List of Nashville Sounds Opening Day starting pitchers
Pitchers

List of Nashville Sounds Opening Day starting pitchers

Section Title: Pitchers
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Season	Pitcher	Decision	Score	Opponent	Location	Ref

1978	Bill Dawley	L	2–4	Memphis Chicks	Tim McCarver Stadium

1979	Bill Dawley (2)	L	1–7	Jacksonville Suns	Sam W. Wolfson Baseball Park

1980^	Tom Filer	L	4–6	Columbus Astros	Golden Park

1981*	Jamie Werly	ND (W)	8–7	Birmingham Barons	Herschel Greer Stadium

1982	Stefan Wever	ND (L)	9–10 (13)	Columbus Astros	Golden Park

1983^	Mark Shiflett	L	4–5	Orlando Twins	Tinker Field

1984^	Jim Deshaies	W	7–3	Orlando Twins	Tinker Field

1985	Randy O'Neal	W	3–1	Buffalo Bisons	Herschel Greer Stadium

1986	Bryan Kelly	ND (W)	6–3	Indianapolis Indians	Herschel Greer Stadium

1987	Scott Terry	W	8–4	Omaha Royals	Herschel Greer Stadium

1988	Norm Charlton	ND (W)	7–6	Indianapolis Indians	Herschel Greer Stadium

1989	Jack Armstrong	L	2–4	Indianapolis Indians	Bush Stadium

1990*	Rodney Imes	L	6–8	Omaha Royals	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium

1991	Rodney Imes (2)	ND (W)	2–1	Omaha Royals	Herschel Greer Stadium

1992	Gino Minutelli	L	2–6	Denver Zephyrs	Mile High Stadium

1993*	Larry Thomas	ND (W)	8–5	Iowa Cubs	Herschel Greer Stadium

1994^	Steve Schrenk	W	10–5	Oklahoma City 89ers	All Sports Stadium

1995	Brian Keyser	ND (W)	6–3	Buffalo Bisons	North AmeriCare Park

1996	Luis Andújar	L	5–8	Buffalo Bisons	Herschel Greer Stadium

1997	Tom Fordham	ND (L)	3–4 (11)	Buffalo Bisons	North AmeriCare Park

1998	Sean Lawrence	L	2–7	Iowa Cubs	Sec Taylor Stadium

1999	Bob Milacki	W	7–0	Edmonton Trappers	Herschel Greer Stadium

2000	Danilo León	W	10–5	Omaha Golden Spikes	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium

2001	Sam McConnell	ND (L)	2–3	Memphis Redbirds	AutoZone Park

2002	Bronson Arroyo	L	5–12	Sacramento River Cats	Herschel Greer Stadium

2003§	Ryan Vogelsong	W	5–4	Iowa Cubs	Herschel Greer Stadium

2004	Nelson Figueroa	L	3–6	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Herschel Greer Stadium

2005	José Capellán	ND (W)	7–3 (7)	New Orleans Zephyrs	Herschel Greer Stadium

2006*	Ben Hendrickson	ND (L)	3–5	Omaha Royals	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium

2007*	Zach Jackson	L	1–4	New Orleans Zephyrs	Herschel Greer Stadium

2008	Zach Jackson (2)	L	2–5	New Orleans Zephyrs	Zephyr Field

2009	Sam Narron	ND (L)	5–7	New Orleans Zephyrs	Herschel Greer Stadium

2010	Kameron Loe	W	6–3	Iowa Cubs	Principal Park

2011	Amaury Rivas	W	5–1	New Orleans Zephyrs	Herschel Greer Stadium

2012	Wily Peralta	ND (L)	2–6	New Orleans Zephyrs	Zephyr Field

2013	Tyler Thornburg	ND (W)	5–4	New Orleans Zephyrs	Herschel Greer Stadium

2014	Johnny Hellweg	W	4–2	Omaha Storm Chasers	Werner Park

2015	Chris Bassitt	L	5–7	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Security Service Field

2016*	Chris Smith	L	0–5	Oklahoma City Dodgers	First Tennessee Park

2017	Daniel Gossett	ND (L)	1–2	Round Rock Express	Dell Diamond

2018	James Naile	W	11–0	New Orleans Baby Cakes	Shrine on Airline

2019	Taylor Hearn	L	4–5	Iowa Cubs	First Tennessee Park

Sentence(s)

In 2013, Tyler Thornburg took a no decision in the Opening Day game at Greer Stadium and had a 5–4 Sounds win.
In 2013, Tyler Thornburg took a no decision in the Opening Day game at Greer Stadium, a 5–4 Sounds win.
In 2013, starter Tyler Thornburg took a no decision in the Opening Day game at Greer Stadium, a 5–4 Sounds win.

final_sentence: In 2013, Tyler Thornburg took a no decision in the Opening Day game at Greer Stadium and had a 5–4 Sounds win.
final_sentence: In 2013, Tyler Thornburg took a no decision in the Opening Day game at Greer Stadium, a 5–4 Sounds win.
final_sentence: In 2013, starter Tyler Thornburg took a no decision in the Opening Day game at Greer Stadium, a 5–4 Sounds win.