2009 Hanshin Tigers season

The 2009 Hanshin Tigers season features the Tigers quest to win their first Central League title since 2005.

Regular season

Standings

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

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Game log

2009 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 Swallows 5 - 2 Ando (1-0) Ishikawa (0-1) Fujikawa (1) 33,792 1-0-0 2 April 4 Swallows 1 - 5 Sato (1-0) Nomi (0-1) 33,449 1-1-0 3 April 5 Swallows 6 - 7 Kawashima (1-0) Fukuhara (0-1) Lim (1) 33,436 1-2-0 4 April 7 Carp 11 - 10 Egusa (1-0) Nagakawa (0-1) 46,307 2-2-0 5 April 8 Carp 8 - 2 Shimoyanagi (1-0) Saito (0-1) 42,300 3-2-0 6 April 9 Carp 2 - 4 Hasegawa (1-0) Ishikawa (0-1) Nagakawa (3) 38,733 3-3-0 7 April 10 @Giants 6 - 5 Ochi (1-0) Egusa (1-1) Kroon (1) 43,356 3-4-0 8 April 11 @Giants 4 - 1 Tono (1-0) Nomi (0-2) Kroon (2) 44,284 3-5-0 9 April 12 @Giants 6 - 6 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 44,246 3-5-1 — April 14 Dragons Postponed (rained out) 10 April 15 Dragons 2 - 9 Asakura (1-0) Shimoyanagi (1-1) 40,476 3-6-1 11 April 16 Dragons 4 - 3 Atchison (1-0) Asao (1-2) Fujikawa (2) 40,195 4-6-1 12 April 17 @BayStars 1 - 5 Ando (2-0) Miura (1-2) 12,250 5-6-1 13 April 18 @BayStars 4 - 9 Nomi (1-2) Glynn (0-3) 25,773 6-6-1 14 April 19 @BayStars 4 - 2 Kobayashi (1-1) Fukuhara (0-2) Ishii (4) 24,491 6-7-1 15 April 21 @Dragons 2 - 1 Asakura (2-0) Shimoyanagi (1-2) Iwase (3) 30,434 6-8-1 16 April 22 @Dragons 6 - 2 Asao (2-2) Kubo (0-1) Iwase (4) 31,650 6-9-1 17 April 23 @Dragons 1 - 4 (12) Fujikawa (1-0) Nelson (0-2) 30,850 7-9-1 18 April 24 @Carp 0 - 4 Nomi (2-2) Maeda (2-2) 24,417 8-9-1 19 April 25 @Carp 1 - 12 Fukuhara (1-2) Hasegawa (1-1) 28,400 9-9-1 20 April 26 @Carp 2 - 1 Shinoda (2-1) Atchison (1-1) Nagakawa (7) 30,528 9-10-1 21 April 28 BayStars 8 - 4 Egusa (2-1) Yoshikawa (0-1) 19,163 10-10-1 22 April 29 BayStars 4 - 7 Walrond (1-2) Ando (2-1) Ishii (6) 46,431 10-11-1 23 April 30 BayStars 3 - 2 Atchison (2-1) Ishii (0-2) 45,758 11-11-1
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 2 Giants 5 - 6 Yamaguchi (3-0) Fujikawa (1-1) Ochi (2) 46,425 11-12-1 25 May 3 Giants 0 - 4 Gonzalez (1-0) Cheng (0-1) 46,440 11-13-1 26 May 4 Giants 6 - 0 Shimoyanagi (2-2) Utsumi (0-3) 46,434 12-13-1 — May 5 @Swallows Postponed (rained out) — May 6 @Swallows Postponed (rained out) 27 May 7 @Swallows 2 - 1 Ishikawa (4-1) Kubo(0-2) Lim (9) 15,575 12-14-1 28 May 8 @BayStars 2 - 0 Miura (4-2) Ando (2-2) 13,467 12-15-1 29 May 9 @BayStars 4 - 0 Glynn (2-4) Nomi (2-3) 23,464 12-16-1 30 May 10 @BayStars 4 - 12 Fukuhara (2-2) Kobayashi (1-2) 23,963 