# 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season

The 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season features the Carp quest to win their first Central League title since 1991. The Hiroshima Toyo Carp drew an average home attendance of 26,015 in 2009.

## Regular season
### Standings

2009 Central League regular season standings :
| Teamvte | 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 |

### Game log

2009 Game Log :
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3@Giants3 - 6Lewis (1-0)Greisinger (0-1)Nagakawa (1)44,1241-0-0
2April 4@Giants3 - 5K. Maeda (1-0)Nakamura (0-1)Nagakawa (2)42,6502-0-0
3April 5@Giants1 - 1 (12)Game tied after 12 innings42,2752-0-1
4April 7@Tigers11 - 10Egusa (1-0)Nagakawa (0-1)46,3072-1-1
5April 8@Tigers8 - 2Shimoyanagi (1-0)Saito (0-1)42,3002-2-1
6April 9@Tigers2 - 4Hasegawa (1-0)Ishikawa (0-1)Nagakawa (3)38,7333-2-1
7April 10Dragons3 - 11Yoshimi (2-0)Lewis (1-1)Nelson (1)30,6183-3-1
8April 11Dragons2 - 0K. Maeda (2-0)Shimizu (0-1)30,2684-3-1
9April 12Dragons10 - 0Shinoda (1-0)Yamamoto (0-1)30,1395-3-1
10April 14BayStars1 - 4Terahara (1-1)Otake (1-1)Ishii (2)13,4365-4-1
11April 15BayStars3 - 2Umetsu (1-0)Mastny (0-1)Nagakawa (4)17,2886-4-1
12April 16BayStars1 - 2 (10)Yamaguchi (2-0)Nagakawa (0-2)Ishii (3)14,4766-5-1
13April 17@Swallows6 - 1Ishikawa (2-1)T. Aoki (0-1)10,8656-6-1
14April 18@Swallows1 - 0Sato (2-1)K. Maeda (2-1)Lim (4)25,4556-7-1
15April 19@Swallows8 - 2R. Kawashima (2-1)Shinoda (1-1)17,7026-8-1
—April 21@BayStarsPostponed (rained out)
16April 22@BayStars4 - 5Schultz (1-0)Ishii (0-1)Nagakawa (5)16,9487-8-1
17April 23@BayStars2 - 0Saito (1-1)Walrond (0-2)Nagakawa (6)16,7728-8-1
18April 24Tigers0 - 4Nomi (2-2)K. Maeda (2-2)24,4178-9-1
19April 25Tigers1 - 12Fukuhara (1-2)Hasegawa (1-1)28,4008-10-1
20April 26Tigers2 - 1Shinoda (2-1)Atchison (1-1)Nagakawa (7)30,5289-10-1
21April 28Giants5 - 0Otake (1-1)Utsumi (0-2)24,42310-10-1
22April 29Giants2 - 0Saito (2-1)Tono (2-1)Nagakawa (8)31,77311-10-1
23April 30Giants4 - 7Fukuda (2-0)K. Maeda (2-3)Ochi (1-1)26,32211-11-1 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 2Swallows9 - 2Umetsu (2-0)Ichiba (1-2)31,42712-11-1
25May 3Swallows2 - 3Kida (3-2)Yokoyama (0-1)Lim (7)31,62212-12-1
26May 4Swallows3 - 5Oshimoto (1-2)Makino (0-1)Lim (8)31,83412-13-1
27May 5@Dragons0 - 2Otake (2-1)Asakura (2-2)Nagakawa (9)37,49413-13-1
28May 6@Dragons4 - 2Asao (3-3)Saito (2-2)Iwase (6)36,15913-14-1
29May 7@Dragons4 - 3Saito (2-0)Umetsu (2-1)26,97813-15-1
30May 9@Swallows1 - 4Lewis (2-1)R. Kawashima (2-2)Nagakawa (10)19,11914-15-1
31May 10@Swallows4 - 1Tateyama (3-0)Hayashi (0-1)Lim (10)14,89114-16-1
32May 12@Tigers1 - 0Shimoyanagi (3-2)Yokoyama (0-2)41,55814-17-1
33May 13@Tigers1 - 2 (10)Yokoyama (1-2)Fujikawa (1-2)Nagakawa (11)43,89915-17-1
34May 14@Tigers7 - 1Ando (3-2)K. Maeda (2-4)40,59915-18-1
35May 15Giants2 - 5Gonzalez (3-0)T. Aoki (0-2)Kroon (7)30,16415-19-1
36May 16Giants0 - 0 (12)Game tied after 12 innings29,79415-19-2
37May 17Giants1 - 2Ochi (3-1)Nagakawa (0-3)Kroon (8)29,70715-20-2
38May 19@Buffaloes1 - 9Otake (3-1)Kondo (3-3)9,88716-20-2
39May 20@Buffaloes10 - 3Yamamoto (3-2)K. Maeda (2-5)11,10716-21-2
40May 22@Hawks6 - 3Wada (3-2)Lewis (2-2)Mahara (6)29,32716-22-2
41May 23@Hawks5 - 4Mizuta (2-0)Saito (2-3)Mahara (7)32,22116-23-2
42May 24Lions7 - 5Komatsu (1-0)Nishiguchi (3-2)Nagakawa (12)28,30917-23-2
43May 25Lions3 - 0Otake (4-1)Kishi (6-1)Nagakawa (13)24,55818-23-2
44May 27Marines8 - 3K. Maeda (3-5)Karakawa (4-3)22,51319-23-2
45May 28Marines4 - 3Lewis (3-2)H. Kobayashi (0-4)Nagakawa (14)12,04820-23-2
—May 30@EaglesPostponed (rained out)
46May 31@Eagles4 - 5Otake (5-1)Iwakuma (5-3)Nagakawa (15)18,01521-23-2 :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
47June 1@Eagles0 - 2Saito (3-3)Hasebe (3-4)Nagakawa (16)10,40222-23-2
48June 2@Fighters1-2K. Maeda (4-5)Itokazu (0-2)Nagakawa (17)20,25223-23-2
49June 3@Fighters7-2Tateyama (2-2)Yokoyama (1-3)22,25723-24-2
50June 5Hawks4-1 (7)Mori (1-0)Ohba (0-2)Schultz (1)28,81424-24-2
51June 6Hawks1-11 (7)Germano (1-0)Ohtake (5-2)31,73724-25-2
52June 7Buffaloes6-1Sato (4-3)Hirano (2-2)28,74725-25-2
53June 8Buffaloes
54June 10@Marines
55June 11@Marines
56June 13@Lions
57June 14@Lions
58June 17Eagles
59June 18Eagles
60June 20Fighters
61June 21Fighters
62June 26Dragons
63June 27Dragons
64June 28Dragons
65June 30@Giants :

## Player stats
### Batting

| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |

### Pitching

| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |