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Montreal Expos @ San Diego Padres

1969-08-31 · Day game · Qualcomm Stadium · 2:32

San Diego Padres defeated Montreal Expos 5–2. San Diego Padres put up 4 in the 6th. Gary Ross earned the win and Billy McCool picked up the save. 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
MON	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8
SDN	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		5	8

W: Gary Ross L: Jerry Robertson SV: Billy McCool

Umpires — HP: Bill Williams · 1B: Nick Colosi · 2B: Tom Gorman · 3B: Stan Landes · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gary Sutherland	4	1	1	0	1	0
Rusty Staub	3	1	2	2	2	0
Bob Bailey	4	0	1	0	0	1
Coco Laboy	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Fairly	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jose Herrera	3	0	1	0	0	1
John Bateman	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Wine	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jerry Robertson	2	0	0	0	0	2
Ty Cline	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mack Jones	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kevin Collins	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Brand	0	0	0	0	1	0
John Boccabella	1	0	0	0	0	1
Adolfo Phillips	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

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

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jerry Robertson	6.0	5	1	4
Claude Raymond	2.0	3	1	0

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Roberts	3.1	5	2	3
Gary Ross	4.1	2	3	5
Billy McCool	1.1	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gary Sutherland: 53
Rusty Staub: W
Bob Bailey: 8/F
Coco Laboy: 8/F

Bot 1

Jose Arcia: 53
Roberto Pena: D/89
Ollie Brown: K/C
Al Ferrara: 63

Top 2

Ron Fairly: S4
Jose Herrera: 46(1)/FO
John Bateman: OA.1-2(E2)#
John Bateman: K
Bobby Wine: 3/P

Bot 2

Nate Colbert: 3/FL
Van Kelly: 9/L
Cito Gaston: W
Walt Hriniak: K

Top 3

Jerry Robertson: K
Gary Sutherland: W
Rusty Staub: HR.1-H
Bob Bailey: S8
Coco Laboy: 7/F
Ron Fairly: 9/F

Bot 3

Dave Roberts: 9/L
Jose Arcia: 7/L
Roberto Pena: 9/F

Top 4

Jose Herrera: S7
John Bateman: K
Bobby Wine: S8.1-3
Jerry Robertson: CSH(2512).1-2
Jerry Robertson: K

Bot 4

Ollie Brown: 53
Al Ferrara: 7/F
Nate Colbert: K

Top 5

Gary Sutherland: 4/P
Rusty Staub: S8
Bob Bailey: 6/P
Coco Laboy: S7.1-2
Ron Fairly: K

Bot 5

Van Kelly: 9/F
Cito Gaston: 8/F
Walt Hriniak: 7/F

Top 6

Jose Herrera: K
John Bateman: 4/P
Bobby Wine: 43

Bot 6

Gary Ross: 63
Jose Arcia: K23
Roberto Pena: S7
Ollie Brown: S7.1-2
Al Ferrara: S8.2-H;1-2
Nate Colbert: HR.2-H;1-H
Van Kelly: 3/P

Top 7

Ty Cline: 7/F
Gary Sutherland: 53
Rusty Staub: W
Bob Bailey: K

Bot 7

Cito Gaston: 8/F
Walt Hriniak: 7/F
Gary Ross: W
Jose Arcia: S8.1-2
Roberto Pena: 8/F

Top 8

Coco Laboy: E6.B-1
Ron Fairly: 8/F
Mack Jones: W.1-2
Kevin Collins: K
Ron Brand: W.2-3;1-2
John Boccabella: K

Bot 8

Ollie Brown: HR
Al Ferrara: 53
Nate Colbert: 63
Van Kelly: T8
Cito Gaston: 4/P

Top 9

Gary Sutherland: S7
Rusty Staub: 9/F
Adolfo Phillips: 3/G.1-2
Coco Laboy: 53