2009 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

The 2009 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season features the Eagles quest to win their first Pacific League title.

Regular season

Standings

Pacific League	G	W	L	T	Win%	GB
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	144	82	60	2	.577	—
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	144	77	66	1	.538	5½
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	144	74	65	5	.532	6½
Saitama Seibu Lions	144	70	70	4	.500	11
Chiba Lotte Marines	144	62	77	5	.446	18½
Orix Buffaloes	144	56	86	2	.394	26

Game log

2009 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 @Fighters 1 - 3 Iwakuma (1-0) Darvish (0-1) Arime (1) 42,328 1-0-0 2 April 4 @Fighters 5 - 6 Gwyn (1-0) Fujii (0-1) Kawagishi (1) 36,316 2-0-0 3 April 5 @Fighters 6 - 9 (11) Kawagishi (1-0) Sakamoto (0-1) 34,252 3-0-0 4 April 7 Hawks 6 - 0 Tanaka (1-0) Loe (0-1) 17,281 4-0-0 5 April 8 Hawks 0 - 7 Houlton (1-0) Asai (0-1) 13,373 4-1-0 6 April 9 Hawks 2 - 1 Nagai (1-0) Otonari (0-1) Koyama (1) 12,418 5-1-0 7 April 10 Lions 0 - 6 Wakui (2-0) Iwakuma (1-1) 15,990 5-2-0 8 April 11 Lions 2 - 5 Onodera (1-0) Hasebe (0-1) Graman (2) 17,835 5-3-0 9 April 12 Lions 4 - 1 Rasner (1-0) Wasdin (0-1) 17,477 6-3-0 10 April 14 @Marines 1 - 2 Tanaka (2-0) Watanabe (0-1) 9,247 7-3-0 11 April 15 @Marines 7 - 1 Karakawa (1-1) Asai (0-2) 16,235 7-4-0 12 April 16 @Marines 11 - 7 (10) Sikorski (2-1) Koyama (0-1) 13,984 7-5-0 13 April 18 @Buffaloes 0 - 7 Iwakuma (2-1) Kondo (2-1) 20,598 8-5-0 14 April 19 @Buffaloes 15 - 0 Kishida (2-0) Rasner (1-1) 21,561 8-6-0 — April 21 Marines Postponed (rained out) 15 April 22 Marines 2 - 0 Tanaka (3-0) Watanabe (0-2) 12,909 9-6-0 16 April 23 Marines 2 - 5 Ono (1-1) Hasebe (0-2) Ogino (1) 11,444 9-7-0 17 April 24 @Hawks 2 - 3 Nagai (2-0) Wada (1-2) Gwyn (1) 27,568 10-7-0 18 April 25 @Hawks 5 - 4 (11) Mahara (1-0) Asai (0-3) 31,021 10-8-0 19 April 26 @Hawks 0 - 4 Rasner (2-1) Sugiuchi (2-1) Koyama (2) 31,787 11-8-0 20 April 28 Fighters 2 - 4 Yagi (1-0) Kawai (0-1) Takeda (5) 13,326 11-9-0 21 April 29 Fighters 2 - 1 Tanaka (4-0) Takeda (1-1) 20,381 12-9-0 22 April 30 Fighters 4 - 2 Hasebe (1-2) Sweeney (0-2) Arime (2) 11,239 13-9-0
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 Buffaloes 12 - 2 Nagai (3-0) Nakayama (0-2) 12,262 14-9-0 24 May 2 Buffaloes 7 - 3 Iwakuma (3-1) Komatsu (0-3) 20,246 15-9-0 25 May 3 Buffaloes 8 - 4 Koyama (1-1) Kishida (3-1) 20,619 16-9-0 26 May 4 @Lions 8 - 3 Kishi (5-0) Kawai (0-2) 33,911 16-10-0 27 May 5 @Lions 3 - 7 Isaka (1-0) Ishii (1-3) 33,908 17-10-0 28 May 6 @Lions 3 - 6 Hasebe (2-2) Nishiguchi (2-1) 31,440 18-10-0 29 May 8 @Marines 4 - 3 Shimizu (1-2) Nagai (3-1) Ogino (3) 13,263 18-11-0 30 May 9 @Marines 2 - 6 Iwakuma (4-1) Ono (1-3) 24,668 19-11-0 31 May 10 @Marines 6 - 0 Karakawa (3-2) Rasner (2-2) 24,023 19-12-0 32 May 12 Fighters 1 - 8 Yagi (3-0) Isaka (1-1) 10,231 19-13-0 33 May 13 Fighters 7 - 3 Tanaka (5-0) Sakamoto (0-2) 13,983 20-13-0 34 May 14 Fighters 0 - 7 Sweeney (1-3) Hasebe (2-3) 10,677 20-14-0 35 May 15 Hawks 2 - 4 Falkenborg (2-0) Koyama (1-2) Mahara (5) 11,338 21-14-0 36 May 16 Hawks 1 - 2 Iwakuma (5-1) Kamiuchi (2-1) 17,768 21-15-0 — May 17 Hawks Postponed (rained out) 37 May 19 Swallows 3 - 7 Ishikawa (6-1) Rasner (2-3) 12,691 21-16-0 38 May 20 Swallows 2 - 0 Tanaka (6-0) Sato (2-3) 19,295 22-16-0 39 May 22 Giants 2 - 12 Gonzalez (4-0) Nagai (3-2) 20,170 22-17-0 40 May 23 Giants 1 - 7 Utsumi (1-3) Iwakuma (5-2) 20,599 22-18-0 41 May 24 @BayStars 2 - 5 Hasebe (3-3) Kobayashi (1-4) Aoyama (1) 18,041 23-18-0 42 May 25 @BayStars 6 - 5 Kudoh (1-1) Aoyama (0-1) 18,696 23-19-0 43 May 27 @Dragons 2 - 3 Tanaka (7-0) Takahashi (1-1) Aoyama (2) 32,208 24-19-0 44 May 28 @Dragons 2 - 1 (10) Nagamine (1-0) Aoyama (0-2) 28,262 24-20-0 — May 30 Carp Postponed (rained out) 45 May 31 Carp 4 - 5 Otake (5-1) Iwakuma (5-3) Nagakawa (15) 18,015 24-21-0
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 46 June 1 Carp 0 - 2 Saito (3-3) Hasebe (3-4) Nagakawa (16) 10,402 24-22-0 47 June 2 Tigers 48 June 3 Tigers 49 June 5 @Swallows 50 June 6 @Swallows 51 June 7 @Giants 52 June 8 @Giants 53 June 10 Dragons 54 June 11 Dragons 55 June 13 BayStars 56 June 14 BayStars 57 June 17 @Carp 58 June 18 @Carp 59 June 20 @Tigers 60 June 21 @Tigers 61 June 26 @Buffaloes 62 June 27 @Buffaloes 63 June 28 @Buffaloes 64 June 30 @Fighters
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 65 July 1 @Fighters 66 July 2 @Fighters 67 July 3 Lions 68 July 4 Lions 69 July 5 Lions 70 July 7 Marines 71 July 8 Marines 72 July 9 Marines 73 July 10 @Hawks 74 July 11 @Hawks 75 July 12 @Hawks 76 July 14 @Lions 77 July 15 @Lions 78 July 16 @Lions 79 July 17 Buffaloes 80 July 18 Buffaloes 81 July 19 Buffaloes 82 July 20 @Hawks 83 July 21 @Hawks 84 July 22 @Hawks 85 July 28 Lions 86 July 29 Lions 87 July 31 @Marines
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 88 August 1 @Marines 89 August 2 @Marines 90 August 4 @Buffaloes 91 August 5 @Buffaloes 92 August 6 @Buffaloes 93 August 7 Fighters 94 August 8 Fighters 95 August 9 Fighters 96 August 11 Hawks 97 August 12 Hawks 98 August 13 Hawks 99 August 14 Marines 100 August 15 Marines 101 August 16 Marines 102 August 18 @Fighters 103 August 19 @Fighters 104 August 20 @Fighters 105 August 21 Buffaloes 106 August 22 Buffaloes 107 August 23 Buffaloes 108 August 25 @Lions 109 August 26 @Lions 110 August 27 @Lions 111 August 28 @Marines 112 August 29 @Marines 113 August 30 @Marines
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 114 September 1 Lions 115 September 2 Lions 116 September 3 Lions 117 September 4 Fighters 118 September 5 Fighters 119 September 6 Fighters 120 September 8 @Buffaloes 121 September 9 @Buffaloes 122 September 10 @Buffaloes 123 September 11 @Hawks 124 September 12 @Hawks 125 September 13 @Hawks 126 September 15 @Fighters 127 September 16 @Fighters 128 September 17 @Fighters 129 September 18 Marines 130 September 19 Marines 131 September 20 Marines 132 September 21 Buffaloes 133 September 22 Buffaloes 134 September 23 Buffaloes 135 September 25 @Lions 136 September 26 @Lions 137 September 27 @Lions 138 September 29 Hawks 139 September 30 Hawks
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 140 October 1 Hawks 141 October 3 Lions 142 October 5 @Buffaloes

Player stats

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB

Pitching

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

References