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New York Mets @ San Diego Padres

1969-08-26 · Day game · Qualcomm Stadium · 2:24

New York Mets defeated San Diego Padres 8–4. New York Mets put up 4 in the 7th. Tom Seaver earned the win. Cito Gaston went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYN	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	0	0	8	11
SDN	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	4

W: Tom Seaver L: Tommie Sisk SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Kibler · 1B: Andy Olsen · 2B: Al Barlick · 3B: Ed Vargo · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bud Harrelson	4	1	1	1	1	1
Bobby Pfeil	5	1	2	1	0	1
Tommie Agee	3	2	2	1	2	0
Cleon Jones	4	0	1	2	0	0
Donn Clendenon	3	1	1	2	0	0
Ron Swoboda	4	1	1	1	0	1
Jerry Grote	3	1	1	0	1	1
Al Weis	4	1	2	0	0	0
Tom Seaver	4	0	0	0	0	2

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Arcia	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roberto Pena	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ollie Brown	4	1	1	1	0	2
Al Ferrara	4	0	1	0	0	0
Nate Colbert	3	1	0	0	1	1
Van Kelly	4	1	0	0	0	0
Cito Gaston	3	1	2	3	0	1
Walt Hriniak	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Kelley	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ivan Murrell	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Roberts	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Seaver	9.0	4	1	6

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Kelley	4.0	1	2	3
Tommie Sisk	2.0	4	0	2
Gary Ross	0.1	4	0	1
Dave Roberts	2.2	2	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bud Harrelson: K
Bobby Pfeil: 63
Tommie Agee: W
Cleon Jones: 43

Bot 1

Jose Arcia: 43
Roberto Pena: 3/G
Ollie Brown: K

Top 2

Donn Clendenon: HP
Ron Swoboda: 36(1)3/GDP
Jerry Grote: 63

Bot 2

Al Ferrara: 8/F
Nate Colbert: W
Van Kelly: 8/F
Cito Gaston: HR.1-H
Walt Hriniak: 8/F

Top 3

Al Weis: 3/P
Tom Seaver: 63
Bud Harrelson: 63

Bot 3

Dick Kelley: 13
Jose Arcia: 7/F
Roberto Pena: 8/F

Top 4

Bobby Pfeil: K
Tommie Agee: W
Cleon Jones: 4/P
Donn Clendenon: HR.1-H
Ron Swoboda: K

Bot 4

Ollie Brown: K
Al Ferrara: 53
Nate Colbert: 9/F

Top 5

Jerry Grote: K
Al Weis: S9
Tom Seaver: K/BF
Bud Harrelson: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Van Kelly: 8/F
Cito Gaston: K
Walt Hriniak: 6/P

Top 6

Bud Harrelson: 43
Bobby Pfeil: S8
Tommie Agee: S8.1-2
Cleon Jones: D8/89.2-H;1-H;BX3(865)
Donn Clendenon: 9/F

Bot 6

Ivan Murrell: K
Jose Arcia: 63
Roberto Pena: K/C

Top 7

Ron Swoboda: HR
Jerry Grote: S9
Al Weis: S8/78.1-3;B-2(E8)
Tom Seaver: K
Bud Harrelson: S8/78.3-H;2-3
Bobby Pfeil: 43.3-H;1-2
Tommie Agee: S8.2-H
Cleon Jones: 5/L

Bot 7

Ollie Brown: HR
Al Ferrara: E6/G
Nate Colbert: K
Van Kelly: 46(1)/FO
Cito Gaston: T8/78.1-H(UR)
Walt Hriniak: 63

Top 8

Donn Clendenon: 9/F
Ron Swoboda: 63
Jerry Grote: W
Al Weis: 7/F

Bot 8

Dave Roberts: 6/P
Jose Arcia: 53
Roberto Pena: 8/F

Top 9

Tom Seaver: 13
Bud Harrelson: W
Bobby Pfeil: S6/G.1-2
Tommie Agee: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Ollie Brown: 53
Al Ferrara: S7
Nate Colbert: 64(1)/FO
Van Kelly: 146(1)/FO