2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows season

Japanese baseball team season The 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows season features the Swallows quest to win their first Central League title since 2001. Regular season Standings Central TOK Game log background:#101042; color:white; 2009 Game Log y background:#101042; color:white; April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1 || April 3 || @Tigers || 5 - 2 || Ando (1-0) || Ishikawa (0-1) || Fujikawa (1) || 33,792 || 0-1-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 4 || @Tigers || 1 - 5 || Sato (1-0) || Nomi (0-1) || || 33,449 || 1-1-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || April 5 || @Tigers || 6 - 7 || Kawashima (1-0) || Fukuhara (0-1) || Lim (1) || 33,436 || 2-1-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 4 || April 7 || Dragons || 3 - 4 || Takahashi (1-0) || Oshimoto (0-1) || Iwase (2) || 17,538 || 2-2-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 8 || Dragons || 8 - 4 || Kida (1-0) || Nakata (0-1) || || 15,089 || 3-2-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 9 || Dragons || 10 - 7 || Ishikawa (1-1) || Asao (1-1) || Lim (2) || 14,526 || 4-2-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 7 || April 10 || @BayStars || 9 - 1 || Miura (1-1) || Sato (1-1) || || 12,791 || 4-3-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || April 11 || @BayStars || 0 - 3 || Ichiba (1-0) || Glynn (0-2) || Lim (3) || 17,817 || 5-3-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 9 || April 12 || @BayStars || 5 - 3 || Yamaguchi (1-0) || Kawashima (1-1) || Ishii (1) || 17,972 || 5-4-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || April 14 || Giants || colspan=6|Postponed (rained out) |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 10 || April 15 || Giants || 2 - 6 || Greisinger (2-1) || Kida (1-1) || || 20,072 || 5-5-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 16 || Giants || 6 - 2 || Tateyama (1-0) || Utsumi (0-1) || || 16,592 || 6-5-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 17 || Carp || 6 - 1 || Ishikawa (2-1) || Aoki (0-1) || || 10,865 || 7-5-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || April 18 || Carp || 1 - 0 || Sato (2-1) || Maeda (2-1) || Lim (4) || 25,455 || 8-5-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || April 19 || Carp || 8 - 2 || Kawashima (2-1) || Shinoda (1-1) || || 17,702 || 9-5-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || April 21 || @Giants || 4 - 0 || Greisinger (3-1) || Kida (1-2) || || 20,817 || 9-6-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 16 || April 22 || @Giants || 3 - 2 || Yamaguchi (2-0) || Igarashi (0-1) || Kroon (6) || 15,876 || 9-7-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 17 || April 23 || @Giants || 2 - 1 || Ochi (2-0) || Oshimoto (0-2) || || 20,120 || 9-8-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 18 || April 24 || BayStars || 0 - 3 || Miura (2-2) || Ichiba (1-1) || Ishii (5) || 12,512 || 9-9-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || April 25 || BayStars || colspan=6|Postponed (rained out) |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 19 || April 26 || BayStars || 2 - 6 || Glynn (1-3) || Sato (2-2) || || 16,185 || 9-10-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || April 28 || @Dragons || 2 - 4 || Kida (2-2) || Asakura (2-1) || Lim (5) || 12,115 || 10-10-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || April 29 || @Dragons || 1 - 7 || Tateyama (2-0) || Asao (2-3) || || 33,318 || 11-10-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || April 30 || @Dragons || 0 - 3 || Ishikawa (3-1) || Yoshimi (2-2) || Lim (6) || 29,184 || 12-10-0 |- y background:#101042; color:white; May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 23 || May 2 || @Carp || 9 - 2 || Umetsu (2-0) || Ichiba (1-2) || || 31,427 || 12-11-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || May 3 || @Carp || 2 - 3 || Kida (3-2) || Yokoyama (0-1) || Lim (7) || 31,622 || 13-11-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || May 4 || @Carp || 3 - 5 || Oshimoto (1-2) || Makino (0-1) || Lim (8) || 31,834 || 