August 16th, 1996
On this day in 1996, due to a conflict with the Republican National Convention taking place in San Diego, the first major league game ever played outside of the United States or Canada takes place in Monterrey, Mexico with the 'home team' Padres out-slugging the Mets at Estadio de Beisbol, 15-10. Fernando Valenzuela, a native of the Mexican city of Navojoa, opens the three-game series and goes six innings to get the victory for the first-place Friars.