The Dodgers won their home opener last night over the San Diego Padres 6-3 in what I would call the "Battle of the Trades." Matt Kemp won the first couple of rounds but Jimmy Rollins won the game with a big blast, a three-run homer, in the bottom of the eighth inning. Yasmani Grandal, Kemp's trade partner, never got in the game.
Reigning Cy Young And National League MVP Clayton Kershaw got the start for the Dodgers and he went 6 innings and gave all three San Diego runs, all driven in by ex-Dodger Matt Kemp. Kershaw struck out 9 but his big problem was location. When Kemp hit the two run double, Kershaw threw a fat pitch right down the middle. The inning would have been over except for the fact that Third Baseman Juan Uribe "lollygagged" his way to a ground ball and allowed Derek Norris to reach first base when it should have been the third out.
The Dodgers relievers- Yimi Garcia, Joel Peralta, and Chris Hatcher- pitched three innings of one hit baseball after Kershaw left the game. Peralta got the win and Chris Hatcher got the save after hitting the first batter he faced. Hatcher did not have a good Spring but it looks like he is going to get the opportunity to close until Kenley Jansen comes off the Disabled List.
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