# 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 :
| 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@Tigers5 - 2Ando (1-0)Ishikawa (0-1)Fujikawa (1)33,7920-1-0
2April 4@Tigers1 - 5Sato (1-0)Nomi (0-1)33,4491-1-0
3April 5@Tigers6 - 7Kawashima (1-0)Fukuhara (0-1)Lim (1)33,4362-1-0
4April 7Dragons3 - 4Takahashi (1-0)Oshimoto (0-1)Iwase (2)17,5382-2-0
5April 8Dragons8 - 4Kida (1-0)Nakata (0-1)15,0893-2-0
6April 9Dragons10 - 7Ishikawa (1-1)Asao (1-1)Lim (2)14,5264-2-0
7April 10@BayStars9 - 1Miura (1-1)Sato (1-1)12,7914-3-0
8April 11@BayStars0 - 3Ichiba (1-0)Glynn (0-2)Lim (3)17,8175-3-0
9April 12@BayStars5 - 3Yamaguchi (1-0)Kawashima (1-1)Ishii (1)17,9725-4-0
—April 14GiantsPostponed (rained out)
10April 15Giants2 - 6Greisinger (2-1)Kida (1-1)20,0725-5-0
11April 16Giants6 - 2Tateyama (1-0)Utsumi (0-1)16,5926-5-0
12April 17Carp6 - 1Ishikawa (2-1)Aoki (0-1)10,8657-5-0
13April 18Carp1 - 0Sato (2-1)Maeda (2-1)Lim (4)25,4558-5-0
14April 19Carp8 - 2Kawashima (2-1)Shinoda (1-1)17,7029-5-0
15April 21@Giants4 - 0Greisinger (3-1)Kida (1-2)20,8179-6-0
16April 22@Giants3 - 2Yamaguchi (2-0)Igarashi (0-1)Kroon (6)15,8769-7-0
17April 23@Giants2 - 1Ochi (2-0)Oshimoto (0-2)20,1209-8-0
18April 24BayStars0 - 3Miura (2-2)Ichiba (1-1)Ishii (5)12,5129-9-0
—April 25BayStarsPostponed (rained out)
19April 26BayStars2 - 6Glynn (1-3)Sato (2-2)16,1859-10-0
20April 28@Dragons2 - 4Kida (2-2)Asakura (2-1)Lim (5)12,11510-10-0
21April 29@Dragons1 - 7Tateyama (2-0)Asao (2-3)33,31811-10-0
22April 30@Dragons0 - 3Ishikawa (3-1)Yoshimi (2-2)Lim (6)29,18412-10-0 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 2@Carp9 - 2Umetsu (2-0)Ichiba (1-2)31,42712-11-0
24May 3@Carp2 - 3Kida (3-2)Yokoyama (0-1)Lim (7)31,62213-11-0
25May 4@Carp3 - 5Oshimoto (1-2)Makino (0-1)Lim (8)31,83414-11-0
—May 5TigersPostponed (rained out)
—May 6TigersPostponed (rained out)
26May 7Tigers2 - 1Ishikawa (4-1)Kubo (0-2)Lim (9)15,57515-11-0
27May 9Carp1 - 4Lewis (2-1)Kawashima (2-2)Nagakawa (10)19,11915-12-0
28May 10Carp4 - 1Tateyama (3-0)Hayashi (0-1)Lim (10)14,89116-12-0
29May 12@Dragons6 - 3Asakura (3-2)Ichiba (1-3)Iwase (7)9,05916-13-0
30May 13@Dragons1 - 7Ishikawa (5-1)Asao (3-4)26,25817-13-0
31May 14@Dragons5 - 8Matsuoka (1-0)Ogasawara (0-1)Lim (11)25,01018-13-0
32May 15Tigers2 - 1Matsuoka (2-0)Nomi (2-4)Lim (12)22,52819-13-0
33May 16Tigers4 - 1Tateyama (4-0)Fukuhara (2-3)Lim (13)28,38020-13-0
34May 17Tigers2 - 1Kawashima (3-2)Egusa (2-2)Igarashi (1)19,53421-13-0
35May 19@Eagles3 - 7Ishikawa (6-1)Rasner (2-3)12,69122-13-0
36May 20@Eagles2 - 0Tanaka (6-0)Sato (2-3)19,29522-14-0
37May 22@Fighters2 - 3Tateyama (5-0)Fujii (3-2)Lim (14)20,93223-14-0
38May 23@Fighters3 - 0Darvish (6-1)Barrett (0-1)31,28823-15-0
39May 24Hawks5 - 8Otonari (2-3)Kawashima (3-3)16,51823-16-0
40May 25Hawks2 - 3Sugiuchi (5-1)Ishikawa (6-2)Mahara (8)15,55523-17-0
41May 27Buffaloes5 - 4Matsuoka (3-0)Katsuki (1-1)Lim (15)12,01424-17-0
42May 28Buffaloes4 - 0Tateyama (6-0)Mitsuhara (1-1)7,34825-17-0
43May 30@Marines6 - 3Naruse (3-2)Tanaka (0-1)15,43125-18-0
44May 31@Marines1 - 7Kawashima (4-3)Omine (2-3)27,31026-18-0 :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
45June 2@Lions7 - 3Wasdin (1-2)Ishikawa (6-3)16,00126-19-0
46June 3@Lions
47June 5Eagles
48June 6Eagles
49June 7Fighters
50June 8Fighters
51June 10@Hawks
52June 11@Hawks
53June 13@Buffaloes
54June 14@Buffaloes
55June 17Marines
56June 18Marines
57June 20Lions
58June 21Lions
59June 26@Giants
60June 27@Giants
61June 28@Giants
62June 30@BayStars :

## Player stats
### Batting

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

### Pitching

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