2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows season

The 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows season features the Swallows quest to win their first Central League title since 2001.

Regular season

Standings

Central League	G	W	L	T	Win%	GB
Yomiuri Giants	144	89	46	9	.659	—
Chunichi Dragons	144	81	62	1	.566	12
Tokyo Yakult Swallows	144	71	72	1	.497	22
Hanshin Tigers	144	67	73	4	.479	24½
Hiroshima Carp	144	65	75	4	.464	26½
Yokohama BayStars	144	51	93	0	.354	42½

Game log

2009 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 @Tigers 5 - 2 Ando (1-0) Ishikawa (0-1) Fujikawa (1) 33,792 0-1-0 2 April 4 @Tigers 1 - 5 Sato (1-0) Nomi (0-1) 33,449 1-1-0 3 April 5 @Tigers 6 - 7 Kawashima (1-0) Fukuhara (0-1) Lim (1) 33,436 2-1-0 4 April 7 Dragons 3 - 4 Takahashi (1-0) Oshimoto (0-1) Iwase (2) 17,538 2-2-0 5 April 8 Dragons 8 - 4 Kida (1-0) Nakata (0-1) 15,089 3-2-0 6 April 9 Dragons 10 - 7 Ishikawa (1-1) Asao (1-1) Lim (2) 14,526 4-2-0 7 April 10 @BayStars 9 - 1 Miura (1-1) Sato (1-1) 12,791 4-3-0 8 April 11 @BayStars 0 - 3 Ichiba (1-0) Glynn (0-2) Lim (3) 17,817 5-3-0 9 April 12 @BayStars 5 - 3 Yamaguchi (1-0) Kawashima (1-1) Ishii (1) 17,972 5-4-0 — April 14 Giants Postponed (rained out) 10 April 15 Giants 2 - 6 Greisinger (2-1) Kida (1-1) 20,072 5-5-0 11 April 16 Giants 6 - 2 Tateyama (1-0) Utsumi (0-1) 16,592 6-5-0 12 April 17 Carp 6 - 1 Ishikawa (2-1) Aoki (0-1) 10,865 7-5-0 13 April 18 Carp 1 - 0 Sato (2-1) Maeda (2-1) Lim (4) 25,455 8-5-0 14 April 19 Carp 8 - 2 Kawashima (2-1) Shinoda (1-1) 17,702 9-5-0 15 April 21 @Giants 4 - 0 Greisinger (3-1) Kida (1-2) 20,817 9-6-0 16 April 22 @Giants 3 - 2 Yamaguchi (2-0) Igarashi (0-1) Kroon (6) 15,876 9-7-0 17 April 23 @Giants 2 - 1 Ochi (2-0) Oshimoto (0-2) 20,120 9-8-0 18 April 24 BayStars 0 - 3 Miura (2-2) Ichiba (1-1) Ishii (5) 12,512 9-9-0 — April 25 BayStars Postponed (rained out) 19 April 26 BayStars 2 - 6 Glynn (1-3) Sato (2-2) 16,185 9-10-0 20 April 28 @Dragons 2 - 4 Kida (2-2) Asakura (2-1) Lim (5) 12,115 10-10-0 21 April 29 @Dragons 1 - 7 Tateyama (2-0) Asao (2-3) 33,318 11-10-0 22 April 30 @Dragons 0 - 3 Ishikawa (3-1) Yoshimi (2-2) Lim (6) 29,184 12-10-0
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 2 @Carp 9 - 2 Umetsu (2-0) Ichiba (1-2) 31,427 12-11-0 24 May 3 @Carp 2 - 3 Kida (3-2) Yokoyama (0-1) Lim (7) 31,622 13-11-0 25 May 4 @Carp 3 - 5 Oshimoto (1-2) Makino (0-1) Lim (8) 31,834 14-11-0 — May 5 Tigers Postponed (rained out) — May 6 Tigers Postponed (rained out) 26 May 7 Tigers 2 - 1 Ishikawa (4-1) Kubo (0-2) Lim (9) 15,575 15-11-0 27 May 9 Carp 1 - 4 Lewis (2-1) Kawashima (2-2) Nagakawa (10) 19,119 15-12-0 28 May 10 Carp 4 - 1 Tateyama (3-0) Hayashi (0-1) Lim (10) 14,891 16-12-0 29 May 12 @Dragons 6 - 3 Asakura (3-2) Ichiba (1-3) Iwase (7) 9,059 16-13-0 30 May 13 @Dragons 1 - 7 Ishikawa (5-1) Asao (3-4) 26,258 17-13-0 31 May 14 @Dragons 5 - 8 Matsuoka (1-0) Ogasawara (0-1) Lim (11) 25,010 18-13-0 32 May 15 Tigers 2 - 1 Matsuoka (2-0) Nomi (2-4) Lim (12) 22,528 19-13-0 33 May 16 Tigers 4 - 1 Tateyama (4-0) Fukuhara (2-3) Lim (13) 28,380 20-13-0 34 May 17 Tigers 2 - 1 Kawashima (3-2) Egusa (2-2) Igarashi (1) 19,534 21-13-0 35 May 19 @Eagles 3 - 7 Ishikawa (6-1) Rasner (2-3) 12,691 22-13-0 36 May 20 @Eagles 2 - 0 Tanaka (6-0) Sato (2-3) 19,295 22-14-0 37 May 22 @Fighters 2 - 3 Tateyama (5-0) Fujii (3-2) Lim (14) 20,932 23-14-0 38 May 23 @Fighters 3 - 0 Darvish (6-1) Barrett (0-1) 31,288 23-15-0 39 May 24 Hawks 5 - 8 Otonari (2-3) Kawashima (3-3) 16,518 23-16-0 40 May 25 Hawks 2 - 3 Sugiuchi (5-1) Ishikawa (6-2) Mahara (8) 15,555 23-17-0 41 May 27 Buffaloes 5 - 4 Matsuoka (3-0) Katsuki (1-1) Lim (15) 12,014 24-17-0 42 May 28 Buffaloes 4 - 0 Tateyama (6-0) Mitsuhara (1-1) 7,348 25-17-0 43 May 30 @Marines 6 - 3 Naruse (3-2) Tanaka (0-1) 15,431 25-18-0 44 May 31 @Marines 1 - 7 Kawashima (4-3) Omine (2-3) 27,310 26-18-0
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 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