List of Milwaukee Brewers Opening Day starting pitchers
Opening Day results

List of Milwaukee Brewers Opening Day starting pitchers

Section Title: Opening Day results
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Season	Pitcher	Decision	Final score	Opponent	Location	Attendance	Ref(s)

1969	Marty Pattin	W	4–3	California Angels	Anaheim Stadium	11,930

1970	Lew Krausse Jr.	L	0–12	California Angels	Milwaukee County Stadium	36,107

1971	Marty Pattin (2)	W	7–2	Minnesota Twins	Metropolitan Stadium	18,823

1972	Bill Parsons	W	5–1	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium	22,831

1973	Jim Colborn	L	0–10	Baltimore Orioles	Memorial Stadium	26,543

1974	Jim Colborn (2)	ND (L)	8–9	Boston Red Sox	Milwaukee County Stadium	32,761

1975	Jim Slaton	L	2–5	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park	34,055

1976	Jim Slaton (2)	W	5–0	New York Yankees	Milwaukee County Stadium	44,868

1977	Bill Travers	L	0–3	New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium	43,786

1978	Jerry Augustine	W	11–3	Baltimore Orioles	Milwaukee County Stadium	47,824

1979	Mike Caldwell	W	5–1	New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium	52,719

1980	Jim Slaton (3)	ND (W)	9–5	Boston Red Sox	Milwaukee County Stadium	53,313

1981*	Mike Caldwell (2)	W	5–3	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium	71,067

1982**	Pete Vuckovich	W	15–4	Toronto Blue Jays	Exhibition Stadium	30,216

1983	Don Sutton	L	2–3	California Angels	Anaheim Stadium	34,177

1984	Don Sutton (2)	ND (L)	5–6	Oakland Athletics	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	45,398

1985	Moose Haas	L	2–4	Chicago White Sox	Milwaukee County Stadium	43,027

1986	Teddy Higuera	L	3–5	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park	42,265

1987	Teddy Higuera (2)	W	5–1	Boston Red Sox	Milwaukee County Stadium	52,585

1988	Teddy Higuera (3)	W	12–0	Baltimore Orioles	Memorial Stadium	52,395

1989	Don August	L	1–2	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium	40,618

1990	Chris Bosio	L	1–2	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park	40,008

1991	Mark Knudson	W	5–4	Texas Rangers	Arlington Stadium	40,560

1992	Bill Wegman	ND (L)	2–4	Minnesota Twins	Milwaukee County Stadium	52,470

1993	Bill Wegman (2)	L	1–3	California Angels	Anaheim Stadium	33,635

1994	Cal Eldred	ND (L)	7–11	Oakland Athletics	Milwaukee County Stadium	52,012

1995	Ricky Bones	ND (W)	12–3	Chicago White Sox	Milwaukee County Stadium	31,426

1996	Ricky Bones (2)	ND (W)	15–9	California Angels	Anaheim Stadium	27,836

1997	Ben McDonald	L	5–6	Texas Rangers	The Ballpark in Arlington	45,098

1998	Cal Eldred	ND (L)	1–2	Atlanta Braves	Turner Field	42,891

1999	Rafael Roque	ND (W)	10–8	St. Louis Cardinals	Busch Stadium	47,806

2000	Steve Woodard	ND (Tie)	3–3	Cincinnati Reds	Cinergy Field	55,596

2001	Jamey Wright	L	0–1	Los Angeles Dodgers	Dodger Stadium	53,154

2002	Ben Sheets	W	9–3	Houston Astros	Astros Field	42,262

2003	Ben Sheets (2)	ND (L)	9–11	St. Louis Cardinals	Busch Stadium	49,561

2004	Ben Sheets (3)	ND (W)	6–5	St. Louis Cardinals	Busch Stadium	49,149

2005	Ben Sheets (4)	W	9–2	Pittsburgh Pirates	PNC Park	38,016

2006	Doug Davis	ND (W)	5–2	Pittsburgh Pirates	Miller Park	45,023

2007	Ben Sheets (5)	W	7–1	Los Angeles Dodgers	Miller Park	45,341

2008*	Ben Sheets (6)	ND (W)	4–3 (10)	Chicago Cubs	Wrigley Field	41,089

2009	Jeff Suppan	L	6–10	San Francisco Giants	AT&T Park	42,767

2010	Yovani Gallardo	L	3–5	Colorado Rockies	Miller Park	45,808

2011*	Yovani Gallardo (2)	ND (L)	6–7	Cincinnati Reds	Great American Ballpark	42,398

2012	Yovani Gallardo (3)	L	5–11	St. Louis Cardinals	Miller Park	46,086

2013	Yovani Gallardo (4)	ND (W)	5–4	Colorado Rockies	Miller Park	45,781

2014	Yovani Gallardo (5)	W	2–0	Atlanta Braves	Miller Park	45,691

2015	Kyle Lohse	L	0–10	Colorado Rockies	Miller Park	46,032

2016	Wily Peralta	L	3–12	San Francisco Giants	Miller Park	44,318

2017	Junior Guerra	ND (L)	5–7	Colorado Rockies	Miller Park	43,336

2018	Chase Anderson	ND (W)	2–1	San Diego Padres	Petco Park	44,649

2019	Jhoulys Chacin	W	5-4	St. Louis Cardinals	Miller Park	45,304

Sentence(s)

The first Opening Day starting pitcher was Marty Pattin who received the win in a 4–3 victory against the California Angels.
The first Opening Day starting pitcher was Marty Pattin, who received the win in a 4–3 victory against the California Angels.

final_sentence: The first Opening Day starting pitcher was Marty Pattin who received the win in a 4–3 victory against the California Angels.
final_sentence: The first Opening Day starting pitcher was Marty Pattin, who received the win in a 4–3 victory against the California Angels.