 64 14 2 0 0 3 19 2 0 9 3 .250 .254 Stahl, Larry SDP 30 .242 62 15 4 0 2 8 8 0 0 10 6 .403 .324 Davis, Bill SDP 30 .270 37 10 3 0 0 3 6 1 0 5 5 .351 .325 Gaston, Cito SDP 9 .231 26 6 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 2 0 .231 .286 Pena, Roberto SDP 16 .261 23 6 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 1 .261 .261 Jones, Randy SDP 8 .118 17 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .118 .118 Sisk, Tommie SDP 9 .063 16 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 .063 .063 Kirby, Clay SDP 8 .083 12 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 .083 .214 Ruberto, Sonny SDP 9 .500 8 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .625 .556 Selma, Dick SDP 5 .000 8 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 .000 .111 Roberts, Dave SDP 7 .125 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 Robles, Rafael SDP 5 .250 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 Arlin, Steve SDP 2 .333 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .500 Podres, Johnny SDP 7 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 McCool, Billy SDP 17 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Dean, Tommy SDP 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Kelley, Dick SDP 10 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 Morales, Jerry SDP 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000

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1969 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Sisk, Tommie SDP 61.1 3.08 9 9 4 4 0 36 29 13.94 Jones, Randy SDP 53.1 6.24 8 8 0 5 0 20 20 14.85 Kirby, Clay SDP 48.1 5.59 8 8 1 3 0 33 33 15.64 Selma, Dick SDP 32.2 4.13 5 5 0 2 0 22 17 13.22 Roberts, Dave SDP 31.1 4.88 7 3 0 1 0 15 7 15.22 McCool, Billy SDP 21.0 4.71 17 0 2 2 1 11 16 12.86 Dukes, Tom SDP 17.1 5.19 13 0 2 1 1 17 8 15.06 Arlin, Steve SDP 15.0 4.20 2 2 0 0 0 12 9 12.00 Kelley, Dick SDP 13.1 6.75 10 0 4 2 0 8 9 16.88 Podres, Johnny SDP 13.1 6.08 7 0 1 0 1 7 4 12.15 McBean, Al SDP 9.2 7.45 9 0 0 1 5 3 4 13.97

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I went through the same thing with my Phillies dynasty. The offense was mediocre at best, and the bullpen kept blowing leads. After my first season, I decided to splurge on relievers, and trade for young hitters with tons of potential.

Now in my third season, I'm leading the NL through mid-August.

Basically what I'm trying to say, that losing is going to get to you. If you just be patient and allow your youngins to develop, you'll be a contender in no time.

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That's what we are hoping for at least :)

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Originally Posted by PotatoOfCouch13

I went through the same thing with my Phillies dynasty. The offense was mediocre at best, and the bullpen kept blowing leads. After my first season, I decided to splurge on relievers, and trade for young hitters with tons of potential.

Now in my third season, I'm leading the NL through mid-August.

Basically what I'm trying to say, that losing is going to get to you. If you just be patient and allow your youngins to develop, you'll be a contender in no time.

Pretty much. My first year in KC I won 66 games I think. Second year I remember...64. Very discouraging. Then my young talent finally started showing up...85 wins, and 86 out of 154 in '72.

Just be patient and you'll be fine :)

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San Diego Padres at Pittsburgh Pirates May 12, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 Pirates (PIT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 3 8 0 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg L. Stahl (LF) 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 .239 V. Kelly (3B) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206 N. Colbert (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 T. Gonzalez (CF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262 C. Gaston (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200 C. Cannizzaro (C) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 B. Davis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 S. Ruberto (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .444 R. Pena (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 J. Davanon (SS) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 C. Kirby (P) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .133 J. Morales (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 TOTALS 35 8 2 0 0 0 6 0 2B: C. Cannizzaro (9), J. Morales (1) SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA C. Kirby 8.0 8 2 2 3 3 4 128 5.27 TOTALS 8.0 8 2 2 3 3 4 128 PITTSBURGH ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg F. Patek (SS) 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 G. Alley (SS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 M. Alou (LF) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .317 R. Clemente (RF) 4 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 .389 W. Stargell (1B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .266 R. Hebner (3B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .267 B. Mazeroski (2B) 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .301 R. Davis (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .205 J. May (C) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 B. Moose (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 30 8 2 3 2 3 4 0 3B: B. Mazeroski (2) HR: R. Clemente 2 (7) CS: F. Patek PITTSBURGH ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA B. Moose 9.0 8 2 0 0 0 6 120 2.05 TOTALS 9.0 8 2 0 0 0 6 120 WP: B. Moose (1-1) LP: C. Kirby (1-4) Temperature: 80F Wind: Calm Attendance: 34,056 Time: 2:28

Kirby pitched wonderfully as the offense got shut out again. Kirby did gain some confidence and things are starting to look up for the pitching staff. It certainly is hard to swallow all these close loses, but things do look promising.

