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Chicago Cubs @ San Diego Padres

1969-05-25 · Day game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 13115 · dry · 2:06

Chicago Cubs defeated San Diego Padres 1–0. Ted Abernathy earned the win. Ron Santo went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ted Abernathy L: Joe Niekro SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Augie Donatelli · 1B: Mel Steiner · 2B: Bob Engel · 3B: Dick Stello · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Kessinger	4	0	0	0	0	2
Glenn Beckert	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Williams	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Santo	4	1	1	1	0	1
Ernie Banks	3	0	1	0	1	0
Randy Hundley	4	0	2	0	0	0
Al Spangler	4	0	0	0	0	0
Adolfo Phillips	2	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Hands	1	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Smith	0	0	0	0	1	0
Manny Jimenez	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Tommy Dean	2	0	1	0
John Sipin	3	0	1	1
Tony Gonzalez	4	0	0	0
Nate Colbert	3	0	0	1
Ollie Brown	3	0	0	1
Ed Spiezio	3	0	0	1
Cito Gaston	3	2	0	0
Sonny Ruberto	3	1	0	2
Joe Niekro	1	0	0	0
Al Ferrara	1	0	0	1
Ivan Murrell	1	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Hands	6.0	2	1	4
Ted Abernathy	3.0	1	1	4

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Niekro	9.0	6	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Kessinger: K
Glenn Beckert: 43
Billy Williams: 3/G

Bot 1

Tommy Dean: W
John Sipin: K+CS2(2434)/DP
Tony Gonzalez: 5/P

Top 2

Ron Santo: K/C
Ernie Banks: W
Randy Hundley: 5/FL
Al Spangler: 5/FL

Bot 2

Nate Colbert: 8
Ollie Brown: 2/FL
Ed Spiezio: K

Top 3

Adolfo Phillips: D9
Bill Hands: 14/SH/BG.2-3
Don Kessinger: K
Glenn Beckert: 43

Bot 3

Cito Gaston: 63
Sonny Ruberto: S9
Joe Niekro: 34/SH/BG.1-2
Tommy Dean: 9

Top 4

Billy Williams: 31
Ron Santo: 8
Ernie Banks: 8

Bot 4

John Sipin: 63
Tony Gonzalez: 7
Nate Colbert: K/C

Top 5

Randy Hundley: S5/BG
Al Spangler: FC1.1-3(E1/TH2);B-1
Adolfo Phillips: 9(B)2(3)/FDP/F
Bill Hands: 3/G

Bot 5

Ollie Brown: 3/FL
Ed Spiezio: 63
Cito Gaston: S4
Sonny Ruberto: K

Top 6

Don Kessinger: 7
Glenn Beckert: 9
Billy Williams: S6
Ron Santo: 8

Bot 6

Joe Niekro: 9
Tommy Dean: 9
John Sipin: 7

Top 7

Ernie Banks: S7
Randy Hundley: S8.1-2
Al Spangler: 46(1)/FO.2-3;B-1
Willie Smith: W.1-2
Manny Jimenez: 36(1)1/GDP

Bot 7

Tony Gonzalez: 53
Nate Colbert: 7
Ollie Brown: K/C

Top 8

Don Kessinger: 8
Glenn Beckert: 7
Billy Williams: 63

Bot 8

Ed Spiezio: 5/FL
Cito Gaston: S8
Sonny Ruberto: K+CS2(26)/DP/C

Top 9

Ron Santo: HR
Ernie Banks: 7
Randy Hundley: 7
Al Spangler: 2/FL

Bot 9

Al Ferrara: K
Ivan Murrell: K
John Sipin: W
Tony Gonzalez: 9

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Sonny Ruberto
no pitches for Brown
no pitches for Murrell
no pitches for Gonzalez

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