2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season

2010  Hiroshima Toyo Carp
League	Central League
Ballpark	Mazda Stadium
City	Hiroshima
Owner	Hajime Matsuda
Manager	Kenjiro Nomura
←  2009

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 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 26 Feb @ Hawks 1–6 Houlton (1–0) Shinoda (0–1) 22,713 0–1–0 2 27 Feb @ Hawks 1–2 Mahara (1–0) Kishimoto (0–1) 22,490 0–2–0 3 2 Mar @ Dragons 3–0 Alvarado (1–0) Kongoh (0–1) Ueno (1) 9,054 1–2–0 4 4 Mar Lions 7–5 Umetsu (1–0) Y. Tanaka (0–1) Kishimoto (1) 8,261 2–2–0 5 6 Mar Marines 3–1 Alvarado (2–0) Naruse (0–2) T. Aoki (1) 11,224 3–2–0 6 7 Mar Marines 9x-8 Kishimoto (1–1) Uchi (0–1) 6,190 4–2–0 7 10 Mar @ Eagles 4–5 (8) Arime (1–0) K. Nagakawa (0–1) 2,076 4–3–0 8 12 Mar @ Tigers 7–1 T. Aoki (1–0) Kojima (0–1) 3,802 5–3–0 9 13 Mar Hawks 9–5 T. Aizawa (1–0) Sugiuchi (0–1) 5,349 6–3–0 10 14 Mar SoftBank 6–7 Otonari (1–1) K. Maeda (0–1) Kume (2) 18,025 6–4–0 11 16 Mar @ Marines 2–7 H. Ueno (1–0) Kishimoto (1–2) 7,389 6–5–0 12 17 Mar @ Giants 1–6 Fujii (2–0) Komatsu (0–1) 28,650 6–6–0 13 18 Mar @ Swallows 4–0 T. Aoki (2–0) Tateyama (0–1) 4,338 7–6–0 14 20 Mar @ Tigers 7–0 K. Maeda (1–1) Ando (0–2) Alvarado (1) 7,394 8–6–0 15 21 Mar Tigers 6–10 Nomi (2–1) Shinoda (0–2) 23,534 8–7–0

