Derrick Flowers

After a long winter, the 2016 Major League Baseball season is finally here. The superstars are locked in and ready to give their fans what they have been so desperately waiting for. Perhaps the San Diego Padres did not get the memo. Opening Day 2016 the Padres took on the Los Angeles Dodgers in San Diego. Dodger’s new skipper Dave Roberts had to take a moment to soak up the new atmosphere as his team took the field. Dodger ace, Clayton Kershaw, took the hill and managed to keep the Padres from scoring a single run while posting nine strike outs in just seven innings of work. Dodgers skipper had this to say about his ace, “It was a good day,” Roberts said. “There were a lot of good things that happened. Obviously it starts with Kershaw and the tone that he sets, him going out there and getting after guys. When you’ve got No. 1s going against each other, you don’t expect to get that many hits and score that many runs.” With the win on opening day Kershaw improved his opening day record to 4-0 in six starts. The Dodger offense did not leave their ace hanging as they managed to score 15 runs. Important contributors to the offense explosion were Adrian Gonzalez who had three of Los Angeles’ 17 hits and three RBI and A.J Ellis also drove in three runs. Chase Utley had three hits and two RBI in the win as well. The final score of 15-0 on opening day made the Padre’s loss the largest opening day shutout in Major League history. What a way to kick off the 2016 campaign.