I noticed a little earlier in the week that the Padres still hadn't played their first extra-inning game of the year. Well it happened last night. The Padres beat the Brewers in 12 innings thanks to a 447 foot homerun courtesy of Chase Headley and a save by Huston Street.
It seems kind of late in the season for the Padres to finally get around to playing extra frames. When you look at the franchise data it is, in fact, the 6th latest. Nineteen Seventy-Six holds the record for at least another year, waiting until the 32nd game of the season before going long. Did you know that 1976 also holds title of the least extra-inning games played in a Padres season? It's true, 1976 is tied with the 2011 season with 9 extra-inning games played.
If you want to learn other semi-interesting facts about extra-inning games, let me direct you to this older Gaslamp Ballmanac post from last year.
First Extra-Inning Game of the Year
| Year | Game # | # of Innings | Opponent | Outcome | Runs | Runs Against |
| 1976 | 32 | 11 | SFG | W | 7 | 6 |
| 1973 | 30 | 12 | CHC | L | 2 | 3 |
| 1974 | 28 | 10 | NYM | L | 4 | 6 |
| 1988 | 26 | 12 | PIT | L | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 23 | 12 | SFG | W | 8 | 7 |
| 2014 | 21 | 12 | MIL | W | 2 | 1 |
| 1969 | 20 | 13 | CIN | W | 10 | 9 |
| 1983 | 19 | 10 | CHC | L | 4 | 5 |
| 1972 | 18 | 14 | MON | W | 3 | 2 |
| 1971 | 17 | 10 | ATL | L | 3 | 4 |
| 1977 | 17 | 10 | HOU | L | 8 | 9 |
| 2009 | 15 | 10 | SFG | L | 0 | 1 |
| 1982 | 14 | 12 | ATL | W | 6 | 3 |
| 1978 | 13 | 12 | ATL | W | 5 | 4 |
| 2006 | 13 | 11 | COL | L | 2 | 3 |
| 1980 | 12 | 10 | ATL | L | 2 | 3 |
| 1989 | 12 | 10 | CIN | L | 3 | 6 |
| 1970 | 10 | 10 | ATL | W | 5 | 4 |
| 2001 | 10 | 10 | LAD | W | 5 | 4 |
| 1993 | 9 | 13 | PIT | L | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 9 | 11 | SFG | L | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 8 | 11 | COL | W | 8 | 5 |
| 2000 | 8 | 13 | ARI | W | 3 | 2 |
| 1995 | 7 | 11 | COL | L | 5 | 6 |
| 1998 | 7 | 10 | CIN | W | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 7 | 13 | LAD | L | 3 | 4 |
| 1990 | 6 | 10 | SFG | W | 5 | 3 |
| 1992 | 6 | 10 | LAD | W | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 6 | 10 | COL | W | 2 | 1 |
| 1984 | 5 | 10 | CHC | L | 5 | 8 |
| 1986 | 5 | 11 | CIN | W | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 | 14 | COL | W | 5 | 4 |
| 1979 | 4 | 12 | LAD | L | 5 | 6 |
| 1985 | 4 | 10 | ATL | L | 5 | 7 |
| 1994 | 4 | 11 | ATL | L | 8 | 10 |
| 2002 | 4 | 10 | SFG | L | 1 | 3 |
| 1991 | 3 | 10 | SFG | L | 9 | 11 |
| 2004 | 3 | 11 | LAD | L | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 12 | PIT | W | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 3 | 11 | LAD | L | 5 | 6 |
| 1997 | 2 | 12 | NYM | W | 6 | 5 |
| 1975 | 1 | 10 | SFG | L | 0 | 2 |
| 1981 | 1 | 12 | SFG | W | 4 | 1 |
| 1987 | 1 | 12 | SFG | L | 3 | 4 |
| 1996 | 1 | 10 | CHC | L | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 1 | 11 | STL | W | 5 | 3 |