2009 Yokohama BayStars season

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The 2009 Yokohama BayStars season features the BayStars quest to win their first Central League title since 1998. The team made a bit of a splash just before the season, signing former Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters starter Ryan Glynn to shore up their rotation, led by veterans Daisuke Miura and Hayato Terahara.

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On the offensive side, the 'Stars picked up Dan Johnson, a journeyman minor leaguer, to give protection to 2008 batting champion Seiichi Uchikawa and slugging third baseman Shuichi Murata.

The year did not start well even before the regular season started. The 'Stars lost Murata to a pulled hamstring muscle during the 2009 World Baseball Classic in a seeding game against Team Japan's arch-rival Korea. The injury hurt the team in the worst way, as Yokohama's bad luck with batting with runners in scoring position continued from 2008. The BayStars scored just five runs in their first six games en route to another rough start in April.

Towards the end of May, BayStars manager Akihiko Ohya announced that he was taking a sabbatical, which turned into his resignation. Ohya's sudden resignation ended his second tenure as Yokohama manager. He had been manager previously from 1996 to 1997 and helped to put together the 1998 Japan Series Championship team. Ni-gun manager Tomio Tashiro was called on to replace Ohya, and he seemed to be the logical choice since he had been successful managing the ni-gun Shonan SeaRex. However, Tashiro could not turn the team's fortunes around as the team stumbled to another last-place finish in the Central League.

Regular season

Standings

2009 Central League regular season standings
TeamPldWLTPCTGB
Yomiuri Giants 14489469.649
Chunichi Dragons 14481621.56612
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 14471721.49722
Hanshin Tigers 14467734.47924.5
Hiroshima Carp 14465754.46526.5
Yokohama BayStars 14451930.35442.5
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Game log