Regular season

Standings

2010 Central League standings

Team v t e	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

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Game log

2010 Season (Central League)
March # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 26 Mar @ Dragons 3–1 K. Maeda (1–0) Yoshimi (0–1) K. Nagakawa (1) 35,980 1–0–0 2 27 Mar @ Dragons 0–7 Chen (1–0) Alvarado (0–1) 33,441 1–1–0 3 28 Mar @ Dragons 7-8x A. Takahashi (1–0) K. Nagakawa (0–1) 32,824 1–2–0 4 30 Mar Tigers 3–6 Nomi (1–0) T. Aoki (0–1) Fujikawa (1) 28,074 1–3–0 5 31 Mar Tigers 4–6 Kubo (1–0) Saitoh (0–1) Fujikawa (2) 16,049 1–4–0
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 6 1 Apr Tigers Game postponed due to rain 7 2 Apr Giants 4–5 Gonzalez (1–1) K. Maeda (1–1) Kroon (3) 17,779 1–5–0 8 3 Apr Giants 5–6 Kaneto (1–0) Schultz (0–1) Kobayashi (1) 28,455 1–6–0 9 4 Apr Giants 3–10 Tohno (1–1) Komatsu (0–1) 29,186 1–7–0 10 6 Apr @ Swallows 3–2 K. Nagakawa (1–1) Oshimoto (0–1) Schultz (1) 12,549 2–7–0 11 7 Apr @ Swallows 1–7 Tateyama (2–0) Saitoh (0–2) 9,057 2–8–0 12 8 Apr @ Swallows 4–0 K. Maeda (2–1) Ishikawa (0–3) Schultz (2) 12,133 3–8–0 13 9 Apr @ BayStars 0–5 Miura (1–0) Alvarado (0–2) 11,372 3–9–0 14 10 Apr @ BayStars 7–3 Komatsu (1–1) Kaga (0–3) 19,104 4–9–0 15 11 Apr @ BayStars 3–6 Shimizu (1–1) Hasegawa (0–1) 17,801 4–10–0 16 13 Apr Swallows 3x-2 (10) K. Takahashi (1–0) Takagi (0–1) 12,776 5–10–0 17 14 Apr Swallows 6–3 Saitoh (1–2) Ishikawa (0–4) Schultz (3) 12,425 6–10–0 18 15 Apr Swallows 1–2 Oshimoto (1–1) Shinoda (0–1) Lim (4) 12,563 6–11–0 19 16 Apr Dragons 4x-3 K. Takahashi (2–0) Asao (0–1) 13,500 7–11–0 20 17 Apr Dragons 8x-7 K. Takahashi (3–0) A. Takahashi (3–1) 23,681 8–11–0 21 18 Apr Dragons 4–2 Yokoyama (1–0) Nagamine (0–1) Schultz (4) 25,244 9–11–0 22 20 Apr @ Tigers 0–5 Shimoyanagi (2–1) Saitoh (1–3) 38,116 9–12–0 23 21 Apr @ Tigers 2–1 Maeda (3–1) Kubo (2–2) Schultz (5) 38,242 10–12–0 24 22 Apr @ Tigers Game postponed due to rain 25 23 Apr @ Giants 4–10 Tohno (4–1) Stults (0–1) 43,847 10–13–0 26 24 Apr @ Giants 4–7 Ochi (2–0) Takahashi (3–1) 46,673 10–14–0 27 25 Apr @ Giants 2–8 Obispo (1–0) Komatsu (1–2) 43,091 10–15–0 28 27 Apr BayStars 3–0 Maeda (4–1) Randolph (0–4) Schultz (6) 12,210 11–16–0 29 28 Apr BayStars 1–2 Terahara (3–2) Saitoh (1–4) Yamaguchi (7) 15,541 11–17–0 30 29 Apr BayStars 0–8 Shimizu (3–2) Stults (0–2) 28,030 11–18–0 31 30 Apr Dragons 9–0 T. Aoki (1–1) Ogasawara (1–3) 18,437 12–18–0
