Padres fans showed out Thursday at Petco Park for Opening Day against the Atlanta Braves. So much so that the Padres set an all-time Petco Park opening day attendance record with 45,568 people, the team said in an Instagram post Thursday.

BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres play the Atlanta Braves, leading the series 1-0. San Diego went 93-69 overall and 45-36 at home a season ago. The Padres scored 4.7 runs per game in the 2024 season while allowing 4.1.

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The San Diego Padres’ name is a tribute to the city’s history, with the team’s name coming from the Franciscan Friars who founded the area.

Pinch-hitter Gavin Sheets’ tying homer kicked off the Padres’ four-run rally in the seventh inning, Jackson Merrill drove in four runs and San Diego beat the Atlanta Braves 7-4 Thursday on opening day.

The Braves that are visiting Petco Park this week are not tattered and tired. The team whose season the Padres ended with a sweep in the National League wild-card series in October showed up to start the 2025 season with Chris Sale and Austin Riley and with Ozzie Albies able to bat from the left side.

On the first day of the Major League Baseball season, the Padres and Braves played a tight, taught contest that ping ponged back and forth all day long at Petco Park. The San Diego Padres took control of the game with a 4-run 7th inning,

Jackson Merrill knocked in four runs and Gavin Sheets homered to spark a four-run seventh that allowed the San Diego Padres to rally for a 7-4 win over the visiting