Nationals Park
2008 - Present
Washington, DC
Historic Aerials
What Was There
| Team | Years | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Nationals |
(2008 - 2025) |
1406 |
First Game
3/30/2008: Nationals 3, Braves 2Umpires: HP -Mike Reilly, 1B - Bob Davidson, 2B - Alfonso Marquez, 3B - Andy Fletcher
Managers: Manny Acta (WAS), Bobby Cox (ATL)
Starting Pitchers: Odalis Perez (WAS), Tim Hudson (ATL)
First Pitch: President George W. Bush
Attendance: 39,389
Time of Game: 2:22
Trivia
- When Nationals Park opened on 3/30/2008 it was the earliest date for a park's first game.
- Kelly Johnson was only the second player to open an active park with a strikeout and is one of three (Barry Larkin at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on 4/9/2001; David Dahl at Globe Life Field in Texas on 7/24/2020).
- Angel Pagan is the third player to hit the first inside-the-park home run in two active parks (Fernando Vina: 4/11/2000 at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco, 4/6/2001 at Miller Park in Milwaukee; Jimmy Rollins: 4/8/2004 at Petco Park in San Diego, 4/12/2004 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia).
- Jordan Zimmerman's no-hitter came on the last day of the regular season.
| Batting Event | First |
|---|---|
| First Batter | Kelly Johnson (ATL) strikeout swinging |
| Hit | Christian Guzman (WAS) singled to RF vs. Tim Hudson (1st inning) - Singled to RF (1st) |
| Run Scored | Cristian Guzman (WAS) on Nick Johnson double to RF vs. Tim Hudson (1st inning) |
| Run Batted In | Nick Johnson (WAS) double to RF scored Christian Guzman vs. Tim Hudson (1st inning) |
| Single | Christian Guzman (WAS) to RF vs. Tim Hudson (1st inning) |
| Double | Nick Johnson (WAS) to RF vs. Tim Hudson (1st inning) |
| Triple | Cristian Guzman (WAS) to RCF vs. Andrew Miller on 4/7/2008 (1st inning, Game No. 2) |
| Home Run | Chipper Jones (ATL) to CF vs. Odalis Perez (4th inning) |
| Grand Slam | Felipe Lopez (WAS) to RCF vs. Aaron Heilman (NYN) on 4/24/2008: 1B-Lastings Milledge, 2B- Willie Harris, 3B-Aaron Boone (6th inning, Game No. 9) |
| IPHR | Angel Pagan (NYN) to LCF vs. Livan Hernandez on 5/19/2010 (4th inning, Game No. 181) |
| Stolen Base | Felipe Lopez (WAS), 2B vs. Andrew Miller/Matt Treanor (FLO) on 4/7/2008 (2nd inning, Game No. 2) |
| Sacrifice Hit | Tim Hudson (ATL) bunted Matt Diaz to 2B vs. Odalis Perez (5th inning) |
| Sacrifice Fly | Cristian Guzman (WAS) to CF scored Ronnie Belliard vs. Andrew Miller (FLO) on 4/7/2008 (2nd inning, Game No. 2) |
| Cycle | Cristian Guzman (WAS): 8/28/2008 (HR in 1st, 1B in 2nd, 2B in 6th, 3B in 8th) (Game No. 952) |
| Pitching Event | First |
| Win | Jon Rauch (WAS): 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 4 BF, 12 PIT, 8 Str, 5 Ctct, 1 StL, 2 StS, 1 GB, 3 FB, 2 LD, 0 PU, 0 UNK, 0 IR, 0 IS |
| Loss | Peter Moylan (ATL): 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 0 HBP, 5 BF, 14 PIT, 11 Str, 5 Ctct, 6 StL, 0 StS, 2 GB, 1 FB, 1 LD, 0 PU, 0 UNK, 0 IR, 0 IS |
| Strikeout | Odalis Perez (WAS) struck out Kelly Johnson swinging on 2-2 count (1st inning) |
| Shutout | Tim Hudson/Peter Moylan (ATL) on 4/11/2008 vs. WAS (Game No. 5) |
| Shutout, SP | Hudson: 8 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 27 BF, 96 PIT, 64 Str, 34 Ctct, 12 StS, 18 StL, 14 GB, 6 FB, 1 LD, 1 PU, 0 UNK, 79 GSc |
| Shutout, RP | Moylan: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 3 BF, 10 PIT, 9 Str, 4 Ctct, 1 StS, 4 StL, 0 GB, 1 FB, 0 LD, 0 PU, 0 UNK, 0 IR, 0 IS |
| Shutout, RP | |
| Shutout, RP | Save | Kevin Gregg (MIA): 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 5 BF, 23 PIT, 12 Str, 6 Ctct, 5 StL, 1 StS, 1 GB, 1 FB, 0 LD, 1 PU, 0 UNK, 2 IR, 0 IS |
| Hit by Pitch | Andrew Miller (MIA) hit Willie Harris on 4/7/2008 (4th inning, Game No. 2) |
| Wild Pitch | John Smoltz (ATL) sent Ryan Zimmerman to 3B and Nick Johnson to 2B with Austin Kearns at bat on 4/12/2008 (1st inning, Game No. 6) |
| Balk | John Lannan (WAS) sent Xavier Nady (PIT) to 3B, Chris Gomez to 2B with Phil Dumatrait at bat on 5/2/2008 (2nd inning, Game No. 16) | No-Hitter | Jordan Zimmermann (WAS) vs. Marlins on 9/28/2014: 9 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 28 BF, 104 PIT, 79 Str, 48 Ctct, 17 StS, 14 StL, 5 GB, 12 FB, 6 LD, 4 PU, 0 Unk, 96 GSc (Game No. 563) |
| No-Hitter, SP | No-Hitter, RP | No-Hitter, RP |
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| Balk | No-Hitter |