2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season
The 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season features the Carp quest to win their first Central League title since 1991.
Regular season
Standings
Game log
| 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 |
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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 |
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Player stats
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