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9/1/1970 - The dog days of summer
August was a bad month for the Padres, and we finished 10-18 for the month. We fell below .500 for the year with a 63-69 record. We are clinging to fourth place, and closer to last place than first place. The Mickey Lolich to closer experiment ended after Lolich posted an ERA of about 8 on the closer role. We'll be moving him back to the rotation, and we'll give Dave Roberts a shot in the role.
Team Leaders
Batting Average: Larry Bowa .301
Home Runs: Cito Gaston 20
RBI: Cito Gaston 77
Wins: Bert Blyleven 18
ERA: Bert Blyleven 2.94
Strikeouts: Bert Blyleven 202
Rotation:
Bert Blyleven 18-12, 2.94
Jon Matlock 8-7, 3.91
Larry Dierker 11-12, 3.66
Clay Kirby 2-2, 4.22
Bullpen:
3.74 ERA (4th in NL)
Closer:
Tom Dukes 3.31 ERA, 7 Saves
Dave Roberts - TBD
Lineup:
SS - Larry Bowa .301, 1, 47 (12 SB)
CF - Cito Gaston .289, 20, 77
RF - Rusty Staub .297, 14, 55
1B - Nate Colbert .251, 16, 67
LF - Dave Kingman .207, 11, 39
C - Bill Freehan .244, 13, 50
3B - Ed Spiezio .235, 19, 62
2B - Denny Doyle .226, 3, 30
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