Federal Baseball · Mar 30, 2022
Looking back at Nats Park Opener
WASHINGTON – Ryan Zimmerman has retired – but the memories he created live on.
On this day 14 years ago, on March 30, 2008, Zimmerman hit a walk-off homer against Atlanta reliever Peter Moylan with two outs in the last of the ninth to give the Nationals a 3-2 win in the first regular-season game at Nationals Park.
The homer to center field came on a 2-2 pitch from Moylan, who had retired Cristian Guzmàn and Lastings Milledge to begin the home ninth.
The game began at 8:21 p.m. on a Sunday and lasted 2:22.
The homer made a winner out of Washington reliever Jon Rauch, who had blown the save in the top of the ninth as the Braves tied the game on a passed ball.