Exterior of Veterans Stadium (Doug Pensinger /Allsport)
The Phillies and Padres made MLB history on this day in 1993.
One of the best teams in Major League Baseball will face the Philadelphia Phillies this weekend at Citizens Bank Park: the San Diego Padres, led by newly named first-time All-Star infielder Fernando Tatis Jr.
On Friday, July 2, likely the only Phillies player who will be named an All-Star — Zack Wheeler — will square off against fellow right-hander Chris Paddack.
If a Phillies-Padres game on July 2 “rings a bell” to you, it is because the only other time these two teams played each other on this date, history was made.