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Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres May 13, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Dodgers (LAD) 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 6 11 0 Padres (SDP) 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 7 13 1 LOS ANGELES ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg W. Crawford (LF) 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .281 W. Parker (1B) 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 W. Davis (CF) 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .329 K. Boyer (3B) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .293 R. Fairly (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .239 T. Haller (C) 3 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 .290 J. Lefebvre (2B) 4 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 .278 B. Russell (SS) 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .252 D. Sutton (P) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .048 J. Purdin (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R. Cey (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Darwin (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 35 11 3 6 2 5 3 0 2B: T. Haller 2 (10), J. Lefebvre (8), K. Boyer (2), W. Crawford (3) HR: T. Haller (6), J. Lefebvre (5) CS: W. Parker, W. Davis LOS ANGELES ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Sutton 6.0 7 3 1 4 4 5 84 2.81 J. Purdin 1.0 5 0 0 2 2 1 27 7.15 B. Darwin 1.0 1 0 1 1 1 0 11 13.89 TOTALS 8.0 13 3 2 7 7 6 122 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg L. Stahl (LF) 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 .254 V. Kelly (3B) 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .208 J. Morales (CF) 5 3 0 3 1 2 0 0 .667 N. Colbert (1B) 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .254 C. Gaston (RF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .206 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .271 R. Pena (2B) 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .258 J. Davanon (SS) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 B. Davis (P) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .282 R. Robles (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 D. Roberts (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .091 B. McCool (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 S. Ruberto (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 D. Kelley (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 TOTALS 35 13 3 7 2 6 6 0 2B: B. Davis (4), L. Stahl (5) HR: J. Morales (1), L. Stahl (3) GIDP: C. Gaston SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Roberts 7.1 10 3 1 5 5 3 110 5.12 B. McCool 0.2 1 0 1 1 1 0 11 4.98 D. Kelley 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6.28 TOTALS 9.0 11 3 2 6 6 3 132 WP: D. Kelley (5-2) LP: B. Darwin (0-3) Temperature: 81F Wind: Calm Attendance: 36,056 Time: 2:37

Padres show some offense finally but the starting pitching didn't quite come through. Dave Roberts gets the spot start and shows why he hasn't cracked the starting rotation. Morales gets a start in CF and goes 3-5. He and Stahl go deep as the Padres hold off the Dodgers in a close one.

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Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres May 14, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Dodgers (LAD) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 15 1 Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 11 1 LOS ANGELES ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg W. Crawford (LF) 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .325 W. Parker (1B) 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .277 W. Davis (CF) 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 .320 K. Boyer (3B) 8 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .297 R. Fairly (RF) 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .234 T. Haller (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 R. Cey (P) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Sudakis (P) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 J. Lefebvre (2B) 7 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .293 B. Russell (SS) 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .241 D. Drysdale (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 L. Gabrielson (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 B. Darwin (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Ferguson (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .600 P. Mikkelsen (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A. Kosco (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053 J. Brewer (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Purdin (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 P. Popovich (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 C. Hough (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 TOTALS 58 15 5 4 0 4 5 1 2B: R. Fairly (10), W. Crawford (4) 3B: J. Lefebvre (2) GIDP: W. Parker, R. Fairly CS: W. Crawford LOS ANGELES ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Drysdale 7.0 5 1 1 2 2 7 97 4.37 B. Darwin 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12.79 P. Mikkelsen 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 3 35 5.52 J. Brewer 2.0 1 0 1 1 1 2 27 6.14 J. Purdin 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 6.57 C. Hough 4.0 3 1 0 0 0 3 56 5.06 TOTALS 17.0 11 3 2 3 3 15 243 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg L. Stahl (LF) 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 .247 V. Kelly (3B) 7 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 .197 J. Morales (CF) 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 N. Colbert (1B) 7 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 .248 C. Gaston (RF) 7 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 .220 C. Cannizzaro (C) 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .290 R. Pena (2B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 J. Davanon (SS) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .244 B. Davis (P) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .300 R. Robles (P) 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 R. Jones (P) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .150 S. Ruberto (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .364 A. McBean (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Dean (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 B. McCool (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Dukes (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Kelley (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 TOTALS 59 11 3 3 2 3 15 0 2B: C. Cannizzaro 2 (11) HR: N. Colbert (7), C. Gaston (1) GIDP: J. Morales SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA R. Jones 10.0 9 4 0 2 2 2 134 5.54 A. McBean 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 21 6.94 B. McCool 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 37 4.56 T. Dukes 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 29 4.66 D. Kelley 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 1 23 6.46 TOTALS 17.0 15 5 0 4 4 5 244 WP: C. Hough (1-1) LP: D. Kelley (5-3) Temperature: 73F Wind: 4 MPH (in from right) Attendance: 38,897 Time: 5:18

