Saturday May 30, 1970
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Led by Steve Huntz, who hit a homer, double and single and walked twice, the Padres won the opener of a doubleheader, 11-4, but the Cubs came back to take the nightcap, 8-7, scoring their deciding run on a homer by Glenn Beckert in the eighth inning. Huntz walked and scored in the first inning of the lidlifter and followed with a two-run homer in second after an RBI single by Ed Spiezio. Jim Hickman hit a three-run homer in the third for the Cubs, who tied the score in the fourth on a walk by Jack Hiatt and triple by Don Kessinger, but the Padres went ahead to stay with a run in the fifth on a double by Huntz, single by Cito Gaston and sacrifice fly by Al Ferrara.

The Cubs fell behind again, 4-0, in the nightcap, but doubles by Joe Decker and Kessinger, a single by Beckert and a homer by Ernie Banks produced the runs to tie the score. Billy Williams doubled and Banks singled for the go-ahead tally in the fifth. Then, with the bases loaded, Phil Gagliano delivered a pinch-single to drive in two runs. The Padres rallied to tie the score in the seventh before Beckert hit his homer. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 11, Chicago Cubs 4 (Game 1)

Game Played on Saturday, May 30, 1970 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Padres 1 3 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 - 11 15 0 Cubs 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 1 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campbell 2b 6 2 2 1 0 1 .248 Kessinger ss 5 0 2 1 0 1 .308 Huntz ss,3b 4 4 3 2 2 0 .207 Beckert 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .287 Gaston cf 6 1 3 1 0 1 .342 Williams lf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .282 Ferrara lf 2 0 0 1 1 1 .241 Hickman rf 3 1 2 3 2 0 .328 Murrell lf 1 1 0 0 1 0 .255 Santo 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Colbert 1b 4 1 2 2 1 0 .259 Banks 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .229 Brown rf 4 0 1 2 1 0 .275 Hiatt c 2 1 0 0 2 1 .250 Spiezio 3b 3 2 2 1 1 0 .309 James cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .170 Dean ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Holtzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Barton c 5 0 2 1 0 1 .276 Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Kirby p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Dunegan p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Herbel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Callison ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Webster ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .173 Regan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rodriguez p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Colborn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hall ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .100 Barber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 41 11 15 11 7 4 Totals 36 4 9 4 6 5 Time of Game: 3:03 Left on Base: Padres 11, Cubs 11 DP: Padres 0, Cubs 0 Errors: Banks Doubles: Spiezio (4), Huntz (5), Colbert (5), Banks (5), Beckert (1) Triples: Spiezio (1), Kessinger (6) Home Runs: Huntz (8), Hickman (11) Stolen Bases: Gaston (3) Sacrifice Flies: Ferrara (1) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kirby 4 5 4 4 4 2 1 21 5.54 Herbel W(2-1) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3.80 Rodriguez SV(2) 4 4 0 0 1 2 0 17 1.86 Totals 9 9 4 4 6 5 1 42 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Holtzman 2 5 4 4 1 2 1 12 3.87 Dunegan L(0-1) 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 16 2.25 Regan 0.2 3 4 4 2 1 0 6 3.99 Colborn 1.1 2 1 1 2 1 0 9 2.05 Barber 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 9.00 Totals 9 15 11 11 7 4 1 49 Wild Pitches: Kirby (1), Holtzman 2 (6) Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Frank Dezelan, 3B - Shag Crawford PADRES 1ST: Clay Kirby: 71 pitches; Ken Holtzman: 46 pitches; umpire Stan Landes missed game due to family illness; Campbell flied out to left; Huntz singled to center; Holtzman threw a wild pitch [Huntz to second]; Holtzman threw a wild pitch [Huntz to third]; Gaston struck out; Ferrara walked; Colbert singled to right [Huntz scored, Ferrara to third]; Brown forced Colbert (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: Kessinger flied out to left; Beckert singled to left; Williams forced Beckert (third to shortstop); Hickman popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Cubs 0. PADRES 2ND: Spiezio doubled to left; Barton struck out; Kirby popped to first; Campbell singled to left [Spiezio scored]; Huntz homered [Campbell scored]; Gaston grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Santo flied out to center; Banks doubled to left; Kirby threw a wild pitch [Banks to third]; Hiatt walked; James popped to second; SMITH BATTED FOR HOLTZMAN; Smith forced Hiatt (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Cubs 0. PADRES 3RD: DUNEGAN REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Ferrara grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert grounded out (shortstop to first); Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Cubs 0. CUBS 3RD: Kessinger struck out; Beckert doubled to left; Williams walked; Hickman homered [Beckert scored, Williams scored]; Santo lined to right; Banks grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Cubs 3. PADRES 4TH: Spiezio popped to second; Barton flied out to center; Kirby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Cubs 3. CUBS 4TH: Hiatt walked; James flied out to left; Dunegan struck out; Kessinger tripled to center [Hiatt scored]; Beckert grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Cubs 4. PADRES 5TH: Campbell flied out to left; Huntz doubled to right; Gaston singled to left [Huntz to third]; Ferrara hit a sacrifice fly to center [Huntz scored, Gaston to second]; Colbert flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 5, Cubs 4. CUBS 5TH: Williams walked; HERBEL REPLACED KIRBY (PITCHING); Hickman walked [Williams to second]; Santo struck out; Banks popped to shortstop; Hiatt flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 5, Cubs 4. PADRES 6TH: Brown flied out to right; Spiezio walked; Barton singled to left [Spiezio to second]; WEBSTER BATTED FOR HERBEL; Webster flied out to left; Campbell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 5, Cubs 4. CUBS 6TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED WEBSTER (PITCHING); James grounded out (pitcher to first); CALLISON BATTED FOR DUNEGAN; Callison popped to first in foul territory; Kessinger singled to left; Beckert popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 5, Cubs 4. PADRES 7TH: REGAN REPLACED CALLISON (PITCHING); Huntz walked; Gaston singled to right [Huntz to third]; Gaston stole second; Ferrara struck out; Colbert was walked intentionally; Brown singled to center [Huntz scored, Gaston scored, Colbert to third, Brown out at second (center to shortstop to second)]; Spiezio tripled to left [Colbert scored]; COLBORN REPLACED REGAN (PITCHING); Barton singled to left [Spiezio scored]; Rodriguez reached on an error by Banks [Barton to third, Rodriguez to first]; Campbell struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 9, Cubs 4. CUBS 7TH: DEAN REPLACED SPIEZIO (PLAYING SS); HUNTZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); MURRELL REPLACED FERRARA (PLAYING LF); Williams flied out to right; Hickman walked; Santo popped to shortstop; Banks popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 9, Cubs 4. PADRES 8TH: Huntz grounded out (second to first); Gaston grounded out (second to first); Murrell walked; Colbert doubled to left [Murrell scored]; Brown was walked intentionally; Dean grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 10, Cubs 4. CUBS 8TH: Hiatt struck out; James flied out to center; HALL BATTED FOR COLBORN; Hall singled to right; Kessinger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 10, Cubs 4. PADRES 9TH: BARBER REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Barton grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Campbell singled to left; Huntz walked [Campbell to second]; Gaston singled to center [Campbell scored, Huntz to third]; Murrell grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 11, Cubs 4. CUBS 9TH: Beckert flied out to center; Williams singled to center; Hickman singled to left [Williams to second]; Santo flied out to left; Banks struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 11, Cubs 4.

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