Tim Lincecum v. Clayton Kershaw on opening day. Of course, at this point, the former was still the bigger name, but 2011 would flip it with Kershaw taking home his first Cy Young. On this day, they were pretty evenly matched, each going seven. Lincecum allowed one run, fanned five and walked three; Kershaw allowed none while fanning nine and walking one, so Lincecum was hung with the loss while Kershaw earned the win.
The Dodgers run off Lincecum came without the benefit of a hit. With one out Matt Kemp walked, James Loney grounded to short but Miguel Tejada threw away the throw to second. Juan Uribe was plunked, and then Buster Posey made a throwing error, allowing all Dodgers to take a base. Kemp would score the Dodgers second run when he walked to leadoff the eighth, stole second, and was driven in by James Loney. Pat Burrell took Jonathan Broxton deep in the ninth, but Brandon Belt closed his major league debut by lining to Uribe to end it.
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