Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome,,Minneapolis,MN,US

Ball Park First Game
Date – 04/06/1982 (1)
Starting Pitchers – vs. Mariners: 04/06/1982
Final Score 11-7 (SEA)
Attendance – 52,279
Starting Pitchers Pete Redfern (MIN); Floyd Bannister (SEA)
First Batter – Julio Cruz (SEA) Result – Struck Out
First Hits – Dave Engle (MIN),Homered (1st)
First Run – Dave Engle (MIN)
First RBI – Dave Engle (MIN)
First Homerun – Dave Engle (MIN) vs. Floyd Bannister (SEA) on 04/06/1982 (1st inning)
First Grandslam – Gary Ward (MIN) vs. Mike Torrez (BOS) on 05/10/1982 (4th inning)
First Inside Park Homerun – Tom Brunansky (MIN) vs. Ron Guidry (NYA) on 05/28/1982 (4th inning)
First No Hitter – Scott Erickson (MIN) vs. Brewers on 04/27/1994

Ball Park Lasts
Last Game – vs. Yankees: 10/11/2009 (ALDS Game 3), Final Score – 4-1 (NYA)
Attendance – 54,735
Starting Pitchers – Carl Pavano (MIN); Andy Pettitte (NYA), Winning Pitcher – Andy Pettitte (NYA) Losing Pitcher – Carl Pavano (MIN)
Last Batter – Brendan Harris (MIN), result – Grounded to SS
Last Hit – Michael Cuddyer (MIN), Singled to RF (9)
Last Run – Alex Rodriguez (NYA), Last RBI – Robinson Cano (NYA)
Last HR – Jorge Posada (NYA) vs. Carl Pavano (MIN) on 10/11/2009 (7th inning of Game 3 of ALDS)
Last Grand Slam – Delmon Young (MIN) vs. Lenny DiNardo (KCA) on 10/02/2009 (1st inning)
Last Inside The Park Homerun – Joe Mauer (MIN) vs. Scot Shields (ANA) on 07/21/2007 (8th inning)
Last No Hitter – Eric Milton (MIN) vs. Angels on 09/11/1999

TRIVIA –
On September 16, 1993 Dave Winfield singled off Oakland’s Dennis Eckersley in the ninth inning for his 3,000th career hit. Winfield was the first member of the 3,000-hit club to get his 3,000th in a domed stadium; On June 30, 1995 Eddie Murray singled off Twins pitcher Mike Trombley in the sixth inning to record his 3,000th hit and became only the second player to record his 3,000th in a domed stadium; On June 28, 2007 Frank Thomas hit his 500th career home run, a first-inning blast off Minnesota’s Carlos Silva.

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April 3, 1984

On Opening Day, Tiger rookie Barbaro Garbey becomes the first Cuban refugee to play in the majors when he grounds out in the seventh inning as a pinch-hitter for Dave Bergman. The 27 year-old utility player will stay in the game, playing first base in Detroit’s 8-1 rout of Minnesota in the Metrodome.

May 4, 1984

Dave Kingman of the Oakland A’s hits a ball through the roof of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

May 20, 1984

Roger Clemens earns his first major league victory as the Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins, 5 – 4.

July 13, 1984

Detroit tops the Twins on Lou Whitaker inside-the-park homer 

July 16, 1985

Jack Morris Dave Winfield Paul Molitor

August 1, 1986

On the day the Twins are celebrating their 25th anniversary, in a game which also features Kirby Puckett hitting for the cycle, Bert Blyleven becomes the tenth major leaguer to record his 3,000th strikeout. The Minnesota right-hander, who tosses a two-hitter, reaches the historic milestone by whiffing Mike Davis in the fifth inning, his eighth of the game, en route to a career-high of 15, in the team’s 10-1 victory over Oakland at the Metrodome.

July 20, 1987

Don Mattingly ties a major league mark when he makes 22 putouts in the Yankees’ 7-1 victory in the Metrodome

October 17, 1987

Minnesota Twins and St. Louis Cardinals play the first indoor game in World Series history

April 20, 1988

Claudell Washington hits the 10,000th home run in New York Yankees

May 23, 1991

Kirby Puckett strokes 6 hits second time in his career

June 1, 1992

Devon White of the Toronto Blue Jays becomes just the sixth player in major league history to hit both a leadoff home run and an extra-inning homer in the same game.

September 11, 1999

Minnesota left-hander Eric Milton no-hits the Angels, 7-0

September 6, 2002

The Oakland Athletics’ 20-game winning streak is snapped as Brad Radke pitches the Minnesota Twins to a 6 – 0 victory at home. The Athletics fall short of matching the second-longest winning streak in history. The Chicago National League teams of 1880 and 1935 both won 21 straight.