# 2009 Saitama Seibu Lions season

The 2009 Saitama Seibu Lions season features the Lions quest to win back-to-back Japan Series titles.

## Regular season
### Standings

2009 Pacific League regular season standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GB | PCT | Home | Away |
| 1 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 144 | 82 | 60 | 2 | — | .576 | 46–25–1 | 36–35–1 |
| 2 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 144 | 77 | 66 | 1 | 6.5 | .538 | 39–32–1 | 38–34–0 |
| 3 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 144 | 74 | 65 | 5 | 3.5 | .531 | 40–28–4 | 34–37–1 |
| 4 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 144 | 70 | 70 | 4 | 9 | .500 | 38–32–2 | 32–38–2 |
| 5 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 144 | 62 | 77 | 5 | 15.5 | .448 | 37–31–4 | 25–46–1 |
| 6 | Orix Buffaloes | 144 | 56 | 86 | 2 | 26 | .396 | 32–40–0 | 24–46–2 |

### Game log

2009 Game Log :
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3@Marines2 - 5Wakui (1-0)Shimizu (0-1)Graman (1)30,0411-0-0
2April 4@Marines10 - 5Komiyama (1-0)Hoashi (0-1)26,8191-1-0
3April 5@Marines6 - 5Sikorski (1-0)Graman (0-1)24,3131-2-0
4April 7Buffaloes8 - 3Kishi (1-0)Kaneko (0-1)24,0112-2-0
5April 8Buffaloes2 - 10Yamamoto (1-0)Ishii (0-1)10,0012-3-0
6April 9Buffaloes13 - 6Nishiguchi (1-0)Hirano (0-1)9,8133-3-0
7April 10@Eagles0 - 6Wakui (2-0)Iwakuma (1-1)15,9904-3-0
8April 11@Eagles2 - 5Onodera (1-0)Hasebe (0-1)Graman (2)17,8355-3-0
9April 12@Eagles4 - 1Rasner (1-0)Wasdin (0-1)17,4775-4-0
10April 14@Hawks3 - 5Kishi (2-0)Loe (0-2)Graman (3)14,4516-4-0
11April 15@Hawks2 - 2 (12)Game tied after 12 innings26,4986-4-1
12April 16@Hawks5 - 12Nishiguchi (2-0)Otonari (0-2)Hirano (1)25,5387-4-1
13April 17Fighters2 - 4Darvish (2-1)Wakui (2-1)Takeda (2)15,1817-5-1
14April 18Fighters4 - 6Tanimoto (1-0)Shotsu (0-1)Takeda (3)28,5257-6-1
15April 19Fighters6 - 8Miyanishi (1-0)Onodera (1-1)Takeda (4)22,3157-7-1
16April 21@Buffaloes1 - 7Kishi (3-0)Kaneko (1-2)10,3268-7-1
17April 22@Buffaloes6 - 3Yamamoto (2-0)Ishii (0-2)10,8058-8-1
18April 23@Buffaloes2 - 1Kato (1-0)Onuma (0-1)10,5868-9-1
19April 24Marines3 - 1Wakui (3-1)Karakawa (1-2)12,6189-9-1
20April 25Marines2 - 3Naruse (1-0)Hoashi (0-2)Ogino (2)23,1479-10-1
21April 26Marines5 - 11Omine (1-0)Wasdin (0-2)23,6479-11-1
22April 28Hawks5 - 4Kishi (4-0)Loe (0-3)Onodera (1)16,15110-11-1
23April 29Hawks7 - 2Ishii (1-2)Houlton (2-1)28,85511-11-1
24April 30Hawks5 - 8Mizuta (1-0)Doi (0-1)Mahara (4)15,72011-12-1 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1@Fighters1 - 2 (12)Onuma (1-1)Tateyama (1-2)Nogami (1)28,00712-12-1
26May 2@Fighters7 - 6 (11)Takeda (1-0)Nogami (0-1)34,71112-13-1
27May 3@Fighters6 - 5 (12)Tanimoto (2-0)Onodera (1-2)40,75412-14-1
28May 4Eagles8 - 3Kishi (5-0)Kawai (0-2)33,91113-14-1
29May 5Eagles3 - 7Isaka (1-0)Ishii (1-3)33,90813-15-1
30May 6Eagles3 - 6Hasebe (2-2)Nishiguchi (2-1)31,44013-16-1
31May 8@Hawks4 - 3Settsu (1-2)Graman (0-2)29,61113-17-1
32May 9@Hawks1 - 9Hoashi (1-2)Arakaki (0-2)30,86314-17-1
33May 10@Hawks8 - 1Sugiuchi (4-1)Nogami (0-2)30,33714-18-1
34May 12@Buffaloes5 - 6Kishi (6-0)Kondo (3-2)Onodera (2)10,50215-18-1
35May 13@Buffaloes3 - 8Ishii (2-3)Yamamoto (2-2)10,45416-18-1