Jones pitched outstanding in this 17 inning game. Jones put out 10 great innings and couldn't quite get the win.

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Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres May 15, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Dodgers (LAD) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 Padres (SDP) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11 0 LOS ANGELES ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg W. Crawford (LF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .289 W. Parker (1B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .268 W. Davis (CF) 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .316 K. Boyer (3B) 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .301 R. Fairly (RF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .227 T. Haller (C) 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 .279 J. Lefebvre (2B) 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .296 B. Russell (SS) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 L. Gabrielson (P) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .241 P. Popovich (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 B. Singer (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .188 A. Kosco (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .050 P. Mikkelsen (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Sudakis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 J. Brewer (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 37 5 3 1 0 1 12 0 LOS ANGELES ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA B. Singer 6.0 4 2 0 1 1 8 83 2.55 P. Mikkelsen 3.0 2 1 0 0 0 3 51 4.58 J. Brewer 1.1 5 0 0 1 1 0 27 6.23 TOTALS 10.1 11 3 0 2 2 11 161 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg L. Stahl (LF) 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .272 V. Kelly (3B) 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .204 J. Morales (CF) 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .235 N. Colbert (1B) 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .246 C. Gaston (RF) 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .217 C. Cannizzaro (C) 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 R. Pena (2B) 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .231 J. Davanon (SS) 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 .250 T. Sisk (P) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .059 B. Davis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 B. McCool (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R. Robles (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 A. McBean (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 39 11 3 2 0 2 11 0 2B: R. Pena (1) HBP: R. Pena GIDP: C. Cannizzaro, N. Colbert CS: L. Stahl SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA T. Sisk 7.0 3 3 0 1 1 6 104 2.90 B. McCool 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 5 36 4.21 A. McBean 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 5.93 TOTALS 11.0 5 3 0 1 1 12 160 WP: A. McBean (1-1) LP: J. Brewer (0-3) Temperature: 80F Wind: 3 MPH (in from center) Attendance: 37,907 Time: 3:08

Sisk pitched very well and the Padres inconsistent was able to get enough runs to score the win. It's nice to see us win a few close ones here.

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San Diego Padres at Pittsburgh Pirates May 16, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 Pirates (PIT) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 x 2 8 0 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg L. Stahl (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .259 V. Kelly (3B) 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .212 N. Colbert (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .239 T. Gonzalez (CF) 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .268 C. Gaston (RF) 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .245 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .280 R. Pena (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 J. Morales (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 J. Davanon (SS) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 S. Ruberto (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 C. Kirby (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .118 B. Davis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 D. Kelley (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 TOTALS 33 6 2 1 0 1 6 0 SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA C. Kirby 7.0 7 3 0 2 2 4 114 4.97 D. Kelley 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 6.06 TOTALS 8.0 8 3 0 2 2 4 128 PITTSBURGH ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg F. Patek (SS) 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .412 G. Alley (SS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 M. Alou (LF) 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .305 R. Clemente (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .358 W. Stargell (1B) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .283 A. Oliver (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 R. Hebner (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .265 M. Sanguillen (C) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 B. Mazeroski (2B) 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .299 R. Davis (CF) 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .255 B. Moose (P) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 K. Tekulve (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 28 8 3 2 0 2 4 0 2B: R. Davis (2) HBP: W. Stargell GIDP: B. Mazeroski CS: F. Patek PITTSBURGH ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA B. Moose 8.2 6 2 0 1 1 6 128 1.76 K. Tekulve 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.31 TOTALS 9.0 6 2 0 1 1 6 131 WP: B. Moose (2-1) LP: C. Kirby (1-5) SV: K. Tekulve (5) Temperature: 81F Wind: 6 MPH (out to center) Attendance: 32,466 Time: 2:49

Kirby continues to pitch very well, but no extra base hits leads to another one run loss for the Padres. The pitching staff is showing some great things in the last few games though.

