SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — 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.
What a time to do it in downtown San Diego on a beautiful day with the Padres winning in dramatic fashion, 7-4.
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Down 4-3 in the seventh inning, Padres pinch-hitter Gavin Sheets was the catalyst for a four-run rally that included his game-tying homerun.