April 3 in Houston Astros History: Doug Rader becomes the first to reach the Dome's gold (upper reserved) seats with a home run off Stan Bahnsen (1970)

Doug Rader becomes the first to reach the Dome's gold (upper reserved) seats with a home run off Stan Bahnsen during a 9-5 exhibition win against the Yankees. The ball lands in section 738D, row 6, seat 1.

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