# 2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season

The 2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season features the Hiroshima-based professional baseball team quest to win their first Central League title since 1991. Kenjiro Nomura, one of its legend, was introduced as their new manager at the end of last season, who pledge to bring the league title to Hiroshima this season.
This article lists its official game at 2010 season.

## Pre-season
### Standings

| 2010 NPB Pre-season | G | W | L | T | Win% |
| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .727 |
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .636 |
| Tohoku Rakuten Eagles | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .625 |
| Yomiuri Giants | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .600 |
| Orix Buffaloes | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .556 |
| Hiroshima Carp | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .533 |
| Saitama Seibu Lions | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 |
| Chunichi Dragons | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | .438 |
| Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .429 |
| Chiba Lotte Marines | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .417 |
| Hanshin Tigers | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .400 |
| Yokohama BayStars | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | .308 |

### Game log

2010 Pre-season :
Game Log
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
126 Feb@ Hawks1–6Houlton (1–0)Shinoda (0–1)22,7130–1–0
227 Feb@ Hawks1–2Mahara (1–0)Kishimoto (0–1)22,4900–2–0
32 Mar@ Dragons3–0Alvarado (1–0)Kongoh (0–1)Ueno (1)9,0541–2–0
44 MarLions7–5Umetsu (1–0)Y. Tanaka (0–1)Kishimoto (1)8,2612–2–0
56 MarMarines3–1Alvarado (2–0)Naruse (0–2)T. Aoki (1)11,2243–2–0
67 MarMarines9x-8Kishimoto (1–1)Uchi (0–1)6,1904–2–0
710 Mar@ Eagles4–5 (8)Arime (1–0)K. Nagakawa (0–1)2,0764–3–0
812 Mar@ Tigers7–1T. Aoki (1–0)Kojima (0–1)3,8025–3–0
913 MarHawks9–5T. Aizawa (1–0)Sugiuchi (0–1)5,3496–3–0
1014 MarSoftBank6–7Otonari (1–1)K. Maeda (0–1)Kume (2)18,0256–4–0
1116 Mar@ Marines2–7H. Ueno (1–0)Kishimoto (1–2)7,3896–5–0
1217 Mar@ Giants1–6Fujii (2–0)Komatsu (0–1)28,6506–6–0
1318 Mar@ Swallows4–0T. Aoki (2–0)Tateyama (0–1)4,3387–6–0
1420 Mar@ Tigers7–0K. Maeda (1–1)Ando (0–2)Alvarado (1)7,3948–6–0
1521 MarTigers6–10Nomi (2–1)Shinoda (0–2)23,5348–7–0 :

## Regular season
### Standings

2010 Central League standings :
| Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
| Chunichi Dragons | 144 | 79 | 62 | 3 | .559 | — |
| Hanshin Tigers | 144 | 78 | 63 | 3 | .552 | 1 |
| Yomiuri Giants | 144 | 79 | 64 | 1 | .552 | 1 |
| Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 144 | 72 | 68 | 4 | .514 | 6.5 |
| Hiroshima Carp | 144 | 58 | 84 | 2 | .410 | 21.5 |
| Yokohama BayStars | 144 | 48 | 95 | 1 | .337 | 32 |

