LOS ANGELES–Southern California is occupied by producers, actors, actresses and skilled technicians who can make any dramatic scene come to life.
But no wordsmith in the world could write the script Joe Panik is authoring.
With the score deadlocked at 0-0 in the top of the ninth inning, Panik stepped to the plate against Dodgers’ closer Kenley Jansen and promptly deposited a solo home run over the right field fence.
For the second straight day, the Giants won 1-0. For the second straight day, Panik starred in the Giants’ best picture.
Before Panik’s Opening Day home run off Clayton Kershaw lifted the Giants to a stunning win, San Francisco had gone 58 years without defeating the rival Dodgers’ 1-0 on the strength of a solo long ball.