List of Washington Nationals Opening Day starting pitchers
Pitchers

List of Washington Nationals Opening Day starting pitchers

Section Title: Pitchers
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Season	Pitcher	Decision	Final score	Opponent	Location	Attendance	Ref(s)

2005	Liván Hernández	L	4–8	Philadelphia Phillies	Citizens Bank Park	44,080

2006	Liván Hernández (2)	L	2–3	New York Mets	Shea Stadium	54,371

2007	John Patterson	L	2–9	Florida Marlins	Robert F. Kennedy Stadium	40,389

2008	Odalis Pérez	ND (W)	3–2	Atlanta Braves	Nationals Park	39,389

2009	John Lannan	L	6–12	Florida Marlins	Dolphin Stadium	34,323

2010	John Lannan (2)	L	1–11	Philadelphia Phillies	Nationals Park	41,290

2011	Liván Hernández (3)	L	0–2	Atlanta Braves	Nationals Park	39,055

2012	Stephen Strasburg	ND (W)	2–1	Chicago Cubs	Wrigley Field	41,176

2013	Stephen Strasburg (2)	W	2–0	Miami Marlins	Nationals Park	45,274

2014	Stephen Strasburg (3)	ND (W)	9–7	New York Mets	CitiField	42,442

2015	Max Scherzer	L	1–3	New York Mets	Nationals Park	42,295

2016	Max Scherzer (2)	ND (W)	4–3	Atlanta Braves	Turner Field	48,282

2017	Stephen Strasburg (4)	W	4–2	Miami Marlins	Nationals Park	42,744

2018	Max Scherzer (3)	W	2–0	Cincinnati Reds	Great American Ball Park	43,878

2019	Max Scherzer (4)	L	0–2	New York Mets	Nationals Park	42,263

Sentence(s)

Nationals Park is the team's current field, and it was the site of the team's 2008 season opener, with starting pitcher Odalis Pérez on the mound in a game that the Nationals won 3–2 over the Atlanta Braves.

final_sentence: Nationals Park is the team's current field, and it was the site of the team's 2008 season opener, with starting pitcher Odalis Pérez on the mound in a game that the Nationals won 3–2 over the Atlanta Braves.