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San Diego Padres at Pittsburgh Pirates May 17, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 8 14 0 Pirates (PIT) 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 10 0 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg L. Stahl (LF) 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .256 V. Kelly (3B) 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .219 N. Colbert (1B) 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .260 T. Gonzalez (CF) 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .273 C. Gaston (RF) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .245 C. Cannizzaro (C) 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 .284 B. Davis (P) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .302 S. Ruberto (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 R. Pena (2B) 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .217 J. Davanon (SS) 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .237 D. Selma (P) 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .100 D. Kelley (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 TOTALS 38 14 5 8 0 6 5 1 2B: C. Cannizzaro (12), B. Davis (5), V. Kelly (9), N. Colbert (6), R. Pena (2), C. Gaston (1), L. Stahl (6) HBP: C. Gaston GIDP: C. Gaston, D. Selma SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Selma 6.2 8 3 2 5 5 7 113 4.58 D. Kelley 2.1 2 2 0 0 0 3 50 5.30 TOTALS 9.0 10 5 2 5 5 10 163 PITTSBURGH ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg G. Alley (SS) 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 .226 M. Sanguillen (C) 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .281 R. Clemente (RF) 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .354 W. Stargell (1B) 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 .284 A. Oliver (LF) 5 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 .281 R. Hebner (3B) 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .266 B. Mazeroski (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298 R. Davis (CF) 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .275 B. Belinsky (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 B. Dal Canton (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 M. Alou (LF) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .303 C. Hartenstein (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 C. Taylor (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 TOTALS 35 10 5 5 2 5 10 1 2B: A. Oliver (7) HR: W. Stargell (6), A. Oliver (3) HBP: R. Hebner GIDP: B. Mazeroski CS: G. Alley PITTSBURGH ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA B. Belinsky 6.0 7 4 0 5 5 4 106 8.00 B. Dal Canton 1.0 5 0 0 3 3 0 23 5.87 C. Hartenstein 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 1 31 0.90 TOTALS 9.0 14 5 0 8 8 5 160 WP: D. Selma (1-2) LP: B. Belinsky (1-4) SV: D. Kelley (1) Temperature: 83F Wind: Calm Attendance: 33,542 Time: 3:26

Our offense comes alive in this game, which was nice to see. No home runs, but tones of doubles to take home the win.

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San Diego Padres at Pittsburgh Pirates May 18, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 0 010 0 0 2 12 16 2 Pirates (PIT) 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 0 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg L. Stahl (LF) 4 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 .255 V. Kelly (3B) 5 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 .237 N. Colbert (1B) 5 2 0 2 2 4 1 0 .265 T. Gonzalez (CF) 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .270 C. Gaston (RF) 5 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .276 C. Cannizzaro (C) 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .288 R. Pena (2B) 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .200 J. Davanon (SS) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 J. Morales (P) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .263 R. Robles (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 R. Jones (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 B. Davis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295 D. Roberts (P) 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .154 TOTALS 42 16 2 12 2 12 7 0 2B: V. Kelly (10), C. Gaston (2), L. Stahl (7) HR: N. Colbert 2 (9) GIDP: N. Colbert SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA R. Jones 4.0 11 1 0 7 6 3 65 6.01 D. Roberts 5.0 2 0 0 0 0 3 52 4.53 TOTALS 9.0 13 1 0 7 6 6 117 PITTSBURGH ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg G. Alley (SS) 5 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 .225 M. Sanguillen (C) 5 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 .291 A. Oliver (LF) 5 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 .287 R. Clemente (RF) 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .361 R. Hebner (3B) 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .278 B. Mazeroski (2B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 J. Pagan (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .357 R. Davis (CF) 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .278 J. Bunning (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .160 L. Walker (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 C. Hartenstein (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 W. Stargell (1B) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282 B. Dal Canton (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 TOTALS 40 13 1 7 0 6 6 1 2B: G. Alley (5), R. Davis (3) 3B: A. Oliver (2) GIDP: B. Mazeroski PITTSBURGH ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Bunning 5.2 10 2 1 8 8 5 105 5.30 L. Walker 1.1 2 0 1 2 2 0 22 3.86 C. Hartenstein 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0.82 B. Dal Canton 1.0 4 0 0 2 2 0 28 6.38 TOTALS 9.0 16 2 2 12 12 7 164 WP: D. Roberts (1-1) LP: J. Bunning (4-3) Temperature: 77F Wind: 2 MPH (out to center) Attendance: 32,651 Time: 3:07

Offense didn't struggle this time against Bunning who shut us out earlier in the season. Colbert goes deep twice in the game and the Padres get the win even with the sub par performance from Randy Jones.

