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Cincinnati Reds @ San Diego Padres

1969-04-26 · Day game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 4351 · 2:26

San Diego Padres defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–2. San Diego Padres put up 5 in the 8th. Jack Baldschun earned the win. Nate Colbert went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
SDN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5		5	12

W: Jack Baldschun L: Jim Merritt SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Weyer · 1B: Harry Wendelstedt · 2B: Ken Burkhart · 3B: Ed Sudol · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Tolan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Johnson	3	1	2	0	1	0
Tony Perez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Johnny Bench	2	1	1	2	1	0
Lee May	2	0	0	0	2	1
Tommy Helms	4	0	0	0	0	1
Darrel Chaney	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Merritt	3	0	1	0	0	2

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Dean	4	0	2	0	1	1
Roberto Pena	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ivan Murrell	4	1	1	0	0	2
Al Ferrara	3	0	1	0	1	0
Nate Colbert	4	1	1	3	0	1
Cito Gaston	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ed Spiezio	4	1	4	0	0	0
Chris Cannizzaro	4	1	1	2	0	1
Dick Kelley	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Gonzalez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Baldschun	1	0	1	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Merritt	7.2	12	3	6
Wayne Granger	0.1	0	0	1

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Kelley	7.0	4	3	7
Jack Baldschun	2.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Rose: 9/F
Bobby Tolan: 13
Alex Johnson: S9
Tony Perez: 63

Bot 1

Tommy Dean: S9
Roberto Pena: 3/FL
Ivan Murrell: 9
Al Ferrara: W.1-2
Nate Colbert: K/C

Top 2

Johnny Bench: HR/7
Lee May: 3/G
Tommy Helms: 9/F
Darrel Chaney: K

Bot 2

Cito Gaston: W
Ed Spiezio: S7.1-2
Chris Cannizzaro: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Dick Kelley: K/C

Top 3

Jim Merritt: K/C
Pete Rose: 53
Bobby Tolan: K/BF

Bot 3

Tommy Dean: D9
Roberto Pena: 9/F
Ivan Murrell: K
Al Ferrara: 63

Top 4

Alex Johnson: D8
Tony Perez: 43.2-3
Johnny Bench: 9/SF.3-H
Lee May: W
Tommy Helms: 8/F

Bot 4

Nate Colbert: 7/F
Cito Gaston: 63
Ed Spiezio: S7
Chris Cannizzaro: 13

Top 5

Darrel Chaney: 9/F
Jim Merritt: S8
Pete Rose: 36(1)/FO.B-1
Bobby Tolan: 2/FL

Bot 5

Dick Kelley: 13
Tommy Dean: W
Roberto Pena: 13.1-2
Ivan Murrell: K

Top 6

Alex Johnson: W
Tony Perez: CS2(24)#
Tony Perez: K
Johnny Bench: W
Lee May: K/C

Bot 6

Al Ferrara: S7
Nate Colbert: 54(1)3/GDP
Cito Gaston: K

Top 7

Tommy Helms: 9/F
Darrel Chaney: K/C
Jim Merritt: K

Bot 7

Ed Spiezio: S7
Chris Cannizzaro: K
Tony Gonzalez: 8/F
Tommy Dean: 63

Top 8

Pete Rose: 43
Bobby Tolan: 3/BG
Alex Johnson: 43

Bot 8

Roberto Pena: S9
Ivan Murrell: S6.1-2
Al Ferrara: 6/P
Nate Colbert: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Cito Gaston: 43
Ed Spiezio: S7
Chris Cannizzaro: HR/7.1-H
Jack Baldschun: S7
Tommy Dean: K/C

Top 9

Tony Perez: K
Johnny Bench: 63
Lee May: W
Tommy Helms: K