WATCH: Anthony Rizzo Demolishes First Home Run Of 2018

After the first two innings of the 2018 season, the Chicago Cubs were on pace to hit nine home runs on Opening Day. Ian Happ jumped on the very first pitch by Jose Urena, hitting a leadoff home run and then in the second inning Anthony Rizzo went deep to give the Cubs a 4-1 lead over the Miami Marlins. So pretty.

Before the game, Rizzo as well as the rest of the Cubs, wore Marjory Stoneman Douglas shirts to honor the Parkland shooting victims.

The Cubs and Marlins also wore patches and ribbons with the initials "MSD" and 17 stars, which represent the number of people killed at Rizzo's high school.

Rizzo plans to host four families of victims of the shooting at Friday’s game. He also praised the activism shown by the kids and criticized those who are bashing the activism, while also calling for gun control. Via the Chicago Sun-Times.

And for the first time since the incident, he advocated for laws that would make it more difficult for Americans to get guns. Rizzo had especially harsh words for those who have spread rumors that the children and teenagers who spoke at rallies in Washington were actors hired by anti-gun activists. “I think they’re losers. That’s what I think, to be honest,’’ he said. “You hear all these things and it’s like, ‘How can you even say this? Where’s your heart? Where’s your sense of sympathy?’ It’s as real as it gets. If you don’t think it’s real, go there. It’s crazy to hear that.’’ “You’ve got these extremists,’’ he said. “You’ve got the people who are going for all the gun laws and they’re going to the full extreme. Then you’ve got the other side that is defending them that is going full extreme that we’re taking away rights. “I don’t think that’s the message. I think the message is somewhere in the middle that everyone can agree on. For them to get bullied on Twitter by someone with strong fingers, I think it’s pretty funny. I know for a fact that they’re not going to let anything affect them and their mission because what they’re doing is bigger than themselves. It’s for a lot of people.’’ “My biggest thing is that, if you can get make it harder to get guns, hopefully it eliminates a little bit of the problems.’’

Strong words from the captain.