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 32 May. 1 Dragons 6–12 Suzuki (1–0) Komatsu (1–3) 30,707 12–19–0 33 May. 2 Dragons 4x-3 Takahashi (4–1) Asao (1–2) 31,821 13–19–0 34 May. 3 @ BayStars 3–1 Maeda (5–1) Randolph (0–5) Schultz (7) 24,132 14–19–0 35 May. 4 @ BayStars 5-6x Yamaguchi (1–3) Takahashi (4–2) 27,074 14–20–0 36 May. 5 @ BayStars 4–5 Shimizu (4–2) Stults (0–3) Yamaguchi (10) 22,620 14–21–0 37 May. 7 @ Tigers 6–10 Kubota (3–1) Takahashi (4–3) 38,157 14–22–0 38 May. 8 @ Tigers 11–8 Shinoda (1–1) Kawasaki (0–1) 46,768 15–22–0 39 May. 9 @ Tigers 3–4 Nishimura (4–0) Maeda (5–2) Fujikawa (9) 46,703 15–23–0 40 May. 13 Eagles 4–6 Nagai (3–3) Aoki (1–2) Kawagishi (7) 13,047 15–24–0 41 May. 14 Eagles 7–8 Inoue (1–0) Bale (0–1) Yamamura (1) 25,671 15–25–0 42 May. 15 Fighters 1x-0 Maeda (6–2) Tanimoto (1–2) 31,842 16–25–0 43 May. 16 Fighters 2–6 M. Takeda (2–4) Imai (0–1) 30,281 16–26–0 44 May. 18 @ Buffaloes 2–11 Kondo (2–4) T. Aoki (1–3) 16,368 16–27–0 45 May. 19 @ Buffaloes 8–2 Stults (1–3) Komatsu (2–2) 16,784 17–27–0 46 May. 21 @ Hawks 7–1 Maeda (7–2) Otonari (1–6) 33,277 18–27–0 47 May. 22 @ Hawks 4–7 Wada (6–3) Aizawa (0–1) Mahara (14) 31,952 18–28–0 48 May. 23 Lions Game postponed due to rain 49 May. 24 Lions 3–0 Stults (2–3) Kishi (7–2) Yokoyama (1) 20,235 19–28–0 48 May. 25 Lions 7–10 Hsu (3–4) Kishimoto (0–1) Sikorski (16) 10,699 19–29–0 50 May. 26 Chiba 1–9 Murphy (3–0) Takahashi (4–4) 17,089 19–30–0 51 May. 27 Chiba 3–0 Maeda (8–2) Naruse (6–5) Yokoyama (2) 19,576 20–30–0 52 May. 29 @ Eagles 2-3x (10) Koyama (2–1) K. Nagakawa (1–2) 17,529 20–31–0 53 May. 30 @ Eagles 2–4 Tanaka (7–3) T. Aoki (1–4) 20,248 20–32–0
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June. 1 @ Fighters 5–4 Kishimoto (1–1) Miyanishi (1–1) Yokoyama (3) 19,478 21–32–0 55 June. 2 @ Fighters 2–2 (12) 21,421 21–32–1 56 June. 4 Hawks 5–4 Stults (3–3) Takahashi (2–1) Yokoyama (4) 26,250 22–32–1 57 June. 5 Hawks 3–9 Wada (8–3) T. Aoki (1–5) 31,786 22–33–1 58 June. 6 Orix 1–6 Kisanuki (5–5) Soriano (0–1) 25,489 22–34–1 59 June. 7 Orix 10–21 Leicester (1–2) Alvarado (0–3) 9,324 22–35–1 60 June. 9 @ Marines 2–2 (12) 18,573 22–35–2 61 June. 10 @ Marines 12–7 (12) Oshima (1–0) Kawagoe (2–2) 23,139 23–35–2 62 June. 12 @ Lions 6–2 Otake (1–0) Hoashi (6–5) 31,618 24–35–2 63 June. 13 @ Lions 4–2 Alvarado (1–3) Kishi (8–4) Bale (1) 31,647 25–35–2 64 June. 18 Swallows Game postponed due to rain 65 June. 19 Swallows 5–1 Maeda (9–2) Ishikawa (2–8) 26,161 26–35–2 66 June. 20 Swallows 2–4 Yoshinori (3–5) Takahashi (4–5) Lim (11) 23,175 26–36–2 67 June. 22 Tigers 7–13 (11) K. Fujikawa (3–1) Umetsu (0–1) 14,327 26–37–2 68 June. 23 Tigers 4–9 Standridge (3–1) Stults (3–4) 13,028 26–38–2

Players In/Out

In

Draft

1. Takeru Imamura
2. Shota Dobayashi
3. Hisashi Takeuchi
4. Hayato Shoji
5. Kota Ito
6. 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) ^[1]
• 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) ^[2]
• Rui Makino (sacked, now Yokohama Baystars Batting Pitcher) ^[3]
• Yoshinori Ogata (sacked, now Hiroshima Toyo Carp Scouting Staff)
• Toshimitsu Higa (sacked)
• Masayuki Hasegawa (traded to Orix Buffaloes)
• Go Kida (traded to Orix Buffaloes)

Roster

2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Pitchers 12 Hisashi Takeuchi (武内 久士) 14 Junpei Shinoda (篠田 純平) 16 Takeru Imamura (今村 猛) 17 Kan Otake (大竹 寛) 18 Kenta Maeda (前田 健太) 19 Hirofumi Ueno (上野 弘文) 20 Katsuhiro Nagakawa (永川 勝浩) 21 Yuki Saitoh (齊藤 悠葵) 22 Ken Takahashi (高橋 建) 23 Ryuji Yokoyama (横山 竜士) 24 Eric Stults (エリック スタルツ) 28 Koji Hiroike (広池 浩司) 29 Tsuyoshi Sato (佐藤 剛士) 30 Choji Mori (森 跳二) 34 Ren Nakata (中田 廉) 36 Hayato Aoki (青木 勇人) 39 Tomohiro Umetsu (梅津 智弘) 41 Takeshi Komatsu (小松 剛) 46 Takayuki Oshima (大島 崇行) 47 Takahiro Aoki (青木 高広) 48 Hideki Kishimoto (岸本 秀樹) 53 Masaki Hayashi (林 昌樹) 54 Michito Miyazaki (宮崎 充登) 57 Taketo Kawaguchi (川口 盛外) 58 Shinjiro Kojima (小島 心二郎) 62 Keisuke Imai (今井 啓介) 65 Toshiaki Aizawa (相澤 寿聡) 67 Kota Itoh (伊東 昂大) 69 Ken Nakamura (中村 憲) 70 Mike Schultz (マイク シュルツ) 91 Giancarlo Alvarado (ジオ アルバラード) 94 John Bale (J．ベイル) 99 Dioni Soriano (ディオーニ ソリアーノ) 120 Mitsuhiro Nagakawa (永川 光浩)* 122 Tatsuya Yamanaka (山中 達也)* 123 Shota Matsuda (松田 翔太)* 124 Takaya Kawauchi (河内 貴哉)* 140 Wilfreiser Guerrero (W．ゲレロ)*		Catchers 27 Kazuhiro Uemura (上村 和裕) 31 Yoshiyuki Ishihara (石原 慶幸) 32 Yuta Shirahama (白濱 裕太) 40 Yoshikazu Kura (倉 義和) 61 Sho Yamamoto (山本 翔) 64 Tsubasa Aizawa (會澤 翼) 126 Kosuke Nakamura (中村 亘佑)* Infielders 00 Akira Tanaka (田中 彰)  2 Akihiro Higashide (東出 輝裕)  4 Tetsuya Kokubo(小窪 哲也)  5 Kenta Kurihara (栗原 健太)  6 Eishin Soyogi (梵 英心) 11 Justin Huber (J．ヒューバー) 13 Shota Dobayashi (堂林 翔太) 25 Takuro Ishii (石井 琢朗) 45 Takaaki Matsumoto (松本 高明) 52 Hayato Shoji (庄司 隼人) 56 Tsubasa Nakatani (中谷 翼) 59 Yoshihiko Yamamoto (山本 芳彦) 60 Tomohiro Abe (安部 友裕) 66 Shogo Kimura (木村 昇吾) 68 Shin Sung-hyun (申 成鉉)		Outfielders  0 Takamitsu Ioh (井生 崇光)  1 Tomonori Maeda (前田 智徳) 10 Takahiro Iwamoto (岩本 貴裕) 26 Jun Hirose (廣瀬 純) 33 Tomoya Sayashi (鞘師 智也) 35 Naoteru Nakahigashi (中東 直瑛) 37 Ryuhei Matsuyama (松山 竜平) 38 Masato Akamatsu (赤松 真人) 43 Jeff Fiorentino (J．フィオレンティーノ) 44 Yuichiro Mukae (迎　祐一郎) 49 Sohichiro Amaya (天谷 宗一郎) 50 Masamitsu Suzuki (鈴木 将光) 51 Masafumi Suenaga (末永 真史) 55 Shigenobu Shima (嶋 重宣) 63 Yoshihiro Maru (丸 佳浩) 121 Keita Yamauchi (山内 啓太)* Manager 77 Kenjiro Nomura (野村 謙二郎) Coaches 74 Yutaka Ohno (大野 豊) (head, pitching) 72 Junzo Uchida (内田 順三) (general batting) 82 Itsuki Asai (浅井 樹) (batting) 80 Yasuyuki Yamauchi (山内 泰幸) (pitching) 71 Shinji Koh (高 信二) (infield, baserunning) 79 Koichi Ogata (緒方 孝市) (general fielding) 84 Yukihiro Ueda (植田 幸弘) (battery) 89 Katsumi Mizumoto (水本 勝己) (bullpen) * Development player

Long-term injury list

Date Injured Player Injury Return Date 14 March 2010 Kan Otake Right shoulder pain 14 May 2010 [4] [5] 13 April 2010 Katsuhiro Nagakawa Right adductor magnus muscle 25 May 2010 [6] 16 May 2010 Mike Schultz Low back pain August 2010 [7] 10 June 2010 Kenta Kurihara Broken ulna July 2010 [8]

References

1. "Dodgers sell Stults' contract to Japan". MLB.com. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
2. (in Japanese) 緒方孝市選手　引退のお知らせ Archived 2 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Official Site of The Hiroshima Toyo Carp
3. (in Japanese) 牧野が現役引退…横浜で打撃投手に Archived 8 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine , Daily Sports
4. 大竹、開幕戦は絶望的 肩に違和感で３軍調整へ (in Japanese). Chugoku Shimbun. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
5. 大竹実戦「思った以上」 今季初の登板、試合勘と笑顔戻る (in Japanese). Chugoku Shimbun. 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
6. 永川、巻き返しへ始動 ２軍戦に25日登板 (in Japanese). Chugoku Shimbun. 24 May 2010. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
7. シュルツ、帰国し手術か 腰痛、復帰は８月以降も (in Japanese). Chugoku Shimbun. 29 March 2010. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
8. 死球の広島栗原が右手首骨折で長期離脱 (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 11 June 2010. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010.

External links

• Hiroshima Toyo Carp Season Results