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Watch: Braves' Inciarte records SunTrust Park's 1st out, hit, run, HR

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Ender Inciarte feels right at home in SunTrust Park.

The Atlanta Braves center fielder wasted no time making himself comfortable in the first-ever game at SunTrust Park on Friday against the San Diego Padres. Inciarte christened the new stadium and put himself in the history books in a variety of ways: first, by catching Manuel Margot's fly ball - on the game's first pitch, no less - to record out No. 1 at SunTrust Park ...

... Then he led off the home half of the first with an infield single for SunTrust's first hit ...

... Before finally coming around to score the park's first-ever run on Nick Markakis' two-RBI double later in the frame, which gave Atlanta an early lead.

And if you thought Inciarte would let one of his teammates have a little bit of the glory from there, think again. In the sixth inning, the 26-year-old kept his historic night rolling by taking Jhoulys Chacin deep to right field for the first home run in SunTrust Park's history.

Incredibly, Inciarte's next homer would give him as many big flies in the new stadium (two) as he hit over 72 career games at Turner Field, the Braves' previous home.

Related: Hank Aaron throws out 1st pitch at SunTrust Park

"I hope this gets to be a really special ballpark for all of us," Inciarte told FOX Sports South after he'd finished lifting the Braves to their first win at SunTrust. "Tonight (was) for sure a special night for me."

(Videos courtesy: MLB.com)

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