List of Houston Astros Opening Day starting pitchers
Pitchers

List of Houston Astros Opening Day starting pitchers

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

1962	Bobby Shantz	W	11–2	Chicago Cubs	Colt Stadium

1963	Turk Farrell	L	2–9	San Francisco Giants	Colt Stadium

1964	Ken Johnson	W	6–3	Cincinnati Reds	Crosley Field

1965	Bob Bruce	L	0–2	Philadelphia Phillies	Astrodome

1966	Robin Roberts	L	2–3	Los Angeles Dodgers	Dodger Stadium

1967	Mike Cuellar	W	6–1	Atlanta Braves	Astrodome

1968	Larry Dierker	W	5–4	Pittsburgh Pirates	Astrodome

1969	Don Wilson	L	1–2	San Diego Padres	San Diego Stadium

1970	Larry Dierker (2)	W	8–5	San Francisco Giants	Candlestick Park

1971	Larry Dierker (3)	W	5–2	Los Angeles Dodgers	Astrodome

1972	Don Wilson (2)	L	0–5	San Francisco Giants	Astrodome

1973	Dave Roberts	ND (W)	2–1	Atlanta Braves	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

1974	Dave Roberts (2)	L	1–5	San Francisco Giants	Candlestick Park

1975	Larry Dierker (4)	W	6–2	Atlanta Braves	Astrodome

1976	J.R. Richard	L	5–11	Cincinnati Reds	Riverfront Stadium

1977	J.R. Richard (2)	ND (W)	3–2	Atlanta Braves	Astrodome

1978	J.R. Richard (3)	L	9–11	Cincinnati Reds	Riverfront Stadium

1979	J.R. Richard (4)	W	2–1	Atlanta Braves	Astrodome

1980*	J.R. Richard (5)	W	3–2	Los Angeles Dodgers	Astrodome

1981*	Joe Niekro	L	0–2	Los Angeles Dodgers	Dodger Stadium

1982	Nolan Ryan	L	3–14	St. Louis Cardinals	Astrodome

1983	Joe Niekro (2)	ND (L)	7–16	Los Angeles Dodgers	Astrodome

1984	Joe Niekro (3)	L	2–4	Montreal Expos	Astrodome

1985	Nolan Ryan (2)	W	2–1	Los Angeles Dodgers	Astrodome

1986*	Nolan Ryan (3)	L	3–8	San Francisco Giants	Astrodome

1987	Mike Scott	W	4–3	Los Angeles Dodgers	Astrodome

1988	Mike Scott (2)	W	6–3	San Diego Padres	Astrodome

1989	Mike Scott (3)	W	10–3	Atlanta Braves	Astrodome

1990	Mike Scott (4)	ND (L)	4–8	Cincinnati Reds	Astrodome

1991	Mike Scott (5)	L	2–6	Cincinnati Reds	Riverfront Stadium

1992	Pete Harnisch	L	0–2	Atlanta Braves	Astrodome

1993	Doug Drabek	L	1–3	Philadelphia Phillies	Astrodome

1994	Pete Harnisch (2)	ND (W)	6–5	Montreal Expos	Astrodome

1995	Doug Drabek (2)	W	10–2	San Diego Padres	Jack Murphy Stadium

1996	Shane Reynolds	L	3–4	Los Angeles Dodgers	Astrodome

1997*	Shane Reynolds (2)	W	2–1	Atlanta Braves	Astrodome

1998*	Shane Reynolds (3)	ND (L)	4–9	San Francisco Giants	Astrodome

1999*	Shane Reynolds (4)	W	4–2	Chicago Cubs	Astrodome

2000	Shane Reynolds (5)	W	5–2	Pittsburgh Pirates	Three Rivers Stadium

2001*	Scott Elarton	W	11–3	Milwaukee Brewers	Enron Field

2002	Wade Miller	L	3–9	Milwaukee Brewers	Astros Field

2003	Roy Oswalt	W	10–4	Colorado Rockies	Minute Maid Park

2004*	Roy Oswalt (2)	ND (L)	4–5	San Francisco Giants	Minute Maid Park

2005**	Roy Oswalt (3)	L	3–7	St. Louis Cardinals	Minute Maid Park

2006	Roy Oswalt (4)	W	1–0	Florida Marlins	Minute Maid Park

2007	Roy Oswalt (5)	ND (L)	2–4	Pittsburgh Pirates	Minute Maid Park

2008	Roy Oswalt (6)	L	0–4	San Diego Padres	Petco Park

2009	Roy Oswalt (7)	L	2–4	Chicago Cubs	Minute Maid Park

2010	Roy Oswalt (8)	L	2–5	San Francisco Giants	Minute Maid Park

2011	Brett Myers	ND (L)	4–5	Philadelphia Phillies	Citizens Bank Park

2012	Wandy Rodriguez	ND (L)	4–5	Colorado Rockies	Minute Maid Park

2013	Bud Norris	W	8–2	Texas Rangers	Minute Maid Park

2014	Scott Feldman	W	6–2	New York Yankees	Minute Maid Park

2015*	Dallas Keuchel	W	2-0	Cleveland Indians	Minute Maid Park

2016	Dallas Keuchel (2)	W	5-3	New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium

2017***	Dallas Keuchel (3)	W	3-0	Seattle Mariners	Minute Maid Park

2018*	Justin Verlander	W	4-1	Texas Rangers	Globe Life Park

2019	Justin Verlander (2)	W	5-1	Tampa Bay Rays	Tropicana Field

Sentence(s)

In 1962, Bobby Shantz started their first Opening Day game against the Chicago Cubs at Houston's Colt Stadium and was credited with the win.

final_sentence: In 1962, Bobby Shantz started their first Opening Day game against the Chicago Cubs at Houston's Colt Stadium and was credited with the win.