2009 Saitama Seibu Lions season

thumb|Seibu stadium The 2009 Saitama Seibu Lions season features the Lions quest to win back-to-back Japan Series titles. Regular season Standings Pacific SAI Game log background:#143D69; color:white; 2009 Game Log y background:#143D69;color:white April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 3 || @Marines || 2 - 5 || Wakui (1-0) || Shimizu (0-1) || Graman (1) || 30,041 || 1-0-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 4 || @Marines || 10 - 5 || Komiyama (1-0) || Hoashi (0-1) || || 26,819 || 1-1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || April 5 || @Marines || 6 - 5 || Sikorski (1-0) || Graman (0-1) || || 24,313 || 1-2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 7 || Buffaloes || 8 - 3 || Kishi (1-0) || Kaneko (0-1) || || 24,011 || 2-2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 5 || April 8 || Buffaloes || 2 - 10 || Yamamoto (1-0) || Ishii (0-1) || || 10,001 || 2-3-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 9 || Buffaloes || 13 - 6 || Nishiguchi (1-0) || Hirano (0-1) || || 9,813 || 3-3-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || April 10 || @Eagles || 0 - 6 || Wakui (2-0) || Iwakuma (1-1) || || 15,990 || 4-3-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || April 11 || @Eagles || 2 - 5 || Onodera (1-0) || Hasebe (0-1) || Graman (2) || 17,835 || 5-3-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 9 || April 12 || @Eagles || 4 - 1 || Rasner (1-0) || Wasdin (0-1) || || 17,477 || 5-4-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || April 14 || @Hawks || 3 - 5 || Kishi (2-0) || Loe (0-2) || Graman (3) || 14,451 || 6-4-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | 11 || April 15 || @Hawks || 2 - 2 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || 26,498 || 6-4-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 16 || @Hawks || 5 - 12 || Nishiguchi (2-0) || Otonari (0-2) || Hirano (1) || 25,538 || 7-4-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 13 || April 17 || Fighters || 2 - 4 || Darvish (2-1) || Wakui (2-1) || Takeda (2) || 15,181 || 7-5-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 14 || April 18 || Fighters || 4 - 6 || Tanimoto (1-0) || Shotsu (0-1) || Takeda (3) || 28,525 || 7-6-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || April 19 || Fighters || 6 - 8 || Miyanishi (1-0) || Onodera (1-1) || Takeda (4) || 22,315 || 7-7-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || April 21 || @Buffaloes || 1 - 7 || Kishi (3-0) || Kaneko (1-2) || || 10,326 || 8-7-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 17 || April 22 || @Buffaloes || 6 - 3 || Yamamoto (2-0) || Ishii (0-2) || || 10,805 || 8-8-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 18 || April 23 || @Buffaloes || 2 - 1 || Kato (1-0) || Onuma (0-1) || || 10,586 || 8-9-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 24 || Marines || 3 - 1 || Wakui (3-1) || Karakawa (1-2) || || 12,618 || 9-9-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 20 || April 25 || Marines || 2 - 3 || Naruse (1-0) || Hoashi (0-2) || Ogino (2) || 23,147 || 9-10-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 21 || April 26 || Marines || 5 - 11 || Omine (1-0) || Wasdin (0-2) || || 23,647 || 9-11-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || April 28 || Hawks || 5 - 4 || Kishi (4-0) || Loe (0-3) || Onodera (1) || 16,151 || 10-11-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || April 29 || Hawks || 7 - 2 || Ishii (1-2) || Houlton (2-1) || || 28,855 || 11-11-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 24 || April 30 || Hawks || 5 - 8 || Mizuta (1-0) || Doi (0-1) || Mahara (4) || 15,720 || 11-12-1 |- y background:#143D69;color:white May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || May 1 || @Fighters || 1 - 2 (12) || Onuma (1-1) || Tateyama (1-2) || Nogami (1) || 28,007 || 12-12-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 26 || May 2 || @Fighters || 7 - 6 (11) || Takeda (1-0) || Nogami (0-1) || || 34,711 || 12-13-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 27 || May 3 || @Fighters || 6 - 5 (12) || Tanimoto (2-0) || Onodera (1-2) || || 40,754 || 12-14-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || May 4 || Eagles || 8 - 3 || Kishi (5-0) || Kawai (0-2) || || 33,911 || 13-14-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 29 || May 5 || Eagles || 3 - 7 || Isaka (1-0) || Ishii (1-3) || || 33,908 || 13-15-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 30 || May 6 || Eagles || 3 - 6 || Hasebe (2-2) || Nishiguchi (2-1) || || 31,440 || 13-16-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 31 || May 8 || @Hawks || 4 - 3 || Settsu (1-2) || Graman (0-2) || || 29,611 || 13-17-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || May 9 || @Hawks || 1 - 9 || Hoashi (1-2) || Arakaki (0-2) || || 30,863 || 14-17-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 33 || May 10 || @Hawks || 8 - 1 || Sugiuchi (4-1) || Nogami (0-2) || || 30,337 || 14-18-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || May 12 || @Buffaloes || 5 - 6 || Kishi (6-0) || Kondo (3-2) || Onodera (2) || 10,502 || 15-18-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 13 || @Buffaloes || 3 - 8 || Ishii (2-3) || Yamamoto (2-2) || || 10,454 || 16-18-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || May 14 || @Buffaloes || 1 - 3 || Nishiguchi (3-1) || Kaneko (3-3) || Onodera (3) || 10,229 || 17-18-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || May 15 || @Marines || 0 - 18 || Wakui (4-1) || Watanabe (1-4) || || 17,567 || 18-18-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 38 || May 16 || @Marines || 6 - 4 || Ito (2-1) || Onuma (1-2) || Ogino (5) || 20,074 || 18-19-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 39 || May 17 || @Marines || 8 - 5 || Ono (2-3) || Hirano (0-1) || Ogino (6) || 14,363 || 18-20-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || May 19 || Dragons || 5 - 7 || Asakura (4-2) || Onuma (1-3) || Iwase (9) || 18,110 || 18-21-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 20 || Dragons || 2 - 1 (10) || Nogami (1-2) || Asao (3-5) || || 19,203 || 19-21-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 42 || May 22 || BayStars || 5 - 15 || Miura (5-2) || Wakui (4-2) || || 16,323 || 19-22-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 43 || May 23 || BayStars || 10 - 6 || Hoashi (2-2) || Glynn (2-5) || || 24,471 || 20-22-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 44 || May 24 || @Carp || 7 - 5 || Komatsu (1-0) || Nishiguchi (3-2) || Nagakawa (12) || 28,309 || 20-23-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 45 || May 25 || @Carp || 3 - 0 || Otake (4-1) || Kishi (6-1) || Nagakawa (13) || 24,558 || 20-24-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 46 || May 27 || @Tigers || 4 - 1 || Shimoyanagi (4-2) || Ishii (2-4) || Fujikawa (4) || 46,160 || 20-25-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || May 28 || @Tigers || 4 - 6 || Wakui (5-2) || Ando (3-4) || Onodera (4) || 44,395 || 21-25-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | 48 || May 30 || Giants || 2 - 2 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || 33,778 || 21-25-2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || May 31 || Giants || 3 - 2 (10) || Onodera (2-2) || Kroon (0-1) || || 33,173 || 22-25-2 |- y background:#143D69;color:white June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 50 || June 2 || Swallows || 7 - 3 || Wasdin (1-2) || Ishikawa (6-3) || || 16,001 || 23-25-2 |- | 51 || June 3 || Swallows || || || || || || |- | 52 || June 5 || @BayStars || || || || || || |- | 53 || June 6 || @BayStars || || || || || || |- | 54 || June 7 || @Dragons || || || || || || |- | 55 || June 8 || @Dragons || || || || || || |- | 56 || June 10 || Tigers || || || || || || |- | 57 || June 11 || Tigers || || || || || || |- | 58 || June 13 || Carp || || || || || || |- | 59 || June 14 || Carp || || || || || || |- | 60 || June 16 || @Giants || || || || || || |- | 61 || June 17 || @Giants || || || || || || |- | 62 || June 20 || @Swallows || || || || || || |- | 63 || June 21 || @Swallows || || || || || || |- | 64 || June 26 || Hawks || || || || || || |- | 65 || June 27 || Hawks || || || || || || |- | 66 || June 28 || Hawks || || || || || || |- | 67 || June 30 || Marines || || || || || || |- y background:#143D69;color:white July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- | 68 || July 1 || Marines || || || || || || |- | 69 || July 2 || Marines || || || || || || |- | 70 || July 3 || @Eagles || || || || || || |- | 71 || July 4 || @Eagles || || || || || || |- | 72 || July 5 || @Eagles || || || || || || |- | 73 || July 7 || Fighters || || || || || || |- | 74 || July 8 || Fighters || || || || || || |- | 75 || July 9 || Fighters || || || || || || |- | 76 || July 10 || Buffaloes || || || || || || |- | 77 || July 11 || Buffaloes || || || || || || |- | 78 || July 12 || Buffaloes || || || || || || |- | 79 || July 14 || Eagles || || || || || || |- | 80 || July 15 || Eagles || || || || || || |- | 81 || July 16 || Eagles || || || || || || |- | 82 || July 18 || @Fighters || || || || || || |- | 83 || July 19 || @Fighters || || || || || || |- | 84 || July 20 || Buffaloes || || || || || || |- | 85 || July 21 || Buffaloes || || || || || || |- | 86 || July 22 || Buffaloes || || || || || || |- | 87 || July 28 || @Eagles || || || || || || |- | 88 || July 29 || @Eagles || || || || || || |- | 89 || July 31 || @Buffaloes || || || || || || |- y background:#143D69;color:white August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- | 90 || August 1 || @Buffaloes || || || || || || |- | 91 || August 2 || @Buffaloes || || || || || || |- | 92 || August 4 || Fighters || || || || || || |- | 93 || August 5 || Fighters || || || || || || |- | 94 || August 6 || Fighters || || || || || || |- | 95 || August 7 || Hawks || || || || || || |- | 96 || August 8 || Hawks || || || || || || |- | 97 || August 9 || Hawks || || || || || || |- | 98 || August 11 || @Marines || || || || || || |- | 99 || August 12 || @Marines || || || || || || |- | 100 || August 13 || @Marines || || || || || || |- | 101 || August 14 || @Fighters || || || || || || |- | 102 || August 15 || @Fighters || || || || || || |- | 103 || August 16 || @Fighters || || || || || || |- | 104 || August 18 || @Hawks || || || || || || |- | 105 || August 19 || @Hawks || || || || || || |- | 106 || August 20 || @Hawks || || || || || || |- | 107 || August 21 || Marines || || || || || || |- | 108 || August 22 || Marines || || || || || || |- | 109 || August 23 || Marines || || || || || || |- | 110 || August 25 || Eagles || || || || || || |- | 111 || August 26 || Eagles || || || || || || |- | 112 || August 27 || Eagles || || || || || || |- | 113 || August 28 || @Buffaloes || || || || || || |- | 114 || August 29 || @Buffaloes || || || || || || |- | 115 || August 30 || @Buffaloes || || || || || || |- y background:#143D69;color:white September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- | 116 || September 1 || @Eagles || || || || || || |- | 117 || September 2 || @Eagles || || || || || || |- | 118 || September 3 || @Eagles || || || || || || |- | 119 || September 4 || @Hawks || || || || || || |- | 120 || September 5 || @Hawks || || || || || || |- | 121 || September 6 || @Hawks || || || || || || |- | 122 || September 8 || Fighters || || || || || || |- | 123 || September 9 || Fighters || || || || || || |- | 124 || September 10 || Fighters || || || || || || |- | 125 || September 11 || Buffaloes || || || || || || |- | 126 || September 12 || Buffaloes || || || || || || |- | 127 || September 13 || Buffaloes || || || || || || |- | 128 || September 15 || @Marines || || || || || || |- | 129 || September 16 || @Marines || || || || || || |- | 130 || September 17 || @Marines || || || || || || |- | 131 || September 18 || Hawks || || || || || || |- | 132 || September 19 || Hawks || || || || || || |- | 133 || September 20 || Hawks || || || || || || |- | 134 || September 21 || @Fighters || || || || || || |- | 135 || September 22 || @Fighters || || || || || || |- | 136 || September 23 || @Fighters || || || || || || |- | 137 || September 25 || Eagles || || || || || || |- | 138 || September 26 || Eagles || || || || || || |- | 139 || September 27 || Eagles || || || || || || |- | 140 || September 29 || Marines || || || || || || |- | 141 || September 30 || Marines || || || || || || |- y background:#143D69;color:white October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- | 142 || October 1 || Marines || || || || || || |- | 143 || October 3 || @Eagles || || || || || || |- | 144 || October 5 || @Fighters || || || || || || |- Player stats Batting Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB Pitching Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO References Saitama Seibu Lions Category:Saitama Seibu Lions seasons