Record 1-0. Pace: 162-0(!). Change on 2016: +1.
They say there’s always the chance to see something you’ve never seen before at a baseball game. Today would be a great example. This was the first time ever - in over 140 years of baseball - that a pitcher hit two home-runs on Opening Day. Oh, yeah, and his team still lost, despite he and his fellow Giants combining for a K:BB ratio on the day of 12:0. For the D-backs came back three times, taking the lead for the first time on the very final pitch of the game, when Chris Owings did a reverse Gonzo, fighting a jam-shot bloop over the right-hand side of the infield for an RBI single.