Atlanta Braves' Newly Built SunTrust Park a Homerun for Local Fans

New traffic lights, sidewalks and street signs are located in key places around Suntrust Park, part of a master plan first identified by the Braves and Cobb County more than three years ago.

Julio Teheran would personally exact his revenge in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Nick Markakis: His two-run double in the first plated Inciarte and Freeman, runs that became important when the Padres scored two in the top of the second.

There were a lot firsts Friday night at SunTrust Park. The Braves are playing their first regular-season ga.

As Joe Simpson pointed out on the broadcast, this was Ender's third home run in his last seven at-bats.

NOTES: Hall of Fame slugger Hank Aaron tossed the ceremonial first pitch to Hall of Fame manager Bobby Cox during pregame ceremonies that also spotlighted Braves' legends Chipper Jones, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Dale Murphy and Phil Niekro. "It's a culmination of a lot of hard work from a lot of people, but today we open up the ball park-open up SunTrust Park for the first time", said Atlanta Braves Business President Derek Schiller to the FOX Business Network.

The Atlanta Braves don't go into the home opener at their new ballpark with the record they hoped for, but at least they'll have the pitcher they'd want on the mound.

Closer Jim Johnson collected the park's first save and his second of the season.

In 20 years at Turner Field, only 7x did both starting pitchers drive in runs. "It's going to be really nice to get home".

Teheran will be opposed by veteran right-hander Jhoulys Chacin, who was 1-2 with a 5.40 ERA in five starts for the Braves early last season before being traded to the Los Angeles Angels.

SunTrust Park hosted a couple of games before the official opening night - a Braves exhibition against the Yankees on March 31 to wrap up spring training, followed by a college baseball game last weekend between Georgia and Missouri.

Padres: RHP Trevor Cahill (back) is on track to return from the 10-day disabled list Sunday. The Padres allowed just six runs in taking two of three against the Rockies in Colorado, the series finale on Wednesday a 6-0 combined shutout.

Braves: OF Matt Kemp (hamstring) ran before the game and isn't expected to need a rehab stint in the minors before he's eligible to return on Tuesday. In Game 1 at SunTrust Park, Chacin and Teheran have RBIs. Reliever Mauricio Cabrera (elbow strain) threw a bullpen session before the game.

"No, I wasn't (even) thinking about that", Inciarte said of the coincidence.

Miguel Rojas had three hits for Miami and walked to lead off the ninth against Josh Edgin (0-1). "Many elements of this approach are fundamentally different than the fan's experience at Turner Field".