14-11-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || May 5 || Tigers || colspan=6|Postponed (rained out) |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || May 6 || Tigers || colspan=6|Postponed (rained out) |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || May 7 || Tigers || 2 - 1 || Ishikawa (4-1) || Kubo (0-2) || Lim (9) || 15,575 || 15-11-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 27 || May 9 || Carp || 1 - 4 || Lewis (2-1) || Kawashima (2-2) || Nagakawa (10) || 19,119 || 15-12-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || May 10 || Carp || 4 - 1 || Tateyama (3-0) || Hayashi (0-1) || Lim (10) || 14,891 || 16-12-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 29 || May 12 || @Dragons || 6 - 3 || Asakura (3-2) || Ichiba (1-3) || Iwase (7) || 9,059 || 16-13-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || May 13 || @Dragons || 1 - 7 || Ishikawa (5-1) || Asao (3-4) || || 26,258 || 17-13-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || May 14 || @Dragons || 5 - 8 || Matsuoka (1-0) || Ogasawara (0-1) || Lim (11) || 25,010 || 18-13-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || May 15 || Tigers || 2 - 1 || Matsuoka (2-0) || Nomi (2-4) || Lim (12) || 22,528 || 19-13-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || May 16 || Tigers || 4 - 1 || Tateyama (4-0) || Fukuhara (2-3) || Lim (13) || 28,380 || 20-13-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || May 17 || Tigers || 2 - 1 || Kawashima (3-2) || Egusa (2-2) || Igarashi (1) || 19,534 || 21-13-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 19 || @Eagles || 3 - 7 || Ishikawa (6-1) || Rasner (2-3) || || 12,691 || 22-13-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 36 || May 20 || @Eagles || 2 - 0 || Tanaka (6-0) || Sato (2-3) || || 19,295 || 22-14-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || May 22 || @Fighters || 2 - 3 || Tateyama (5-0) || Fujii (3-2) || Lim (14) || 20,932 || 23-14-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 38 || May 23 || @Fighters || 3 - 0 || Darvish (6-1) || Barrett (0-1) || || 31,288 || 23-15-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 39 || May 24 || Hawks || 5 - 8 || Otonari (2-3) || Kawashima (3-3) || || 16,518 || 23-16-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || May 25 || Hawks || 2 - 3 || Sugiuchi (5-1) || Ishikawa (6-2) || Mahara (8) || 15,555 || 23-17-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 27 || Buffaloes || 5 - 4 || Matsuoka (3-0) || Katsuki (1-1) || Lim (15) || 12,014 || 24-17-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42 || May 28 || Buffaloes || 4 - 0 || Tateyama (6-0) || Mitsuhara (1-1) || || 7,348 || 25-17-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 43 || May 30 || @Marines || 6 - 3 || Naruse (3-2) || Tanaka (0-1) || || 15,431 || 25-18-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || May 31 || @Marines || 1 - 7 || Kawashima (4-3) || Omine (2-3) || || 27,310 || 26-18-0 |- y background:#101042; color:white; June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 45 || June 2 || @Lions || 7 - 3 || Wasdin (1-2) || Ishikawa (6-3) || || 16,001 || 26-19-0 |- | 46 || June 3 || @Lions || || || || || || |- | 47 || June 5 || Eagles || || || || || || |- | 48 || June 6 || Eagles || || || || || || |- | 49 || June 7 || Fighters || || || || || || |- | 50 || June 8 || Fighters || || || || || || |- | 51 || June 10 || @Hawks || || || || || || |- | 52 || June 11 || @Hawks || || || || || || |- | 53 || June 13 || @Buffaloes || || || || || || |- | 54 || June 14 || @Buffaloes || || || || || || |- | 55 || June 17 || Marines || || || || || || |- | 56 || June 18 || Marines || || || || || || |- | 57 || June 20 || Lions || || || || || || |- | 58 || June 21 || Lions || || || || || || |- | 59 || June 26 || @Giants || || || || || || |- | 60 || June 27 || @Giants || || || || || || |- | 61 || June 28 || @Giants || || || || || || |- | 62 || June 30 || @BayStars || || || || || || |- Player stats Batting Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB Pitching Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO References Tokyo Yakult Swallows Category:Tokyo Yakult Swallows seasons