Recap: Kershaw, Dodgers Beat Giants 2-1 On Opening Day
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Clayton Kershaw struck out nine in seven dominant innings and Matt Kemp scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error by catcher Buster Posey in the sixth, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 victory over the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants in their season opener Thursday night.
Photo Gallery: Dodgers Beat Giants 2-1
Kershaw (1-0) allowed four hits and walked one in his first opening-day start.
The 23-year-old left-hander struck out three of the four batters he faced in the first, giving him 500 strikeouts in his career.
Jonathan Broxton, back in the closer's role after losing it in the second half of last season, gave up a one-out homer to Pat Burrell in the ninth but hung on for the save after a scoreless eighth by Hong-Chih Kuo.
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