PETCO Park, San Diego, CA.

Ball Park First Game
Date – 4/8/2004 (1)
Starting Pitchers – Padres vs. Giants: 4/8/2004
Final Score 4-3 (SDN)
Attendance – 41,400
Starting Pitchers David Wells (SDN); Dustin Hermanson (SFN)
First Batter – Ray Durham (SFN) Result – Flew to CF
First Hits – Brian Giles (SDN), Singled to RF (1st)
First Run – Khalil Greene (SDN)
First RBI – Sean Burroughs (SDN)
First Homerun – Marquis Grissom (SFN) vs. Pablo Osuna (SDN) on 4/8/2004 (10th inning)
First Grandslam – Adam Dunn (CIN) vs. Woody Williams (SDN) on 7/31/2005 (5th inning)
First Inside Park Homerun – Jimmy Rollins (PHI) vs. Adam Eaton (SDN) on 8/4/2004 (4th inning)
First No-Hitter – Tim Lincecum (SFN) vs. Padres on 7/13/2013

TRIVIA –
Marquis Grissom is the only player to hit the first homer at an active park in extra innings and is only the second one to do it (Bill Bruton: 4/14/1953) in parks that hosted at least 300 games.; Jimmy Rollins is the second player to hit the first inside-the-park home run in two active parks (Fernando Vina); Tim Lincecum was part of two no-hitters in 11 days, including the first one thrown at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati.

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April 25, 2001

Rickey Henderson sets MLB walk record

April 20, 2006

Julio Franco, at 47 years, 240 days old, becomes the oldest player in major league history to hit a home run

April 20, 2006

Kaz Matsui hits an inside-the-park round tripper, making it the third successive season in which the Mets second baseman has hit a home run in his initial plate appearance of the year.

September 24, 2006

Trevor Hoffman of the Padres sets an all-time record when he records his 479th save

August 4, 2007

Barry Bonds hit his 755th homer to tie Hank Aaron as the all-time leader in that category

March 30, 2014

MLB opens its season stateside

April 4, 2016

The Dodgers hand the Padres the worst Opening Day shutout loss since at least 1913

April 6, 2016

The Padres, with their 7-0 loss at Petco Park, become the first team to be shut out in the first three games of the regular season, surpassing the dubious mark set by the Browns, who opened the 1943 campaign with 26 straight scoreless innings. San Diego also dropped their first two decisions of the three-game series against the Dodgers, 15-0 and 3-0.

May 8, 2019

Barto Colon becomes oldest player to hit his first career homerun

March 10, 2022

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