2009 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

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2009  Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Climax Series berth
Rakuten eagles insignia.svg
League Pacific League
Ballpark Kleenex Stadium Miyagi
Record77–66–1 (.538)
League place2nd
Parent company Rakuten
PresidentToru Shimada
Manager Katsuya Nomura
Average attendance16,711
  2008 Eagles seasons

The 2009 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season features the Eagles quest to win their first Pacific League title.

Contents

Regular season

Standings

2009 Pacific League regular season standings
PosTeamPldWLTGBPCTHomeAway
1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 14482602.57646–25–136–35–1
2 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144776616.5.53839–32–138–34–0
3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144746553.5.53140–28–434–37–1
4 Saitama Seibu Lions 144707049.50038–32–232–38–2
5 Chiba Lotte Marines 1446277515.5.44837–31–425–46–1
6 Orix Buffaloes 1445686226.39632–40–024–46–2
Source: [1]

Game log

2009 game log: 77–66–1 (Home: 39–32–1; Away: 38–34–0)
April: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 3 @Fighters 1 - 3 Iwakuma (1-0) Darvish (0-1) Arime (1)42,3281-0-0
2April 4 @Fighters 5 - 6 Gwyn (1-0) Fujii (0-1) Kawagishi (1)36,3162-0-0
3April 5 @Fighters 6 - 9 (11) Kawagishi (1-0) Sakamoto (0-1)34,2523-0-0
4April 7 Hawks 6 - 0 Tanaka (1-0) Loe (0-1)17,2814-0-0
5April 8 Hawks 0 - 7 Houlton (1-0) Asai (0-1)13,3734-1-0
6April 9 Hawks 2 - 1 Nagai (1-0) Otonari (0-1) Koyama (1)12,4185-1-0
7April 10 Lions 0 - 6 Wakui (2-0) Iwakuma (1-1)15,9905-2-0
8April 11 Lions 2 - 5 Onodera (1-0) Hasebe (0-1) Graman (2)17,8355-3-0
9April 12 Lions 4 - 1 Rasner (1-0) Wasdin (0-1)17,4776-3-0
10April 14 @Marines 1 - 2 Tanaka (2-0) Watanabe (0-1)9,2477-3-0
11April 15 @Marines 7 - 1 Karakawa (1-1) Asai (0-2)16,2357-4-0
12April 16 @Marines 11 - 7 (10) Sikorski (2-1) Koyama (0-1)13,9847-5-0
13April 18 @Buffaloes 0 - 7 Iwakuma (2-1) Kondo (2-1)20,5988-5-0
14April 19 @Buffaloes 15 - 0 Kishida (2-0) Rasner (1-1)21,5618-6-0
April 21 Marines Postponed (rained out)
15April 22 Marines 2 - 0 Tanaka (3-0) Watanabe (0-2)12,9099-6-0
16April 23 Marines 2 - 5 Ono (1-1) Hasebe (0-2) Ogino (1)11,4449-7-0
17April 24 @Hawks 2 - 3 Nagai (2-0) Wada (1-2) Gwyn (1)27,56810-7-0
18April 25 @Hawks 5 - 4 (11) Mahara (1-0) Asai (0-3)31,02110-8-0
19April 26 @Hawks 0 - 4 Rasner (2-1) Sugiuchi (2-1) Koyama (2)31,78711-8-0
20April 28 Fighters 2 - 4 Yagi (1-0) Kawai (0-1) Takeda (5)13,32611-9-0
21April 29 Fighters 2 - 1 Tanaka (4-0) Takeda (1-1)20,38112-9-0
22April 30 Fighters 4 - 2 Hasebe (1-2) Sweeney (0-2) Arime (2)11,23913-9-0
May: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
23May 1 Buffaloes 12 - 2 Nagai (3-0) Nakayama (0-2)12,26214-9-0
24May 2 Buffaloes 7 - 3 Iwakuma (3-1) Komatsu (0-3)20,24615-9-0
25May 3 Buffaloes 8 - 4 Koyama (1-1) Kishida (3-1)20,61916-9-0
26May 4 @Lions 8 - 3 Kishi (5-0) Kawai (0-2)33,91116-10-0
27May 5 @Lions 3 - 7 Isaka (1-0) Ishii (1-3)33,90817-10-0
28May 6 @Lions 3 - 6 Hasebe (2-2) Nishiguchi (2-1)31,44018-10-0
29May 8 @Marines 4 - 3 Shimizu (1-2) Nagai (3-1) Ogino (3)13,26318-11-0
30May 9 @Marines 2 - 6 Iwakuma (4-1) Ono (1-3)24,66819-11-0
31May 10 @Marines 6 - 0 Karakawa (3-2) Rasner (2-2)24,02319-12-0
32May 12 Fighters 1 - 8 Yagi (3-0) Isaka (1-1)10,23119-13-0