36May 14@Buffaloes1 - 3Nishiguchi (3-1)Kaneko (3-3)Onodera (3)10,22917-18-1
37May 15@Marines0 - 18Wakui (4-1)Watanabe (1-4)17,56718-18-1
38May 16@Marines6 - 4Ito (2-1)Onuma (1-2)Ogino (5)20,07418-19-1
39May 17@Marines8 - 5Ono (2-3)Hirano (0-1)Ogino (6)14,36318-20-1
40May 19Dragons5 - 7Asakura (4-2)Onuma (1-3)Iwase (9)18,11018-21-1
41May 20Dragons2 - 1 (10)Nogami (1-2)Asao (3-5)19,20319-21-1
42May 22BayStars5 - 15Miura (5-2)Wakui (4-2)16,32319-22-1
43May 23BayStars10 - 6Hoashi (2-2)Glynn (2-5)24,47120-22-1
44May 24@Carp7 - 5Komatsu (1-0)Nishiguchi (3-2)Nagakawa (12)28,30920-23-1
45May 25@Carp3 - 0Otake (4-1)Kishi (6-1)Nagakawa (13)24,55820-24-1
46May 27@Tigers4 - 1Shimoyanagi (4-2)Ishii (2-4)Fujikawa (4)46,16020-25-1
47May 28@Tigers4 - 6Wakui (5-2)Ando (3-4)Onodera (4)44,39521-25-1
48May 30Giants2 - 2 (12)Game tied after 12 innings33,77821-25-2
49May 31Giants3 - 2 (10)Onodera (2-2)Kroon (0-1)33,17322-25-2 :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
50June 2Swallows7 - 3Wasdin (1-2)Ishikawa (6-3)16,00123-25-2
51June 3Swallows
52June 5@BayStars
53June 6@BayStars
54June 7@Dragons
55June 8@Dragons
56June 10Tigers
57June 11Tigers
58June 13Carp
59June 14Carp
60June 16@Giants
61June 17@Giants
62June 20@Swallows
63June 21@Swallows
64June 26Hawks
65June 27Hawks
66June 28Hawks
67June 30Marines :
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
68July 1Marines
69July 2Marines
70July 3@Eagles
71July 4@Eagles
72July 5@Eagles
73July 7Fighters
74July 8Fighters
75July 9Fighters
76July 10Buffaloes
77July 11Buffaloes
78July 12Buffaloes
79July 14Eagles
80July 15Eagles
81July 16Eagles
82July 18@Fighters
83July 19@Fighters
84July 20Buffaloes
85July 21Buffaloes
86July 22Buffaloes
87July 28@Eagles
88July 29@Eagles
89July 31@Buffaloes :
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
90August 1@Buffaloes
91August 2@Buffaloes
92August 4Fighters
93August 5Fighters
94August 6Fighters
95August 7Hawks
96August 8Hawks
97August 9Hawks
98August 11@Marines
99August 12@Marines
100August 13@Marines
101August 14@Fighters
102August 15@Fighters
103August 16@Fighters
104August 18@Hawks
105August 19@Hawks
106August 20@Hawks
107August 21Marines
108August 22Marines
109August 23Marines
110August 25Eagles
111August 26Eagles
112August 27Eagles
113August 28@Buffaloes
114August 29@Buffaloes
115August 30@Buffaloes :
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
116September 1@Eagles
117September 2@Eagles
118September 3@Eagles
119September 4@Hawks
120September 5@Hawks
121September 6@Hawks
122September 8Fighters
123September 9Fighters
124September 10Fighters
125September 11Buffaloes
126September 12Buffaloes
127September 13Buffaloes
128September 15@Marines
129September 16@Marines
130September 17@Marines
131September 18Hawks
132September 19Hawks
133September 20Hawks
134September 21@Fighters
135September 22@Fighters
136September 23@Fighters
137September 25Eagles
138September 26Eagles
139September 27Eagles
140September 29Marines
141September 30Marines :
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
142October 1Marines
143October 3@Eagles
144October 5@Fighters :

## Player stats
### Batting

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

### Pitching

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