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Dodgers smash MLB mark with 8 HRs in opener

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers, striving to reach their third consecutive World Series, amassed eight home runs in a 12-3 rout of the Arizona Diamondbacks to begin their 2019 season, setting a major league record for Opening Day and tying a franchise record for any game.

The only other time the Dodgers hit eight home runs was May 23, 2002, when Shawn Green hit four of them against the Milwaukee Brewers.

On Thursday, against former co-ace Zack Greinke, the Dodgers got two each from Joc Pederson and Enrique Hernandez.