LOS ANGELES -- Kirk Gibson threw out the first pitch Thursday, a tribute to the 30th year since he helped the Dodgers win their last World Series. But the Opening Day outcome, a 1-0 loss to the Giants, was more familiar to another spectating Dodgers legend, Sandy Koufax, who saw Clayton Kershaw's ace effort at Dodger Stadium wasted with no run support.
Koufax had to overcome such handicaps back in the day and now it was Kershaw's turn, as the Dodgers couldn't deliver a meaningful hit in their first game without No. 3 hitter Justin Turner, who is out with a fractured left wrist.