If you are into baseball history, like seeing baseball records broken, like baseball rivalries, like a lot of offense, like great pitching, like seeing MLB debuts, like seeing guys get their first MLB hit, like seeing players comeback from lengthy disabled list stints, like seeing sons of former MLB players or just like exciting baseball, then you absolutely loved Saturday night’s Dodgers/Giants game at AT&T Park.

…unless you are a Giants fan.

In what was arguably one of the most epic routs in baseball history, the Dodgers absolutely humiliated the Giants when they shut them out 17-0 in front of what started out as 41,533 fans but was half of that by the third inning.

Matt Kemp had a night on Saturday going 3 for 4 with two doubles and three RBIs.
(Photo credit – Jon SooHoo)

Here are just a few of the things that happened in Saturday night’s game:

• The 17-0 win is the largest shutout win in the 2,407 meetings between these two teams.
• The Dodgers 17 runs are the most scored by an opponent at AT&T Park since it opened on April 11, 2000.
• The Dodgers 24 hits are the most ever by any team at AT&T Park.
• The last time the Dodgers had 24 hits in a game against the Giants was August 13, 1932.
• Dee Gordon became the first player in Los Angeles Dodger history to have seven at-bats in a nine-inning game (he went 2 for 7).
• Zack Greinke became only the second Dodger pitcher since 1914 to hit a home run, a double and draw a walk. The last was Chad Billingsley on June 5, 2011 against the Reds at Great American Ballpark.
• Greinke allowed only four hits while striking out five and walking none in his six innings of work. He is now 15-8 with a 2.64 ERA.
• Giants pitcher Brett Bochy, son of Giants manager Bruce Bochy, made his MLB debut. Bruce had both the pleasure of handing him the ball and the pain of taking it away from him.
• Brett Bochy (Bruce’s son) gave up a home run to Scott Van Slyke (Andy’s son) scoring Dee Gordon (Tom’s son).
• Dodgers utility infielder/outfielder Alex Guerrero collect his first MLB hit tonight – a single in the eighth inning.
• Joc Pederson scored his first MLB run on a bases loaded walk in the sixth inning. Pederson himself had walked in the inning.
• Dodgers left-handed reliever Scott Elbert made his first appearance since August 26, 2012 after having three elbow surgeries. He gave up a two-out single but did not allow a run.

With so many significant things occurring in the game it is difficult to isolate any one particular moment that would be considered the game-changer. That being said, it’s hard not to pick Matt Kemp’s incredible throw to nail Giants center fielder Angel Pagan at the plate after a Buster Posey single in the bottom of the first inning. Not only was Kemp’s throw right on the money to preserve the shutout, but he actually blew a bubble while doing it.

Dodgers right fielder Matt Kemp blew a bubble while collecting his fifth outfield assist of the season.

He then made an absolutely perfect throw to nail Pagan at the plate by a good five feet.
(Video capture courtesy of SportsNet LA)

It’s also hard not to include Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke’s sixth-inning home run as a game-changer, although the Dodgers were already up 11-0 when he hit it. It was the fourth career home run for the Dodgers right-hander.

It was never a matter of if Zack Greinke would hit a home run, it was a matter of when.
(Photo credit – Jon SooHoo)

The Dodgers look to take the series in today’s rubber game and you have to like their chances with two-time Cy Young award winner Clayton Kershaw (18-3, 1.67 ERA) on the hill for the Dodgers. The Giants will counter with hard-throwing right-hander Yusmeiro Petit (5-3, 3.62 ERA). First pitch is set for 1:05 PM (PT).