In our first installment of our coverage of the Giants’ 2007 season, “A Giant Sucking Sound,” let’s look at the results of the first homestand.

Opening Day, Tuesday April 3. The weather is suitably foggy, the front office pulls out all the stops for the Opening Day ceremony in the year the team is to host the All Star Game in July. As soon as the first pitch is thrown, however, things turn south. The Giants are shut out on Opening Day, losing to the Padres 7-0.

The next night — dubbed “Opening Night” by some desperate weenie in Promotions — the air is cold, the fog gathers, but Barry Bonds brightens everyone’s mood by homering in the first inning, a shot to the first row of the bleachers in left center. But the bullpen gives up a go-ahead homer in the 8th inning. Both Bengie Molina and Dave Roberts leave the bases loaded. Giants lose 5 to 3.

On Thursday night, Bonds was still in the lineup, and Matt Morris proves he can be a stopper, as the team gets its first win, beating the Padres 5 to 3. Record for the series: 1-2.

Here come the Dodgers. On one of the foggiest nights on record at the new park, fans hoped the inclement weather would jinx their arch-rivals. No such luck. In a sign of how bad things already are, the pinch-hitter to lead off the ninth inning was Eliezer Alfonzo — even if he gets a hit, he’s not exactly who you’d want on the basepaths in front of Dave Roberts, is he? Giants lose to the Dodgers 2 to 1. But hey, they made it close.

Saturday: Still overcast in San Francisco. New manager Bruce Bochy tries something new: he rests Bonds, Visquel, and Molina. Russ Ortiz, who along with Rich Aurelia forms the head-snapping double-take “I thought they traded him a long time ago” flavor, pitched three scoreless innings, then fell apart in the 4th. The Dodgers win 4 to 1, and Bonds’ home run on Wednesday night is still the Giants’ only homer.

Sunday: Bright sunshine. They can’t possibly get swept by the Dodgers at home in their opening home stand, can they? They can if the Dodgers score ten runs. The mood is captured by losing starter Barry Zito (0-2): “I think the key is just to not panic. … We can’t feel sorry for ourselves.” On the plus side, Pedro Feliz uncranked a long home run that somewhat relieved the feelings of doom. It was only the second home run of the six-game-old new season.

Not his second home run. The team’s second home run. Record for the home stand, and the season so far: 1-5.

Stay tuned for the team’s first road trip, starting tonight in San Diego.