### Game log

2010 Season (Central League) :
March
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
126 Mar@ Dragons3–1K. Maeda (1–0)Yoshimi (0–1)K. Nagakawa (1)35,9801–0–0
227 Mar@ Dragons0–7Chen (1–0)Alvarado (0–1)33,4411–1–0
328 Mar@ Dragons7-8xA. Takahashi (1–0)K. Nagakawa (0–1)32,8241–2–0
430 MarTigers3–6Nomi (1–0)T. Aoki (0–1)Fujikawa (1)28,0741–3–0
531 MarTigers4–6Kubo (1–0)Saitoh (0–1)Fujikawa (2)16,0491–4–0 :
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
61 AprTigersGame postponed due to rain
72 AprGiants4–5Gonzalez (1–1)K. Maeda (1–1)Kroon (3)17,7791–5–0
83 AprGiants5–6Kaneto (1–0)Schultz (0–1)Kobayashi (1)28,4551–6–0
94 AprGiants3–10Tohno (1–1)Komatsu (0–1)29,1861–7–0
106 Apr@ Swallows3–2K. Nagakawa (1–1)Oshimoto (0–1)Schultz (1)12,5492–7–0
117 Apr@ Swallows1–7Tateyama (2–0)Saitoh (0–2)9,0572–8–0
128 Apr@ Swallows4–0K. Maeda (2–1)Ishikawa (0–3)Schultz (2)12,1333–8–0
139 Apr@ BayStars0–5Miura (1–0)Alvarado (0–2)11,3723–9–0
1410 Apr@ BayStars7–3Komatsu (1–1)Kaga (0–3)19,1044–9–0
1511 Apr@ BayStars3–6Shimizu (1–1)Hasegawa (0–1)17,8014–10–0
1613 AprSwallows3x-2 (10)K. Takahashi (1–0)Takagi (0–1)12,7765–10–0
1714 AprSwallows6–3Saitoh (1–2)Ishikawa (0–4)Schultz (3)12,4256–10–0
1815 AprSwallows1–2Oshimoto (1–1)Shinoda (0–1)Lim (4)12,5636–11–0
1916 AprDragons4x-3K. Takahashi (2–0)Asao (0–1)13,5007–11–0
2017 AprDragons8x-7K. Takahashi (3–0)A. Takahashi (3–1)23,6818–11–0
2118 AprDragons4–2Yokoyama (1–0)Nagamine (0–1)Schultz (4)25,2449–11–0
2220 Apr@ Tigers0–5Shimoyanagi (2–1)Saitoh (1–3)38,1169–12–0
2321 Apr@ Tigers2–1Maeda (3–1)Kubo (2–2)Schultz (5)38,24210–12–0
2422 Apr@ TigersGame postponed due to rain
2523 Apr@ Giants4–10Tohno (4–1)Stults (0–1)43,84710–13–0
2624 Apr@ Giants4–7Ochi (2–0)Takahashi (3–1)46,67310–14–0
2725 Apr@ Giants2–8Obispo (1–0)Komatsu (1–2)43,09110–15–0
2827 AprBayStars3–0Maeda (4–1)Randolph (0–4)Schultz (6)12,21011–16–0
2928 AprBayStars1–2Terahara (3–2)Saitoh (1–4)Yamaguchi (7)15,54111–17–0
3029 AprBayStars0–8Shimizu (3–2)Stults (0–2)28,03011–18–0
3130 AprDragons9–0T. Aoki (1–1)Ogasawara (1–3)18,43712–18–0 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
32May. 1Dragons6–12Suzuki (1–0)Komatsu (1–3)30,70712–19–0
33May. 2Dragons4x-3Takahashi (4–1)Asao (1–2)31,82113–19–0
34May. 3@ BayStars3–1Maeda (5–1)Randolph (0–5)Schultz (7)24,13214–19–0
35May. 4@ BayStars5-6xYamaguchi (1–3)Takahashi (4–2)27,07414–20–0
36May. 5@ BayStars4–5Shimizu (4–2)Stults (0–3)Yamaguchi (10)22,62014–21–0
37May. 7@ Tigers6–10Kubota (3–1)Takahashi (4–3)38,15714–22–0
38May. 8@ Tigers11–8Shinoda (1–1)Kawasaki (0–1)46,76815–22–0
39May. 9@ Tigers3–4Nishimura (4–0)Maeda (5–2)Fujikawa (9)46,70315–23–0
40May. 13Eagles4–6Nagai (3–3)Aoki (1–2)Kawagishi (7)13,04715–24–0
41May. 14Eagles7–8Inoue (1–0)Bale (0–1)Yamamura (1)25,67115–25–0
42May. 15Fighters1x-0Maeda (6–2)Tanimoto (1–2)31,84216–25–0
43May. 16Fighters2–6M. Takeda (2–4)Imai (0–1)30,28116–26–0
44May. 18@ Buffaloes2–11Kondo (2–4)T. Aoki (1–3)16,36816–27–0
45May. 19@ Buffaloes8–2Stults (1–3)Komatsu (2–2)16,78417–27–0
46May. 21@ Hawks7–1Maeda (7–2)Otonari (1–6)33,27718–27–0
47May. 22@ Hawks4–7Wada (6–3)Aizawa (0–1)Mahara (14)31,95218–28–0
48May. 23LionsGame postponed due to rain
49May. 24Lions3–0Stults (2–3)Kishi (7–2)Yokoyama (1)20,23519–28–0
48May. 25Lions7–10Hsu (3–4)Kishimoto (0–1)Sikorski (16)10,69919–29–0
50May. 26Chiba1–9Murphy (3–0)Takahashi (4–4)17,08919–30–0
51May. 27Chiba3–0Maeda (8–2)Naruse (6–5)Yokoyama (2)19,57620–30–0
52May. 29@ Eagles2-3x (10)Koyama (2–1)K. Nagakawa (1–2)17,52920–31–0
53May. 30@ Eagles2–4Tanaka (7–3)T. Aoki (1–4)20,24820–32–0 :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June. 1@ Fighters5–4Kishimoto (1–1)Miyanishi (1–1)Yokoyama (3)19,47821–32–0
55June. 2@ Fighters2–2 (12)21,42121–32–1
56June. 4Hawks5–4Stults (3–3)Takahashi (2–1)Yokoyama (4)26,25022–32–1
57June. 5Hawks3–9Wada (8–3)T. Aoki (1–5)31,78622–33–1
58June. 6Orix1–6Kisanuki (5–5)Soriano (0–1)25,48922–34–1
59June. 7Orix10–21Leicester (1–2)Alvarado (0–3)9,32422–35–1
60June. 9@ Marines2–2 (12)18,57322–35–2
61June. 10@ Marines12–7 (12)Oshima (1–0)Kawagoe (2–2)23,13923–35–2
62June. 12@ Lions6–2Otake (1–0)Hoashi (6–5)31,61824–35–2
63June. 13@ Lions4–2Alvarado (1–3)Kishi (8–4)Bale (1)31,64725–35–2
64June. 18SwallowsGame postponed due to rain
65June. 19Swallows5–1Maeda (9–2)Ishikawa (2–8)26,16126–35–2
66June. 20Swallows2–4Yoshinori (3–5)Takahashi (4–5)Lim (11)23,17526–36–2
67June. 22Tigers7–13 (11)K. Fujikawa (3–1)Umetsu (0–1)14,32726–37–2
68June. 23Tigers4–9Standridge (3–1)Stults (3–4)13,02826–38–2 :