2009 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3 @Dragons 4 - 1 Asao (1-0) Miura (0-1) Iwase (1)37,6780-1-0
2April 4 @Dragons 6 - 0 Yoshimi (1-0) Glynn (0-1)36,5280-2-0
3April 5 @Dragons 6 - 0 Chen (1-0) Kobayashi (0-1)33,4960-3-0
4April 7 Giants 1 - 5 Takahashi (1-0) Terahara (0-1)20,1680-4-0
5April 8 Giants 1 - 12 Fukuda (1-0) Kudoh (0-1)16,3610-5-0
6April 9 Giants 2 - 9 Greisinger (1-1) Walrond (0-1)16,6910-6-0
7April 10 Swallows 9 - 1 Miura (1-1) Sato (1-1)12,7911-6-0
8April 11 Swallows 0 - 3 Ichiba (1-0) Glynn (0-2) Lim (3)17,8171-7-0
9April 12 Swallows 5 - 3 Yamaguchi (1-0) Kawashima (1-1) Ishii (1)17,9722-7-0
10April 14 @Carp 1 - 4 Terahara (1-1) Otake (1-1) Ishii (2)13,4363-7-0
11April 15 @Carp 3 - 2 Umetsu (1-0) Mastny (0-1) Nagakawa (4)17,2883-8-0
12April 16 @Carp 1 - 2 (10) Yamaguchi (2-0) Nagakawa (0-2) Ishii (3)14,4764-8-0
13April 17 Tigers 1 - 5 Ando (2-0) Miura (1-2)12,2504-9-0
14April 18 Tigers 4 - 9 Nomi (1-2) Glynn (0-3)25,7734-10-0
15April 19 Tigers 4 - 2 Kobayashi (1-1) Fukuhara (0-2) Ishii (4)24,4915-10-0
April 21 Carp Postponed (rained out)
16April 22 Carp 4 - 5 Schultz (1-0) Ishii (0-1) Nagakawa (5)16,9485-11-0
17April 23 Carp 2 - 0 Saito (1-1) Walrond (0-2) Nagakawa (6)16,7725-12-0
18April 24 @Swallows 0 - 3 Miura (2-2) Ichiba (1-1) Ishii (5)12,5126-12-0
April 25 @Swallows Postponed (rained out)
19April 26 @Swallows 2 - 6 Glynn (1-3) Sato (2-2)16,1857-12-0
20April 28 @Tigers 8 - 4 Egusa (2-1) Yoshikawa (0-1)19,1637-13-0
21April 29 @Tigers 4 - 7 Walrond (1-2) Ando (2-1) Ishii (6)46,4318-13-0
22April 30 @Tigers 3 - 2 Atchison (2-1) Ishii (0-2)45,7588-14-0
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 2 Dragons 6 - 1 Miura (3-2) Yamai (0-1)21,0809-14-0
24May 3 Dragons 0 - 2 Chen (2-1) Glynn (1-4)23,9209-15-0
25May 4 Dragons 2 - 4 Saito (1-0) Ishii (0-3) Hirai (1)22,5299-16-0
26May 5 @Giants 4 - 6 Walrond (2-2) Tono (2-2) Yamaguchi (1)45,83510-16-0
27May 6 @Giants 3 - 2 Yamaguchi (4-0) Sanada (0-1)43,18210-17-0
28May 7 @Giants 7 - 3 Nishimura (2-0) Yamaguchi (2-1)40,13910-18-0
29May 8 Tigers 2 - 0 Miura (4-2) Ando (2-2)13,46711-18-0
30May 9 Tigers 4 - 0 Glynn (2-4) Nomi (2-3)23,46412-18-0
31May 10 Tigers 4 - 12 Fukuhara (2-2) Kobayashi (1-2)23,96312-19-0
32May 12 Giants 3 - 5 Takahashi (2-0) Walrond (2-3) Ochi (5)19,69112-20-0
33May 13 Giants 9 - 8 Yamaguchi (3-1) Toyoda (1-1)20,41213-20-0
34May 14 Giants 5 - 9 Greisinger (5-2) Fujie (0-1)19,27913-21-0
35May 15 @Dragons 1 - 0 (10) Yoshimi (3-2) Ishii (0-4)27,71113-22-0
36May 16 @Dragons 2 - 1 (10) Iwase (1-1) Yamaguchi (3-2)32,86913-23-0
37May 17 @Dragons 4 - 1 Kawai (2-0) Kobayashi (1-3) Iwase (8)33,93513-24-0
38May 19 @Marines 2 - 1 Karakawa (4-2) Ishii (0-5)16,38713-25-0
39May 20 @Marines 1 - 4 Walrond (3-3) Naruse (2-2) Yamaguchi (2)17,01914-25-0
40May 22 @Lions 5 - 15 Miura (5-2) Wakui (4-2)16,32315-25-0
41May 23 @Lions 10 - 6 Hoashi (2-2) Glynn (2-5)24,47115-26-0
42May 24 Eagles 2 - 5 Hasebe (3-3) Kobayashi (1-4) Aoyama (1)18,04115-27-0
43May 25 Eagles 6 - 5 Kudoh (1-1) Aoyama (0-1)18,69616-27-0
44May 27 Fighters 5 - 4 Kizuka (1-0) Kikuchi (1-1) Yamaguchi (3)13,06217-27-0
May 28 Fighters Postponed (rained out)
45May 29 Fighters 1 - 7 Fujii (4-2) Miura (5-3)7,34917-28-0
46May 30 @Buffaloes 6 - 4 Kaneko (5-3) Glynn (2-6) Kato (8)11,21717-29-0
47May 31 @Buffaloes 3 - 0 Hirano (2-1) Kobayashi (1-5)14,85717-30-0
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
48June 2 @Hawks 7-3 Houlton (4-3) Mastny (0-2)17-31-0
49June 3 @Hawks 3-0 Fujioka (1-0) Walrond (3-4) Mahara (10)17-32-0
50June 5 Lions Postponed (rained out)
51June 6 Lions
52June 7 Marines
53June 8 Marines
54June 10 @Fighters
55June 11 @Fighters
56June 13 @Eagles
57June 14 @Eagles
58June 16 Buffaloes
59June 17 Buffaloes
60June 20 Hawks
61June 21 Hawks
62June 26 @Tigers
63June 27 @Tigers
64June 28 @Tigers
65June 30 Swallows
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
66July 1 Swallows
67July 3 Carp
68July 4 Carp
69July 5 Carp
70July 7 @Giants
71July 8 @Giants
72July 9 @Giants
73July 10 @Swallows
74July 11 @Swallows
75July 12 @Swallows
76July 14 @ Carp
77July 15 @ Carp
78July 16 @ Carp
79July 17 Dragons
80July 18 Dragons
81July 19 Dragons
82July 20 Giants
83July 21 Giants
84July 22 Giants
85July 28 @Tigers
86July 29 @Tigers
87July 30 @Tigers
88July 31 @Carp

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