13-16-1 31 May 12 Carp 1 - 0 Shimoyanagi (3-2) Yokoyama (0-2) 41,558 14-16-1 32 May 13 Carp 1 - 2 (10) Yokoyama (1-2) Fujikawa (1-2) Nagakawa (11) 43,899 14-17-1 33 May 14 Carp 7 - 1 Ando (3-2) Maeda (2-4) 40,599 15-17-1 34 May 15 @Swallows 2 - 1 Matsuoka (2-0) Nomi (2-4) Lim (12) 22,528 15-18-1 35 May 16 @Swallows 4 - 1 Tateyama (4-0) Fukuhara (2-3) Lim (13) 28,380 15-19-1 36 May 17 @Swallows 2 - 1 Kawashima (3-2) Egusa (2-2) Igarashi (1) 19,534 15-20-1 37 May 19 @Hawks 1 - 1 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 33,182 15-20-2 38 May 20 @Hawks 3 - 2 (10) Settsu (2-2) Egusa (2-3) 29,258 15-21-2 39 May 22 @Buffaloes 8 - 3 Kaneko (4-3) Ando (3-3) Kato (7) 23,433 15-22-2 40 May 23 @Buffaloes 3 - 7 Atchison (3-1) Vogelsong (0-1) 28,031 16-22-2 — May 24 Marines No game (called after 4 innings) 41 May 25 Marines 4 - 3 Kubo (1-2) Shimizu (1-3) Fujikawa (3) 43,474 17-22-2 42 May 26 Marines 2 - 3 Sikorski (4-2) Fujikawa (1-3) Ogino (7) 26,680 17-23-2 43 May 27 Lions 4 - 1 Shimoyanagi (4-2) Ishii (2-4) Fujikawa (4) 46,160 18-23-2 44 May 28 Lions 4 - 6 Wakui (5-2) Ando (3-4) Onodera (4) 44,395 18-24-2 45 May 30 @Fighters 8 - 2 Darvish (7-1) Fukuhara (2-4) 42,328 18-25-2 46 May 31 @Fighters 4 - 4 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 42,051 18-25-3
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 47 June 2 @Eagles 3 - 2 Rasner (3-3) Kubo (1-3) Aoyama (3) 20,128 18-26-3 48 June 3 @Eagles 2 - 3 19-26-3 49 June 5 Buffaloes 4 - 0 20-26-3 50 June 6 Buffaloes 7 - 0 21-26-3 51 June 7 Hawks 4 - 3 22-26-3 52 June 8 Hawks 1 - 8 22-27-3 53 June 10 @Lions 4 - 3 22-28-3 54 June 11 @Lions 6 - 5 22-29-3 55 June 13 @Marines 9 - 1 22-30-3 56 June 14 @Marines 4 - 1 22-31-3 57 June 16 Fighters 4 - 3 23-31-3 58 June 17 Fighters 5 - 10 23-32-3 59 June 20 Eagles 2 - 5 23-33-3 60 June 21 Eagles 4 - 2 24-33-3 61 June 26 BayStars 9 - 4 25-33-3 62 June 27 BayStars 3 - 5 25-34-3 63 June 28 BayStars 3 - 2 26-34-3 64 June 30 @Dragons 5 - 4 26-35-3
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 65 July 1 @Dragons 4 - 1 26-36-3 66 July 2 @Dragons 3 - 5 27-36-3 67 July 3 Swallows 7 - 2 28-36-3 68 July 4 Swallows 3 - 6 28-37-3 69 July 5 Swallows 4 - 1 29-37-3 70 July 7 @Carp 8 - 1 29-38-3 71 July 8 @Carp 3 - 1 29-39-3 72 July 10 Giants 5 - 7 29-40-3 73 July 11 Giants 2 - 2 Game tied after 12 innings 29-40-4 74 July 12 Giants 1 - 2 29-41-4 75 July 14 Dragons 5 - 4 30-41-4 76 July 15 Dragons 1 - 6 30-42-4 77 July 16 Dragons 4 - 6 30-43-4 78 July 17 @Giants 1 - 5 31-43-4 79 July 18 @Giants 11 - 4 31-44-4 80 July 19 @Giants 0 - 1 32-44-4 81 July 20 Swallows 2 - 3 32-45-4 — July 21 Swallows Postponed (rained out) 82 July 22 Swallows 0 - 5 32-46-4 83 July 28 BayStars 5 - 4 33-46-4 84 July 29 BayStars 8 - 0 34-46-4 85 July 30 BayStars 2 - 0 35-46-4 86 July 31 Giants 3 - 2 36-46-4
