Today’s Giants/Brewers game is a first in MLB Opening Day history. Its the first time both opposing pitchers (in this case Wily Peralta and Madison Bumgarner) will bat eighth in an Opening Day tilt. Here are the 25 prior occurrences of both starting hurlers batting eighth, along with the respective managers and team game numbers.
| date | vteam | vgm# | hteam | hgm# | vmgrnam | hmgrnam | vspnam | hspnam |
| 20080415 | MIL | 13 | SLN | 14 | Ned Yost | Tony LaRussa | David Bush | Braden Looper |
| 20080416 | MIL | 14 | SLN | 15 | Ned Yost | Tony LaRussa | Carlos Villanueva | Adam Wainwright |
| 20080421 | SLN | 20 | MIL | 19 | Tony LaRussa | Ned Yost | Adam Wainwright | Carlos Villanueva |
| 20080422 | SLN | 21 | MIL | 20 | Tony LaRussa | Ned Yost | Kyle Lohse | Manny Parra |
| 20080509 | SLN | 37 | MIL | 35 | Tony LaRussa | Ned Yost | Todd Wellemeyer | Manny Parra |
| 20080510 | SLN | 38 | MIL | 36 | Tony LaRussa | Ned Yost | Joel Pineiro | Ben Sheets |
| 20080511 | SLN | 39 | MIL | 37 | Tony LaRussa | Ned Yost | Braden Looper | Jeff Suppan |
| 20080512 | SLN | 40 | MIL | 38 | Tony LaRussa | Ned Yost | Adam Wainwright | David Bush |
| 20080711 | SLN | 94 | PIT | 92 | Tony LaRussa | John Russell | Kyle Lohse | Zach Duke |
| 20080712 | SLN | 95 | PIT | 93 | Tony LaRussa | John Russell | Todd Wellemeyer | Yoslan Herrera |
| 20080713 | SLN | 96 | PIT | 94 | Tony LaRussa | John Russell | Joel Pineiro | Ian Snell |
| 20150410 | CHN | 3 | COL | 4 | Joe Maddon | Walt Weiss | Travis Wood | Tyler Matzek |
| 20150412 | CHN | 5 | COL | 6 | Joe Maddon | Walt Weiss | Kyle Hendricks | Jordan Lyles |
| 20150512 | NYN | 33 | CHN | 32 | Terry Collins | Joe Maddon | Noah Syndergaard | Jake Arrieta |
| 20150516 | MIL | 37 | NYN | 37 | Craig Counsell | Terry Collins | Matt Garza | Jacob deGrom |
| 20150517 | MIL | 38 | NYN | 38 | Craig Counsell | Terry Collins | Wily Peralta | Noah Syndergaard |
| 20150611 | CIN | 59 | CHN | 58 | Bryan Price | Joe Maddon | Michael Lorenzen | Tsuyoshi Wada |
| 20150612 | CIN | 60 | CHN | 59 | Bryan Price | Joe Maddon | Johnny Cueto | Jason Hammel |
| 20150613 | CIN | 61 | CHN | 60 | Bryan Price | Joe Maddon | Mike Leake | Kyle Hendricks |
| 20150614 | CIN | 62 | CHN | 61 | Bryan Price | Joe Maddon | Anthony DeSclafani | Jon Lester |
| 20150626 | CIN | 72 | NYN | 75 | Bryan Price | Terry Collins | Johnny Cueto | Noah Syndergaard |
| 20150630 | CHN | 75 | NYN | 78 | Joe Maddon | Terry Collins | Kyle Hendricks | Jon Niese |
| 20150702 | CHN | 77 | NYN | 80 | Joe Maddon | Terry Collins | Jake Arrieta | Jacob deGrom |
| 20150720 | CHN | 91 | CIN | 90 | Joe Maddon | Bryan Price | Clayton Richard | Michael Lorenzen |
| 20150901 | SFN | 132 | LAN | 131 | Bruce Bochy | Don Mattingly | Madison Bumgarner | Zack Greinke |
Thank you Diane…I was missing the 5/12/15 game from my own list and fixed it thanks to you. I give you credit for today’s nugget with a link to your post in my history of pitchers not batting eighth: https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/a-history-of-pitchers-not-batting-ninth-and-the-managers-who-did-it-most-often/