In their first home game of the season, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 9-3, thanks to a couple players that weren't on the roster during the team's home opener in 2021.
Thursday also brought a day full of firsts. The first game of the 2022 season at Dodger Stadium, the first Opening Day for Freeman and Turner in Dodgers uniforms. And it was also the Dodgers' first game at home without Corey Seager and Kenley Jansen, longtime fixtures of Dodger Stadium Opening Days.
Each and every year the Dodgers unveil a new-look team, but after nine consecutive playoff appearances they're considered more like small tweaks than major overhauls. The lineup for the home opener consisted of the usual suspects like Justin Turner, Max Muncy, Cody Bellinger and Will Smith. But they also featured some new faces like Freeman at first base, Turner at shortstop and Hanser Alberto starting at third base for the first time this season.
Just as they did in Denver a week earlier, Walker Buehler led the Dodgers on the mound for another Opening Day start. This time in the team's first game at Dodger Stadium, just as he did in 2021 after the team's 2020 World Series ring ceremony. Freeman also had a day full of firsts. His first hit with the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium came on the first pitch he saw from Colin Moran in the first inning. His first run scored at the Ravine came two batters later, and his first double and standing ovation came in the bottom of the eighth inning as the sellout crowd of 52,995 stood and chanted his name….but we'll get back to that later.
The Dodgers struck first with five straight singles that gave them an early 3-0 lead. Turner had the second single, which extended his MLB-best hitting streak to 25 games dating back to last season.
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