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And You Thought SUNDAY Was a Holy Day!

Of Giants' Opening Day vs. the Dodgers, announcer Mike Krukow says: "it's going to be 18 games of banging heads, and I think there will be fights and it's going to be awesome."

It's time to play ball, and what better way to kick off the baseball season than with a good old fashioned rivalry.

Here's the Giants lineup today against the L.A. Dodgers:

Pagan -- Popped up to second base to open the season

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Scutaro -- Popped up to third base

Sandoval -- Single

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Posey -- Strike out

Belt

Torres

Crawford

Cain

First pitch was officially 1:15 p.m. Game time temperature: 63 degrees

Will you be watching the Opening Day game on Monday? Will you be at the home opener on Friday? If so, we'd love to share your photos/videos and commentary with fellow Patch readers.

Play ball!

For in-game boxscore go to MLB.com

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