Thursday, April 7th, 2016 3:35PM CST
On Thursday evening, the San Francisco Giants celebrated their home opener by defeating the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers with a final score of 12 to 6. The Giants staged a comeback that was sparked by Joe Panik, who contributed three runs batted in during the contest. Hunter Pence delivered a decisive blow in the eighth inning, connecting for a grand slam to help secure the victory.
Date: Thursday, April 7th, 2016
Time: 3:35PM CST
Stadium: Oracle Park
Location: San Francisco, California
Attendance: 41,940
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SF |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | - |
LAD |
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

Doubles: Belt (3, Wood); Posey (1, Wood)
Triples: Panik (1, Wood)
Home Runs: Pence (1, 8th inning off Báez 3 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Span (6), Panik 3 (4), Posey 2 (4), Pagán 2 (2), Pence 4 (4)
2-out Runs Batted In: Panik 2, Posey 2
Sacrifice Hit: Adrianza
Ground Into Double Play: Duffy
Team Left On Base: 7
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 8-16 (Panik 3-4, Pagán 1-2, Span 1-2, Pence 1-2, Duffy 0-1, Posey 2-3, Belt 0-1, Crawford 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Panik 1; Pence 1; Belt 1; Crawford 1

Pitcher Notes: López pitched to 1 batter in the 8th
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Peavy 13-24; Heston 2-3; López 2-4; Romo 3-4; Strickland 3-4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Peavy 11-4-14-21; Heston 3-3-0-2; López 3-0-0-4; Romo 2-2-4-4; Strickland 2-3-1-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Peavy 7-5; Heston 0-2; López 1-2; Romo 1-2; Strickland 0-2
Game Scores: J Peavy 34

Double Plays: 1 (Duffy-Panik-Belt)

Doubles: Gonzalez 2 (3, Peavy 2); Van Slyke (1, Peavy)
Home Runs: Pederson (1, 8th inning off Romo 1 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Hernández (1), Wood (1), Gonzalez (4), Van Slyke (1), Pederson 2 (5)
2-out Runs Batted In: Van Slyke
Ground Into Double Play: Puig
Team Left On Base: 6
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 5-12 (Van Slyke 1-3, Hernández 1-1, Pederson 2-4, Wood 0-1, Gonzalez 0-1, Utley 0-1, Barnes 1-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Pederson 3; Utley 2

Pitcher Notes: Wood pitched to 2 batters in the 6th;Howell pitched to 4 batters in the 8th
Wild Pitches: Wood
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Wood 20-25; García 2-5; Coleman 2-4; Howell 3-4; Báez 3-5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Wood 20-6-11-20; García 1-0-0-5; Coleman 2-2-2-2; Howell 2-0-0-4; Báez 2-3-4-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Wood 8-4; García 2-0; Coleman 2-1; Howell 0-0; Báez 0-1
Game Scores: A Wood 32

Double Plays: 1 (Utley-Seager-Gonzalez)
Errors: Van Slyke (1, throw)
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