Milt Pappas, who was obtained from the Braves June 25, gained his eighth victory in 12 decisions with the Cubs, bringing his overall season mark to 10-6, by defeating the Padres, 5-1. On the other hand, Earl Wilson, purchased from the Tigers July 16, suffered his fifth straight loss with the Padres. Glenn Beckert collected four hits and Billy Williams had three in the Cubs' attack. Nate Colbert homered for the Padres' run. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego Padres 1
Game Played on Thursday, August    27, 1970 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Cubs         1  0  2    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   5 13  1
Padres       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          5   2   2   0     0   0   .269      Arcia ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .223
Beckert 2b            5   3   4   0     0   0   .301        Huntz ph,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Williams lf           4   0   3   2     0   0   .326      Campbell 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .225
Pepitone cf           2   0   0   1     1   0   .258      Brown rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .292
Hickman 1b            4   0   2   1     0   0   .320      Ferrara lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .269
Santo 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .256        Dean pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Callison rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .275      Colbert 1b            4   1   3   1     0   0   .246
Hundley c             4   0   0   0     0   3   .280      Murrell cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .245
Pappas p              4   0   1   0     0   1   .217      Spiezio 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .297
                                                          Barton c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .221
                                                          Wilson p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .130
                                                            Stahl ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
                                                            Herbel p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Webster ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .250
                                                            Doyle p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5  13   5     1   5             Totals               33   1   6   1     1   4

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance:  5,151
Left on Base: Cubs 6, Padres 6
DP: Cubs 1, Padres 1
Errors: Kessinger
Doubles: Beckert (13), Williams 2 (27), Campbell (26)
Home Runs: Colbert (28)
Caught Stealing: Kessinger (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Pepitone (3)
GIDP: Santo (15), Huntz (5)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pappas W(10-6)          9     6   1   1   1   4   1  34   3.09
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   4   1  34

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilson L(0-5)           6     9   4   4   1   4   0  27   4.82
Herbel                  2     2   1   1   0   1   0   8   4.91
Doyle                   1     2   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.02
Totals                  9    13   5   5   1   5   0  38

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer (left in the 3rd inning), 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Ken Burkhart,


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger flied out to center; Beckert doubled to
center; Williams doubled to right [Beckert scored]; Pepitone
walked; Hickman flied out to right; Santo flied out to center; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Arcia flied out to right; Campbell popped to
shortstop; Brown flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 1, Padres 0.

CUBS 2ND: Callison flied out to center; Hundley struck out;
Pappas popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Ferrara flied out to right; Colbert homered; Murrell
singled to third; Spiezio forced Murrell (third to second);
Barton forced Spiezio (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 1, Padres 1.

CUBS 3RD: Kessinger singled to center; Beckert singled to left
[Kessinger to third]; Williams popped to third in foul
territory; Pepitone hit a sacrifice fly to left [Kessinger
scored]; Hickman singled to third [Beckert to second]; Santo
singled to left [Beckert scored, Hickman to second]; Callison
was called out on strikes; HP umpire Lee Weyer struck near
the right elbow by foul ball on the 0-2 pitch; injured and left
game; 2B umpire Ken Burkhart moved to HP; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cubs 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: Wilson struck out; Arcia struck out; Campbell struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Padres 1.

CUBS 4TH: Hundley grounded out (shortstop to first); Pappas
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Brown grounded out (third to first); Ferrara
grounded out (third to first); Colbert flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Padres 1.

CUBS 5TH: Beckert singled to center; Williams singled to left
[Beckert to second]; Pepitone popped to shortstop; Hickman
singled to left [Beckert scored, Williams to second]; Santo
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Hickman out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: Murrell struck out; Spiezio grounded out (third to
first); Barton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
4, Padres 1.

CUBS 6TH: Callison popped to catcher in foul territory; Hundley
struck out; Pappas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4,
Padres 1.

PADRES 6TH: STAHL BATTED FOR WILSON; Stahl flied out to center;
Arcia grounded out (shortstop to first); Campbell doubled to
catcher; Brown flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
4, Padres 1.

CUBS 7TH: HERBEL REPLACED STAHL (PITCHING); Kessinger singled to
shortstop; Beckert flied out to right; Williams doubled to left
[Kessinger scored]; Pepitone flied out to center [Williams to
third]; Hickman grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 5, Padres 1.

PADRES 7TH: Ferrara singled to center; Colbert singled to center
[Ferrara to second]; Murrell forced Colbert (third to second)
[Ferrara to third]; Spiezio popped to shortstop; Barton grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Padres 1.

CUBS 8TH: Santo flied out to center; Callison flied out to left;
Hundley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Padres 1.

PADRES 8TH: WEBSTER BATTED FOR HERBEL; Webster walked; HUNTZ
BATTED FOR ARCIA; Huntz grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Webster out at second]; Campbell flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Padres 1.

CUBS 9TH: DOYLE REPLACED WEBSTER (PITCHING); HUNTZ STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); Pappas singled to left; On a bunt Kessinger
forced Pappas (pitcher to shortstop); Kessinger was picked off
and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to
pitcher to first); Beckert singled to left; Beckert was picked
off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5,
Padres 1.

PADRES 9TH: Brown flied out to right; Ferrara reached on an
error by Kessinger [Ferrara to first]; DEAN RAN FOR FERRARA;
Colbert singled to third [Dean to second]; Murrell forced
Colbert (shortstop to second) [Dean to third]; Spiezio popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Padres 1.