2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season

Summary

The 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season features the Carp quest to win their first Central League title since 1991.

Regular season edit

Standings edit

2009 Central League regular season standings
Team Pld W L T PCT GB
Yomiuri Giants 144 89 46 9 .649
Chunichi Dragons 144 81 62 1 .566 12
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 144 71 72 1 .497 22
Hanshin Tigers 144 67 73 4 .479 24.5
Hiroshima Carp 144 65 75 4 .465 26.5
Yokohama BayStars 144 51 93 0 .354 42.5
Source: [citation needed]

Game log edit

2009 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 3 @Giants 3 - 6 Lewis (1-0) Greisinger (0-1) Nagakawa (1) 44,124 1-0-0
2 April 4 @Giants 3 - 5 K. Maeda (1-0) Nakamura (0-1) Nagakawa (2) 42,650 2-0-0
3 April 5 @Giants 1 - 1 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 42,275 2-0-1
4 April 7 @Tigers 11 - 10 Egusa (1-0) Nagakawa (0-1) 46,307 2-1-1
5 April 8 @Tigers 8 - 2 Shimoyanagi (1-0) Saito (0-1) 42,300 2-2-1
6 April 9 @Tigers 2 - 4 Hasegawa (1-0) Ishikawa (0-1) Nagakawa (3) 38,733 3-2-1
7 April 10 Dragons 3 - 11 Yoshimi (2-0) Lewis (1-1) Nelson (1) 30,618 3-3-1
8 April 11 Dragons 2 - 0 K. Maeda (2-0) Shimizu (0-1) 30,268 4-3-1
9 April 12 Dragons 10 - 0 Shinoda (1-0) Yamamoto (0-1) 30,139 5-3-1
10 April 14 BayStars 1 - 4 Terahara (1-1) Otake (1-1) Ishii (2) 13,436 5-4-1
11 April 15 BayStars 3 - 2 Umetsu (1-0) Mastny (0-1) Nagakawa (4) 17,288 6-4-1
12 April 16 BayStars 1 - 2 (10) Yamaguchi (2-0) Nagakawa (0-2) Ishii (3) 14,476 6-5-1
13 April 17 @Swallows 6 - 1 Ishikawa (2-1) T. Aoki (0-1) 10,865 6-6-1
14 April 18 @Swallows 1 - 0 Sato (2-1) K. Maeda (2-1) Lim (4) 25,455 6-7-1
15 April 19 @Swallows 8 - 2 R. Kawashima (2-1) Shinoda (1-1) 17,702 6-8-1
April 21 @BayStars Postponed (rained out)
16 April 22 @BayStars 4 - 5 Schultz (1-0) Ishii (0-1) Nagakawa (5) 16,948 7-8-1
17 April 23 @BayStars 2 - 0 Saito (1-1) Walrond (0-2) Nagakawa (6) 16,772 8-8-1
18 April 24 Tigers 0 - 4 Nomi (2-2) K. Maeda (2-2) 24,417 8-9-1
19 April 25 Tigers 1 - 12 Fukuhara (1-2) Hasegawa (1-1) 28,400 8-10-1
20 April 26 Tigers 2 - 1 Shinoda (2-1) Atchison (1-1) Nagakawa (7) 30,528 9-10-1
21 April 28 Giants 5 - 0 Otake (1-1) Utsumi (0-2) 24,423 10-10-1
22 April 29 Giants 2 - 0 Saito (2-1) Tono (2-1) Nagakawa (8) 31,773 11-10-1
23 April 30 Giants 4 - 7 Fukuda (2-0) K. Maeda (2-3) Ochi (1-1) 26,322 11-11-1
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
24 May 2 Swallows 9 - 2 Umetsu (2-0) Ichiba (1-2) 31,427 12-11-1
25 May 3 Swallows 2 - 3 Kida (3-2) Yokoyama (0-1) Lim (7) 31,622 12-12-1
26 May 4 Swallows 3 - 5 Oshimoto (1-2) Makino (0-1) Lim (8) 31,834 12-13-1
27 May 5 @Dragons 0 - 2 Otake (2-1) Asakura (2-2) Nagakawa (9) 37,494 13-13-1
28 May 6 @Dragons 4 - 2 Asao (3-3) Saito (2-2) Iwase (6) 36,159 13-14-1
29 May 7 @Dragons 4 - 3 Saito (2-0) Umetsu (2-1) 26,978 13-15-1
30 May 9 @Swallows 1 - 4 Lewis (2-1) R. Kawashima (2-2) Nagakawa (10) 19,119 14-15-1
31 May 10 @Swallows 4 - 1 Tateyama (3-0) Hayashi (0-1) Lim (10) 14,891 14-16-1
32 May 12 @Tigers 1 - 0 Shimoyanagi (3-2) Yokoyama (0-2) 41,558 14-17-1
33 May 13 @Tigers 1 - 2 (10) Yokoyama (1-2) Fujikawa (1-2) Nagakawa (11) 43,899 15-17-1
34 May 14 @Tigers 7 - 1 Ando (3-2) K. Maeda (2-4) 40,599 15-18-1
35 May 15 Giants 2 - 5 Gonzalez (3-0) T. Aoki (0-2) Kroon (7) 30,164 15-19-1
36 May 16 Giants 0 - 0 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 29,794 15-19-2
37 May 17 Giants 1 - 2 Ochi (3-1) Nagakawa (0-3) Kroon (8) 29,707 15-20-2
38 May 19 @Buffaloes 1 - 9 Otake (3-1) Kondo (3-3) 9,887 16-20-2
39 May 20 @Buffaloes 10 - 3 Yamamoto (3-2) K. Maeda (2-5) 11,107 16-21-2
40 May 22 @Hawks 6 - 3 Wada (3-2) Lewis (2-2) Mahara (6) 29,327 16-22-2
41 May 23 @Hawks 5 - 4 Mizuta (2-0) Saito (2-3) Mahara (7) 32,221 16-23-2
42 May 24 Lions 7 - 5 Komatsu (1-0) Nishiguchi (3-2) Nagakawa (12) 28,309 17-23-2
43 May 25 Lions 3 - 0 Otake (4-1) Kishi (6-1) Nagakawa (13) 24,558 18-23-2
44 May 27 Marines 8 - 3 K. Maeda (3-5) Karakawa (4-3) 22,513 19-23-2
45 May 28 Marines 4 - 3 Lewis (3-2) H. Kobayashi (0-4) Nagakawa (14) 12,048 20-23-2
May 30 @Eagles Postponed (rained out)
46 May 31 @Eagles 4 - 5 Otake (5-1) Iwakuma (5-3) Nagakawa (15) 18,015 21-23-2
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
47 June 1 @Eagles 0 - 2 Saito (3-3) Hasebe (3-4) Nagakawa (16) 10,402 22-23-2
48 June 2 @Fighters 1-2 K. Maeda (4-5) Itokazu (0-2) Nagakawa (17) 20,252 23-23-2
49 June 3 @Fighters 7-2 Tateyama (2-2) Yokoyama (1-3) 22,257 23-24-2
50 June 5 Hawks 4-1 (7) Mori (1-0) Ohba (0-2) Schultz (1) 28,814 24-24-2
51 June 6 Hawks 1-11 (7) Germano (1-0) Ohtake (5-2) 31,737 24-25-2
52 June 7 Buffaloes 6-1 Sato (4-3) Hirano (2-2) 28,747 25-25-2
53 June 8 Buffaloes
54 June 10 @Marines
55 June 11 @Marines
56 June 13 @Lions
57 June 14 @Lions
58 June 17 Eagles
59 June 18 Eagles
60 June 20 Fighters
61 June 21 Fighters
62 June 26 Dragons
63 June 27 Dragons
64 June 28 Dragons
65 June 30 @Giants

Player stats edit

Batting edit

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Pitching edit

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References edit