Is Padres-Dodgers the new Yankees-Red Sox? Ranking MLB's best rivalries right now
By Martin in Sports
Updated 3 years ago
On April 15, 1969, the expansion San Diego Padres played the Los Angeles Dodgers for the first time. Claude Osteen pitched a three-hit shutout, Andy Kosco hit a grand slam off Johnny Podres, and the Dodgers won 14-0. They won the next night as well, 9-1 -- another complete game, another Kosco home run. The Dodgers won the first four times they played and nine of the first 11.