Pitchers Kenta Maeda and Yu Darvish were not involved in the decision in their opening day starts as Major League Baseball's return to a full 162-game schedule started Thursday.
Every team was scheduled to begin play on the first day of the 2021 MLB season, but the Boston Red Sox-Baltimore Orioles game was pushed back a day because of rain in Boston and the Washington Nationals-New York Mets opener was postponed due to COVID-19 issues.
At American Family Field in Milwaukee, Maeda, who was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Minnesota Twins in February 2020, allowed one earned run, six hits, two walks and a hit batter over 4⅓-innings in the team's 6-5 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.