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The 2009 Yokohama BayStars season features the BayStars quest to win their first Central League title since 1998. The team made a bit of a splash just before the season, signing former Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters starter Ryan Glynn to shore up their rotation, led by veterans Daisuke Miura and Hayato Terahara .
On the offensive side, the 'Stars picked up Dan Johnson, a journeyman minor leaguer, to give protection to 2008 batting champion Seiichi Uchikawa and slugging third baseman Shuichi Murata .
The year did not start well even before the regular season started. The 'Stars lost Murata to a pulled hamstring muscle during the 2009 World Baseball Classic in a seeding game against Team Japan's arch-rival Korea. The injury hurt the team in the worst way, as Yokohama's bad luck with batting with runners in scoring position continued from 2008. The BayStars scored just five runs in their first six games en route to another rough start in April.
Towards the end of May, BayStars manager Akihiko Ohya announced that he was taking a sabbatical, which turned into his resignation. Ohya's sudden resignation ended his second tenure as Yokohama manager. He had been manager previously from 1996 to 1997 and helped to put together the 1998 Japan Series Championship team. Ni-gun manager Tomio Tashiro was called on to replace Ohya, and he seemed to be the logical choice since he had been successful managing the ni-gun Shonan SeaRex . However, Tashiro could not turn the team's fortunes around as the team stumbled to another last-place finish in the Central League.
Regular season
Standings
Template:2009 Central League standings
Game log
2009 Game Log
April
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Record
1
April 3
@Dragons 4 - 1 Asao (1-0)Miura Iwase (1)37,678
0-1-0
2
April 4
@Dragons 6 - 0 Yoshimi (1-0)Glynn 36,528
0-2-0
3
April 5
@Dragons 6 - 0 Chen (1-0)Kobayashi 33,496
0-3-0
4
April 7
Giants 1 - 5 Takahashi (1-0)Terahara 20,168
0-4-0
5
April 8
Giants 1 - 12 Fukuda (1-0)Kudoh 16,361
0-5-0
6
April 9
Giants 2 - 9 Greisinger (1-1)Walrond 16,691
0-6-0
7
April 10
Swallows 9 - 1 Miura Sato (1-1)12,791
1-6-0
8
April 11
Swallows 0 - 3 Ichiba (1-0)Glynn Lim (3)17,817
1-7-0
9
April 12
Swallows 5 - 3 Yamaguchi Kawashima (1-1)Ishii 17,972
2-7-0
10
April 14
@Carp 1 - 4 Terahara Otake (1-1)Ishii 13,436
3-7-0
11
April 15
@Carp 3 - 2 Umetsu (1-0)Mastny Nagakawa (4)17,288
3-8-0
12
April 16
@Carp 1 - 2 (10) Yamaguchi Nagakawa (0-2)Ishii 14,476
4-8-0
13
April 17
Tigers 1 - 5 Ando (2-0)Miura 12,250
4-9-0
14
April 18
Tigers 4 - 9 Nomi (1-2)Glynn 25,773
4-10-0
15
April 19
Tigers 4 - 2 Kobayashi Fukuhara (0-2)Ishii 24,491
5-10-0
—
April 21
Carp Postponed (rained out)
16
April 22
Carp 4 - 5 Schultz (1-0)Ishii Nagakawa (5)16,948
5-11-0
17
April 23
Carp 2 - 0 Saito (1-1)Walrond Nagakawa (6)16,772
5-12-0
18
April 24
@Swallows 0 - 3 Miura Ichiba (1-1)Ishii 12,512
6-12-0
—
April 25
@Swallows Postponed (rained out)
19
April 26
@Swallows 2 - 6 Glynn Sato (2-2)16,185
7-12-0
20
April 28
@Tigers 8 - 4 Egusa (2-1)Yoshikawa 19,163
7-13-0
21
April 29
@Tigers 4 - 7 Walrond Ando (2-1)Ishii 46,431
8-13-0
22
April 30
@Tigers 3 - 2 Atchison (2-1)Ishii 45,758
8-14-0
May
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Record
23
May 2
Dragons 6 - 1 Miura Yamai (0-1)21,080
9-14-0
24
May 3
Dragons 0 - 2 Chen (2-1)Glynn 23,920
9-15-0
25
May 4
Dragons 2 - 4 Saito (1-0)Ishii Hirai (1)22,529
9-16-0
26
May 5
@Giants 4 - 6 Walrond Tono (2-2)Yamaguchi 45,835
10-16-0
27
May 6
@Giants 3 - 2 Yamaguchi (4-0)Sanada 43,182
10-17-0
28
May 7
@Giants 7 - 3 Nishimura (2-0)Yamaguchi 40,139
10-18-0
29
May 8
Tigers 2 - 0 Miura Ando (2-2)13,467
11-18-0
30
May 9
Tigers 4 - 0 Glynn Nomi (2-3)23,464
12-18-0
31
May 10
Tigers 4 - 12 Fukuhara (2-2)Kobayashi 23,963
12-19-0
32
May 12
Giants 3 - 5 Takahashi (2-0)Walrond Ochi (5)19,691
12-20-0
33
May 13
Giants 9 - 8 Yamaguchi Toyoda (1-1)20,412
13-20-0
34
May 14
Giants 5 - 9 Greisinger (5-2)Fujie 19,279
13-21-0
35
May 15
@Dragons 1 - 0 (10) Yoshimi (3-2)Ishii 27,711
13-22-0
36
May 16
@Dragons 2 - 1 (10) Iwase (1-1)Yamaguchi 32,869
13-23-0
37
May 17
@Dragons 4 - 1 Kawai (2-0)Kobayashi Iwase (8)33,935
13-24-0
38
May 19
@Marines 2 - 1 Karakawa (4-2)Ishii 16,387
13-25-0
39
May 20
@Marines 1 - 4 Walrond Naruse (2-2)Yamaguchi 17,019
14-25-0
40
May 22
@Lions 5 - 15 Miura Wakui (4-2)16,323
15-25-0
41
May 23
@Lions 10 - 6 Hoashi (2-2)Glynn 24,471
15-26-0
42
May 24
Eagles 2 - 5 Hasebe (3-3)Kobayashi Aoyama (1)18,041
15-27-0
43
May 25
Eagles 6 - 5 Kudoh Aoyama (0-1)18,696
16-27-0
44
May 27
Fighters 5 - 4 Kizuka Kikuchi (1-1)Yamaguchi 13,062
17-27-0
—
May 28
Fighters Postponed (rained out)
45
May 29
Fighters 1 - 7 Fujii (4-2)Miura 7,349
17-28-0
46
May 30
@Buffaloes 6 - 4 Kaneko (5-3)Glynn Kato (8)11,217
17-29-0
47
May 31
@Buffaloes 3 - 0 Hirano (2-1)Kobayashi 14,857
17-30-0
Player stats
Batting
Player
G
AB
H
Avg.
HR
RBI
SB
Pitching
Player
G
GS
IP
W
L
SV
ERA
SO
References
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