San Diego Padres Opening Day History
Opening Day	Date / Box Score	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record
1	04-08-1969	vs Houston Astros	2-1	W	1-0
2	04-07-1970	vs Atlanta Braves	8-3	W	2-0
3	04-06-1971	vs San Francisco Giants	0-4	L	2-1
4	04-15-1972	vs Atlanta Braves	6-5	W	3-1
5	04-06-1973	vs Los Angeles Dodgers	4-2	W	4-1
6	04-09-1974	vs Houston Astros	5-9	L	4-2
7	04-10-1975	vs San Francisco Giants	0-2	L	4-3
8	04-09-1976	vs Atlanta Braves	8-2	W	5-3
9	04-12-1977	vs San Francisco Giants	4-3	W	6-3
10	04-14-1978	vs San Francisco Giants	2-3	L	6-4
11	04-13-1979	vs Cincinnati Reds	2-4	L	6-5
12	04-10-1980	vs San Francisco Giants	6-4	W	7-5
13	04-13-1981	vs Cincinnati Reds	1-7	L	7-6
14	04-06-1982	vs Atlanta Braves	0-1	L	7-7
15	04-12-1983	vs San Francisco Giants	5-6	L	7-8
16	04-03-1984	vs Pittsburgh Pirates	5-1	W	8-8
17	04-15-1985	vs San Francisco Giants	8-3	W	9-8
18	04-11-1986	vs Cincinnati Reds	4-3	W	10-8
19	04-13-1987	vs San Francisco Giants	6-13	L	10-9
20	04-12-1988	vs Los Angeles Dodgers	5-3	W	11-9
21	04-03-1989	vs San Francisco Giants	3-5	L	11-10
22	04-10-1990	vs Los Angeles Dodgers	0-1	L	11-11
23	04-09-1991	vs San Francisco Giants	7-4	W	12-11
24	04-09-1992	vs Los Angeles Dodgers	3-6	L	12-12
25	04-12-1993	vs Pittsburgh Pirates	2-4	L	12-13
26	04-04-1994	vs Atlanta Braves	1-4	L	12-14
27	04-26-1995	vs Houston Astros	2-10	L	12-15
28	04-08-1996	vs Florida Marlins	9-2	W	13-15
29	04-01-1997	vs New York Mets	12-5	W	14-15
30	04-07-1998	vs Cincinnati Reds	3-2	W	15-15
31	04-04-1999	vs Colorado Rockies	2-8	L	15-16
32	04-10-2000	vs Arizona Diamondbacks	4-8	L	15-17
33	04-10-2001	vs San Francisco Giants	6-11	L	15-18
34	04-08-2002	vs Arizona Diamondbacks	8-0	W	16-18
35	03-31-2003	vs San Francisco Giants	2-5	L	16-19
36	04-08-2004	vs San Francisco Giants	4-3	W	17-19
37	04-07-2005	vs Pittsburgh Pirates	1-0	W	18-19
38	04-03-2006	vs San Francisco Giants	6-1	W	19-19
39	04-06-2007	vs Colorado Rockies	3-4	L	19-20
40	03-31-2008	vs Houston Astros	4-0	W	20-20
41	04-06-2009	vs Los Angeles Dodgers	1-4	L	20-21
Opening Day	Date / Box Score	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record
San Diego Padres Opening Day History

	The San Diego Padres Opening Day history is based upon the first game played at home during the regular season and includes (if applicable) the entire franchise history. How many San Diego Padres Opening Day games were played in April? Have they ever played an Opening Day game in March? Have they even been shutout at home on Opening Day? We hope you enjoy using the charts below to review other similar Opening Day splits: Monthly Opening Day Splits   Team vs Team Opening Day Splits       Month (Games) Won Lost WP   Opponent (Games) Won Lost WP March (2) 1 1 0.500   Arizona Diamondbacks (2) 1 1 0.500 April (39) 19 20 0.487   Atlanta Braves (5) 3 2 0.600     Cincinnati Reds (4) 2 2 0.500 Score Related Opening Day Splits   Colorado Rockies (2) 0 2 0.000     Florida Marlins (1) 1 0 1.000 Type (Games) Won Lost WP   Houston Astros (4) 2 2 0.500 Shutouts (7) 3 4 0.429   Los Angeles Dodgers (5) 2 3 0.400 1-Run Games (12) 7 5 0.583   New York Mets (1) 1 0 1.000 Blowouts (12) 7 5 0.583   Pittsburgh Pirates (3) 2 1 0.667     San Francisco Giants (14) 6 8 0.429 During their Opening Day history, the San Diego Padres scored the most runs (12) on April 1, 1997 versus the New York Mets. The most runs scored against them during an Opening Day game was 13 and it was played on April 13, 1987 versus the San Francisco Giants.