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The 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows season features the Swallows quest to win their first Central League title since 2001.
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 |
@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
|
|
|
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Player stats
Batting
| Player
|
G
|
AB
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H
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Avg.
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HR
|
RBI
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SB
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Pitching
| Player
|
G
|
GS
|
IP
|
W
|
L
|
SV
|
ERA
|
SO
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References
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- Established in 1950
- Formerly the Kokutestu Swallows, the Sankei Swallows, the Sankei Atoms, the Atoms, Yakult Atoms, and the Tokyo Swallows
- Based in Tokyo
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