33May 13 Fighters 7 - 3 Tanaka (5-0) Sakamoto (0-2)13,98320-13-0
34May 14 Fighters 0 - 7 Sweeney (1-3) Hasebe (2-3)10,67720-14-0
35May 15 Hawks 2 - 4 Falkenborg (2-0) Koyama (1-2) Mahara (5)11,33821-14-0
36May 16 Hawks 1 - 2 Iwakuma (5-1) Kamiuchi (2-1)17,76821-15-0
May 17 Hawks Postponed (rained out)
37May 19 Swallows 3 - 7 Ishikawa (6-1) Rasner (2-3)12,69121-16-0
38May 20 Swallows 2 - 0 Tanaka (6-0) Sato (2-3)19,29522-16-0
39May 22 Giants 2 - 12 Gonzalez (4-0) Nagai (3-2)20,17022-17-0
40May 23 Giants 1 - 7 Utsumi (1-3) Iwakuma (5-2)20,59922-18-0
41May 24 @BayStars 2 - 5 Hasebe (3-3) Kobayashi (1-4) Aoyama (1)18,04123-18-0
42May 25 @BayStars 6 - 5 Kudoh (1-1) Aoyama (0-1)18,69623-19-0
43May 27 @Dragons 2 - 3 Tanaka (7-0) Takahashi (1-1) Aoyama (2)32,20824-19-0
44May 28 @Dragons 2 - 1 (10) Nagamine (1-0) Aoyama (0-2)28,26224-20-0
May 30 Carp Postponed (rained out)
45May 31 Carp 4 - 5 Otake (5-1) Iwakuma (5-3) Nagakawa (15)18,01524-21-0
June: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
46June 1 Carp 0 - 2 Saito (3-3) Hasebe (3-4) Nagakawa (16)10,40224-22-0
47June 2 Tigers
48June 3 Tigers
49June 5 @Swallows
50June 6 @Swallows
51June 7 @Giants
52June 8 @Giants
53June 10 Dragons
54June 11 Dragons
55June 13 BayStars
56June 14 BayStars
57June 17 @Carp
58June 18 @Carp
59June 20 @Tigers
60June 21 @Tigers
61June 26 @Buffaloes
62June 27 @Buffaloes
63June 28 @Buffaloes
64June 30 @Fighters
July: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
65July 1 @Fighters
66July 2 @Fighters
67July 3 Lions
68July 4 Lions
69July 5 Lions
70July 7 Marines
71July 8 Marines
72July 9 Marines
73July 10 @Hawks
74July 11 @Hawks
75July 12 @Hawks
76July 14 @Lions
77July 15 @Lions
78July 16 @Lions
79July 17 Buffaloes
80July 18 Buffaloes
81July 19 Buffaloes
82July 20 @Hawks
83July 21 @Hawks
84July 22 @Hawks
85July 28 Lions
86July 29 Lions
87July 31 @Marines
August: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
88August 1 @Marines
89August 2 @Marines
90August 4 @Buffaloes
91August 5 @Buffaloes
92August 6 @Buffaloes
93August 7 Fighters
94August 8 Fighters
95August 9 Fighters
96August 11 Hawks
97August 12 Hawks
98August 13 Hawks
99August 14 Marines
100August 15 Marines
101August 16 Marines
102August 18 @Fighters
103August 19 @Fighters
104August 20 @Fighters
105August 21 Buffaloes
106August 22 Buffaloes
107August 23 Buffaloes
108August 25 @Lions
109August 26 @Lions
110August 27 @Lions
111August 28 @Marines
112August 29 @Marines
113August 30 @Marines
September: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
114September 1 Lions
115September 2 Lions
116September 3 Lions
117September 4 Fighters
118September 5 Fighters
119September 6 Fighters
120September 8 @Buffaloes
121September 9 @Buffaloes
122September 10 @Buffaloes
123September 11 @Hawks
124September 12 @Hawks
125September 13 @Hawks
126September 15 @Fighters
127September 16 @Fighters
128September 17 @Fighters
129September 18 Marines
130September 19 Marines
131September 20 Marines
132September 21 Buffaloes
133September 22 Buffaloes
134September 23 Buffaloes
135September 25 @Lions
136September 26 @Lions
137September 27 @Lions
138September 29 Hawks
139September 30 Hawks
October: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
140October 1 Hawks
141October 3 Lions
142October 5 @Buffaloes
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

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