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The team has been hit with some injuries as of late, do you feel that you would be playing better if you had Ferrara and Brown in the lineup?

I'm not going to take anything away from the guys that are in there right now. Sure we would love to have those guys back and they will get back in the lineup as soon as they are healthy, but I'm not going to speculate right now. Arcia, Morales and Gaston have done well filling in.

So will Ferrara and Brown go right back in to the lineup when they get off the DL?

They didn't "lose" their job, so when they are healthy they are right back in there. We aren't going to penalize someone because of an unfortunate injury.

Morales is being touted as a big time prospect for the Padres organization, does his performance change his projected track?

I wouldn't say that. It has been a good way for us to evaluate him at the major league level, but I wouldn't say it changes anything.

The Padres continue to make a good profit, what are your plans for the extra money?

Right now we are investing heavily in scouting and in our farm system. Knowledge is power in this league and the more we have the better spot we will be in for the future. Young talent is also key to the success of a team, we feel that we have a good bit of it, but we want to make sure we are helping them develop to their full potential.

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San Diego Padres at Pittsburgh Pirates May 19, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 Pirates (PIT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .234 L. Stahl (LF) 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 .268 T. Gonzalez (CF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .265 N. Colbert (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .265 C. Gaston (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .258 V. Kelly (3B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .233 J. Arcia (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 T. Sisk (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .053 B. Davis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289 B. McCool (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 30 3 1 2 1 2 9 0 HR: L. Stahl (4) SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA T. Sisk 7.0 4 0 0 1 1 3 93 2.75 B. McCool 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1 34 3.90 TOTALS 9.0 5 1 0 1 1 4 127 PITTSBURGH ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg F. Patek (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .350 M. Alou (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .302 A. Oliver (RF) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 W. Stargell (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .275 R. Hebner (3B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .272 M. Sanguillen (C) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 G. Alley (SS) 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .226 R. Davis (CF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 S. Blass (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 R. Clemente (RF) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .365 C. Hartenstein (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 31 5 1 1 0 1 4 0 PITTSBURGH ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA S. Blass 8.0 2 0 1 1 1 9 112 5.62 C. Hartenstein 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 0 19 1.50 TOTALS 9.0 3 1 1 2 2 9 131 WP: B. McCool (3-2) LP: C. Hartenstein (0-1) Temperature: 81F Wind: 7 MPH (out to left) Attendance: 32,092 Time: 2:27

McCool picks up the win but Sisk pitched excellent again. He is without a doubt the ace of the staff. Only time will tell if we will be able to keep him on the payroll until we become competetive.

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San Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves May 21, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 9 0 Braves (ATL) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .240 L. Stahl (LF) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .267 T. Gonzalez (CF) 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .263 N. Colbert (1B) 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .263 C. Gaston (RF) 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .254 V. Kelly (3B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .226 J. Arcia (2B) 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .297 C. Cannizzaro (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .274 C. Kirby (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .105 B. Davis (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 T. Dukes (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R. Pena (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196 D. Kelley (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 S. Ruberto (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 A. McBean (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 41 9 0 3 0 3 7 0 2B: N. Colbert (7), J. Arcia (6), C. Gaston (3), L. Stahl (8) GIDP: C. Cannizzaro, L. Stahl CS: J. Arcia SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA C. Kirby 7.0 6 3 0 2 2 6 121 4.73 T. Dukes 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 4.43 D. Kelley 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 4.79 A. McBean 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 30 5.17 TOTALS 12.0 8 4 0 2 2 7 192 ATLANTA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg S. Jackson (SS) 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 .202 F. Millan (2B) 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .337 O. Cepeda (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .331 C. Boyer (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 H. Aaron (RF) 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .398 F. Alou (CF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .250 D. Evans (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 M. Lum (LF) 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .299 B. Tillman (C) 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .187 R. Reed (P) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .346 R. Carty (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .329 C. Raymond (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 L. Bradford (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 W. Hriniak (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 TOTALS 41 8 4 2 0 1 7 1 GIDP: O. Cepeda, W. Hriniak ATLANTA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA R. Reed 9.0 7 0 0 2 2 5 101 2.74 C. Raymond 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 27 1.93 L. Bradford 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 17 5.59 TOTALS 12.0 9 0 0 3 3 7 145 WP: A. McBean (2-1) LP: L. Bradford (1-3) Temperature: 74F Wind: 3 MPH (in from right) Attendance: 32,503 Time: 3:10

