2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season

The 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season features the Carp quest to win their first Central League title since 1991. The Hiroshima Toyo Carp drew an average home attendance of 26,015 in 2009.

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 @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

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB

Pitching

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO