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

2009 Central League regular season standings

Team	Pld	W	L	T	PCT	GB
Yomiuri Giants	144	89	46	9	.649	—
Chunichi Dragons	144	81	62	1	.566	12
Tokyo Yakult Swallows	144	71	72	1	.497	22
Hanshin Tigers	144	67	73	4	.479	24.5
Hiroshima Carp	144	65	75	4	.465	26.5
Yokohama BayStars	144	51	93	0	.354	42.5

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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