点评:Over the years since 1998 I have previously seen the Padres 3 times but this was my first game at Petco Park. WOW. Daily highlights on YouTube back in Scotland are great but nothing can prepare you for that first sight of the stadium from the outside and then ascending up to your seat level and walking out into the "colosseum".
So many fascinating sights and sounds with every zone offering something a little different. Views across the San Diego skyline are fantastic enough and then there's the planes coming in to land at the nearby airport.
Our seats were overlooking the area between 3rd base and home plate.
Then there was the game!!! After a ropey top of the 2nd where 4 runs were conceded, the signs didn't look good. However an immediate turnaround meant that the Padres led 5-4 by the end of the 2nd.
However by the 7th inning stretch, Padres were again behind by 1. A tying run was scored in the bottom of the 7th. 8th and 9th remained scoreless so extra innings were required. Mason Miller did what he does and pitched a second scoreless innings at the top of the 10th. This resulted in Jackson Merrill starting on 2nd and Manny Machado up to bat.
Machado then proceeded to hit a walk-off RBI single on the first pitch of the bottom of the 10th inning, securing a dramatic 7-6 victory for the San Diego Padres over the Atlanta Braves.
Being at the game with my brother, 2 of his sons as well as the wife of one of my nephews (who I was meeting for the first time) means this night is a precious memory that I will never forget.
翻译:自1998年以来,我曾三次观看圣地亚哥教士队的比赛,但这是我第一次在佩特科球场(Petco Park)观看。哇!在苏格兰的时候,每天在YouTube上看比赛集锦固然精彩,但没有什么能让你做好准备,迎接从外面第一眼看到这座球场,然后登上看台,走进这座“斗兽场”的震撼。
每个区域都各有特色,令人目不暇接,各种景象和声音交织在一起。圣地亚哥的城市天际线景色美不胜收,附近机场的飞机起降声更是令人心旷神怡。
我们的座位正对着三垒和本垒之间的区域。
比赛开始了!第二局上半,教士队表现挣扎,丢了4分,形势一度不妙。然而,他们迅速扭转颓势,在第二局结束时以5比4领先。
但到了第七局中场休息时,教士队再次落后1分。第七局下半,对方追平了比分。第八局和第九局双方均未得分,比赛进入加时赛。梅森·米勒(Mason Miller)不负众望,在第十局上半局再次投出无失分。杰克逊·梅里尔(Jackson Merrill)因此从二垒开始,曼尼·马查多(Manny Machado)上场打击。
马查多在第十局下半局的第一球就击出再见安打,帮助圣地亚哥教士队以7比6戏剧性地战胜亚特兰大勇士队。
当晚,我和哥哥、他的两个儿子以及我侄子的妻子(我第一次见到她)一起观看了比赛,这注定会成为我永生难忘的珍贵回忆。