## Players In/Out
### In
#### Draft

* Takeru Imamura
* Shota Dobayashi
* Hisashi Takeuchi
* Hayato Shoji
* Kota Ito
* Taketo Kawaguchi

#### Others

* Ken Takahashi (free agent, from New York Mets)
* Giancarlo Alvarado (from Albuquerque Isotopes)
* Jeff Fiorentino (from Baltimore Orioles)
* Justin Huber (from Minnesota Twins)
* John Bale (from Kansas City Royals)
* Eric Stults (from Los Angeles Dodgers)
* Yuichiro Mukae (traded from Orix Buffaloes)

### Out

* Colby Lewis (free agent, to Texas Rangers)
* Koichi Ogata (retired, now Hiroshima Toyo Carp Baserunning Batting Trainer Staff)
* Rui Makino (sacked, now Yokohama Baystars Batting Pitcher)
* Yoshinori Ogata (sacked, now Hiroshima Toyo Carp Scouting Staff)
* Toshimitsu Higa (sacked)
* Masayuki Hasegawa (traded to Orix Buffaloes)
* Go Kida (traded to Orix Buffaloes)

## Long-term injury list

| Date Injured | Player | Injury | Return Date |
| 14 March 2010 | Kan Otake | Right shoulder pain | 14 May 2010 |
| 13 April 2010 | Katsuhiro Nagakawa | Right adductor magnus muscle | 25 May 2010 |
| 16 May 2010 | Mike Schultz | Low back pain | August 2010 |
| 10 June 2010 | Kenta Kurihara | Broken ulna | July 2010 |