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 87 August 1 Giants 2 - 4 36-47-4 88 August 2 Giants 7 - 4 37-47-4 89 August 3 @Dragons 7 - 0 37-48-4 90 August 4 @Dragons 3 - 1 37-49-4 91 August 5 @Dragons 2 - 9 38-49-4 92 August 7 @Carp 0 - 4 39-49-4 93 August 8 @Carp 8 - 0 39-50-4 94 August 9 @Carp 7 - 3 39-51-4 95 August 11 Dragons 1 - 3 39-52-4 96 August 12 Dragons 6 - 1 40-52-4 97 August 13 Dragons 2 - 9 40-53-4 98 August 14 @Giants 4 - 7 41-53-4 99 August 15 @Giants 9 - 7 41-54-4 100 August 16 @Giants 2 - 5 42-54-4 101 August 18 @Swallows 1 - 4 43-54-4 102 August 19 @Swallows 4 - 2 43-55-4 103 August 20 @Swallows 2 - 10 44-55-4 104 August 21 Carp 0 - 9 44-56-4 105 August 22 Carp 2 - 1 45-56-4 106 August 23 Carp 8 - 2 46-56-4 107 August 25 @BayStars 3 - 4 47-56-4 108 August 26 @BayStars 3 - 9 48-56-4 109 August 27 @BayStars 4 - 1 48-57-4 110 August 28 Giants 5 - 1 49-57-4 111 August 29 Giants 5 - 7 49-58-4 112 August 30 Giants 3 - 1 50-58-4
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 113 September 1 Swallows 6 - 1 51-58-4 114 September 2 Swallows 9 - 4 52-58-4 115 September 3 Swallows 2 - 4 52-59-4 116 September 4 @Carp 0 - 2 53-59-4 117 September 5 @Carp 5 - 2 53-60-4 118 September 6 @Carp 1 - 4 54-60-4 119 September 8 Dragons 0 - 7 54-61-4 120 September 9 Dragons 4 - 0 55-61-4 121 September 10 Dragons 2 - 4 55-62-4 122 September 11 BayStars 2 - 1 56-62-4 123 September 12 BayStars 2 - 4 56-63-4 124 September 13 BayStars 2 - 1 57-63-4 125 September 15 @Giants 3 - 5 58-63-4 126 September 16 @Giants 6 - 7 59-63-4 127 September 17 @Giants 4 - 2 59-64-4 128 September 18 Carp 4 - 5 59-65-4 129 September 19 Carp 3 - 4 59-66-4 130 September 20 Carp 14 - 2 60-66-4 131 September 21 @BayStars 8 - 1 60-67-4 132 September 22 @BayStars 7 - 2 60-68-4 133 September 23 @BayStars 3 - 6 61-68-4 134 September 25 @Dragons 2 - 5 62-68-4 135 September 26 @Dragons 10 - 7 62-69-4 136 September 27 @Dragons 2 - 7 63-69-4 137 September 28 @Swallows 7 - 1 63-70-4 138 September 29 @Swallows 2 - 8 64-70-4 139 September 30 @Swallows 1 - 7 65-70-4
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 140 October 3 Swallows 4 - 6 65-71-4 141 October 4 Dragons 5 - 0 66-71-4 142 October 7 @Carp 1 - 5 67-71-4 143 October 8 @Swallows 5 - 0 67-72-4 144 October 9 @Swallows 3 - 1 67-73-4

Player stats

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB

Pitching

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO