With Manuel Margot hitting two home runs, the San Diego Padres won their home opener Friday against the San Francisco Giants.

“It’s something you think about, but you never really think it’s going to happen,” Margot said after the game. “I was able to execute. It was great.”

The 7-6 victory came before a sold-out crowd of 43,000 fans at Petco Park in downtown San Diego.

Four F-35 jets, the newest aircraft in the military fleet, flew over Petco Park following a rousing rendition of the National Anthem by Stephany Negrete.

The Padres are 9-5 in Peto Park home openers over the past 14 years.

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