Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw threw the sixth complete-game shutout of his career on opening day against the Giants Monday.
The left-hander needed 94 pitches to make it through the nine innings unscatched and gave up just four hits in the 4-0 win. He struck out seven while not walking a batter.
Kershaw also hit the first home run of his career in the victory, leading off the eighth inning with a solo shot off George Kontos.
"Opening day was everything I could hope for," he said. "Hopefully, we got 161 more of those coming up."
Kershaw became the first pitcher in the majors to homer on opening day since Joe Magrane of St. Louis in 1988, and the first Dodgers pitcher to do it since Don Drysdale in 1965.