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Opening Day's Top Moments as they happened

April 7, 2022

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First contact

2:50pm ET: After starring in Japan, 27-year-old slugger Seiya Suzuki notches his first MLB hit on Opening Day

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Powering up

5:09pm ET: After breaking out with 34 HRs in 2021, Tyler O’Neill smashes a 3-run HR in a 5-RBI day

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Witt's big hit

6:40pm ET: Bobby Witt Jr.’s first big league hit is an 8th-inning, game-winning RBI double

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Darvish dazzles

11:49pm ET: Yu Darvish throws 6 hitless innings before Arizona connects vs. San Diego’s bullpen in the seventh

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HR

Seth Beer, of all folks, hits a walk-off homer on National Beer Day as the D-backs stun the Padres