Clayton Kershaw was perfect through seven innings in his season debut on Wednesday when Dave Roberts pulled him from the game.

Kershaw was pulled after 80 pitches in the Los Angeles Dodgers' eventual 7-0 win over the Minnesota Twins.

The left-hander had 13 strikeouts at the time and agreed with the decision.

"Those are selfish goals," Kershaw said of a possible perfect game. "We're trying to win. That's really all we're here for."

Roberts consulted with Kershaw after the sixth inning and the pair agreed on one more inning with an 85-pitch limit.

"I would have loved to have stayed, but bigger things, man, bigger things," Kershaw said.