and then showed he s not a rookie. he blasted not one but two home runs. at 0 harper became the youngest player to blast twourns home rn opening day. and the los angeles dodgers, they put on a show not far from hollywood on opening day yesterday. matthew johnson on the mound to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. but skipper don mattingly decided to come out from the dugout and replace him with all-time great baseball icon sandy koufax. made a surprise appearance. wonderful. meanwhile, it was kershaw who carried the day. not only homering in the eighth inning, first career giving the dodgers the lead, but he followed that up with a complete game shutout of the defending world champion giants. no one has thrown a shutout and hit a homer on opening day since cleveland s bob lemon in 1953. and carol, no, i did not cover that game in 53 when lemon