We win another one. Man that feels good. I'm starting to get pretty attached to this team already and I haven't even completed two months of play. Kirby pitched well again and we had to take yet another game in to extra innings to get the win. At least this one was on the road, which shows maybe we can win away from home...:)

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San Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves May 22, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 8 2 Braves (ATL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 0 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232 L. Stahl (LF) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .267 T. Gonzalez (CF) 4 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .269 N. Colbert (1B) 4 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 .268 C. Gaston (RF) 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .268 V. Kelly (3B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .222 J. Arcia (2B) 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .298 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .268 D. Selma (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .077 B. McCool (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 33 8 2 4 1 4 10 0 2B: T. Gonzalez (7), N. Colbert (8), C. Gaston (4), L. Stahl (9) HR: N. Colbert (10) HBP: V. Kelly CS: C. Gaston SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Selma 7.2 7 1 0 3 1 8 125 4.02 B. McCool 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.72 TOTALS 9.0 8 1 0 3 1 8 138 ATLANTA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg S. Jackson (SS) 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .204 F. Millan (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .332 R. Carty (P) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .338 C. Boyer (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 O. Cepeda (1B) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .329 H. Aaron (RF) 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .394 F. Alou (CF) 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .251 D. Evans (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .159 M. Lum (LF) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .298 B. Tillman (C) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 P. Jarvis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .042 L. Bradford (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 D. Baker (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 TOTALS 34 8 1 3 0 2 8 0 2B: O. Cepeda (13) CS: D. Evans ATLANTA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA P. Jarvis 6.2 6 1 1 4 4 8 97 3.83 L. Bradford 2.1 2 1 0 0 0 2 32 4.98 TOTALS 9.0 8 2 1 4 4 10 129 WP: D. Selma (2-2) LP: P. Jarvis (3-5) SV: B. McCool (2) Temperature: 92F Wind: 3 MPH (left to right) Attendance: 31,208 Time: 2:30

That makes five in a row. A part of me is thinking this could just be our lucky season, and then I look over at the pythagorean W-L which says...well it isn't good thats all you really need to know.

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San Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves May 23, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Padres (SDP) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 1 Braves (ATL) 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 x 8 13 0 SAN DIEGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Davanon (SS) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .229 B. Davis (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .289 R. Pena (P) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .196 L. Stahl (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .266 T. Gonzalez (CF) 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .264 N. Colbert (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .262 C. Gaston (RF) 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .267 V. Kelly (3B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .218 J. Arcia (2B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .289 C. Cannizzaro (C) 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .263 R. Jones (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .136 S. Ruberto (P) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 T. Dukes (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 28 3 6 3 0 3 8 0 2B: L. Stahl (10) GIDP: J. Arcia SAN DIEGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA R. Jones 7.0 11 1 1 6 6 5 103 6.17 T. Dukes 1.0 2 2 0 2 2 0 28 5.06 TOTALS 8.0 13 3 1 8 8 5 131 ATLANTA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg S. Jackson (SS) 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 F. Millan (2B) 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 .337 O. Cepeda (1B) 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .331 D. Evans (P) 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .179 H. Aaron (RF) 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .389 F. Alou (CF) 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .257 M. Lum (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .296 C. Boyer (3B) 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .218 B. Tillman (C) 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .190 P. Niekro (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .154 R. Carty (P) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .346 J. Britton (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 35 13 3 8 1 8 5 0 2B: F. Millan (8), D. Evans 2 (3), F. Alou (9) HR: B. Tillman (4) GIDP: H. Aaron ATLANTA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA P. Niekro 8.0 3 5 0 3 3 7 126 4.39 J. Britton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 1 16 3.00 TOTALS 9.0 3 6 0 3 3 8 142 WP: P. Niekro (5-3) LP: R. Jones (0-6) Temperature: 70F Wind: 4 MPH (out to center) Attendance: 32,447 Time: 2:34

Poor Randy gets kicked around again to kill the winning streak, but we have managed to get pretty darn close to .500 which is outstanding as far as I am concerned.