2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

2023  Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
League	Pacific League
Ballpark	Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi
Record	70–71–2 (.497)
Parent company	Rakuten
President	Yosuke Yoneda
General manager	Kazuhisa Ishii
Manager	Kazuhisa Ishii
Captain	Hideto Asamura
←  2022 Eagles seasons

The 2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season is the 19th season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles play their home games at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team is led by Kazuhisa Ishii in his third season as team manager.

Regular season

Standings

Pacific League regular season standings ^[1]

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
1	Orix Buffaloes	143	86	53	4	.619	—	41–28–3	45–25–1
2	Chiba Lotte Marines	143	70	68	5	.507	15½	42–27–2	28–40–3
3	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	143	71	69	3	.507	15½	39–32–0	32–37–3
4	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	143	70	71	2	.496	17	38–33–1	32–38–1
5	Saitama Seibu Lions	143	65	77	1	.458	22½	33–37–1	32–40–0
6	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	143	60	82	1	.423	27½	31–40–0	29–42–1

Record vs. opponents

2023 record vs. opponents ^[1]

Team	Buffaloes	Eagles	Fighters	Hawks	Lions	Marines	CL
Buffaloes	—	15–10	15–9–1	13–11−1	17–8	15–8−2	11–7
Eagles	10–15	—	15–10	14–10−1	10–14–1	12–13	9–9
Fighters	9–15–1	10–15	—	11–14	9–16	11–14	10–8
Hawks	11–13−1	10–14−1	14–11	—	13–12	12–12−1	11–7
Lions	8–17	14–10–1	16–9	12–13	—	9–16	6–12
Marines	8–15−2	13–12	14–11	12–12−1	16–9	—	7–9−2

Interleague

Regular season interleague standings ^[2]

Team	G	W	L	T	Win%	GB	Home	Away
Yokohama DeNA BayStars	18	11	7	0	.611	—	6–3	5–4
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	18	11	7	0	.611	—	4–5	7–2
Yomiuri Giants	18	11	7	0	.611	—	5–4	6–3
Orix Buffaloes	18	11	7	0	.611	—	4–5	7–2
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	18	10	8	0	.556	1	4–5	6–3
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	18	9	9	0	.500	2	5–4	4–5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	18	9	9	0	.500	2	4–5	5–4
Chiba Lotte Marines	18	7	9	2	.438	3	5–4	2–5−2
Chunichi Dragons	18	7	10	1	.412	3½	2–6−1	5–4
Hanshin Tigers	18	7	10	1	.412	3½	4–4−1	3–6
Tokyo Yakult Swallows	18	7	11	0	.389	4	3–6	4–5
Saitama Seibu Lions	18	6	12	0	.333	5	4–5	2–7

Opening Day roster

Thursday, March 30, 2023, vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ^[3]

Order	Player	Pos.
1	Ryosuke Tatsumi	CF
2	Hiroto Kobukata	LF
3	Maikel Franco	DH
4	Hideto Asamura	2B
5	Hiroaki Shimauchi	RF
6	Toshiki Abe	1B
7	Tsuyoshi Yamasaki	SS
8	Yukiya Itoh	3B
9	Yuma Yasuda	C
—	Masahiro Tanaka	P

Game log

2023 game log: 70–71–2 (Home: 38–33–1; Away: 32–38–1)
March/April: 9–14–0 (Home: 4–6–0; Away: 5–8–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 March 30 @ Fighters 3–1 M. Tanaka (1–0) Kato (0–1) Y. Matsui (1) Es Con Field 31,092 1–0–0 W1 2 April 1 @ Fighters 3–4 (10) Suzuki (1–0) Miyamori (0–1) — Es Con Field 30,637 1–1–0 L1 3 April 2 @ Fighters 2–1 Fujihira (1–0) Kitayama (0–1) Y. Matsui (2) Es Con Field 30,775 2–1–0 W1 4 April 4 Lions 0–4 Imai (1–0) Norimoto (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,365 2–2–0 L1 5 April 5 Lions 1–0 Hayakawa (1–0) Sumida (0–1) Y. Matsui (3) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,526 3–2–0 W1 6 April 6 Lions 1–2 Matsumoto (1–0) M. Tanaka (1–1) Masuda (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 19,034 3–3–0 L1 7 April 8 @ Marines 4–5 Sawamura (1–0) Nishiguchi (0–1) Masuda (3) Zozo Marine Stadium 27,444 3–4–0 L2 8 April 9 @ Marines 1–10 Taneichi (1–1) Kishi (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 28,848 3–5–0 L3 9 April 11 Buffaloes 0–6 Yamashita (1–0) Norimoto (0–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 13,165 3–6–0 L4 10 April 12 Buffaloes 2–7 Tajima (1–1) Hayakawa (1–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 12,488 3–7–0 L5 11 April 14 Hawks 3–0 M. Tanaka (2–1) Wada (1–1) Y. Matsui (4) Rakuten Mobile Park 15,728 4–7–0 W1 — April 15 Hawks Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 7 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — 12 April 16 Hawks 3–6 Tsumori (2–0) Nishiguchi (0–2) Osuna (3) Rakuten Mobile Park 18,504 4–8–0 L1 13 April 18 @ Buffaloes 5–1 M. Itoh (1–0) Waguespack (2–1) — Kyocera Dome Osaka 15,173 5–8–0 W1 14 April 19 @ Buffaloes 1–2 Tajima (2–1) Nishiguchi (0–3) Yo. Hirano (4) Kyocera Dome Osaka 14,983 5–9–0 L1 15 April 20 @ Buffaloes 1–3 Yamasaki (1–0) Fujihira (1–1) Waguespack (1) Kyocera Dome Osaka 13,873 5–10–0 L2 16 April 21 Fighters 8–7 Suzuki (1–0) S. Tanaka (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 16,442 6–10–0 W1 17 April 22 Fighters 3–5 Uwasawa (2–1) Shoji (0–1) Miyanishi (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 17,161 6–11–0 L1 18 April 23 Fighters 4–3 (11) Uchi (1–0) Tamai (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 21,128 7–11–0 W1 — April 25 @ Hawks Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 2 Heiwadai Stadium — — — 19 April 26 @ Hawks 2–4 Wada (2–1) Hayakawa (1–2) Osuna (4) Fukuoka PayPay Dome 34,858 7–12–0 L1 20 April 27 @ Hawks 3–5 Mori (1–0) Takinaka (0–1) Osuna (5) Fukuoka PayPay Dome 35,102 7–13–0 L2 21 April 28 @ Lions 0–4 Imai (3–0) M. Tanaka (2–2) — Belluna Dome 16,453 7–14–0 L3 22 April 29 @ Lions 8–2 Fujihira (2–1) K. Takahashi (3–1) — Belluna Dome 24,148 8–14–0 W1 23 April 30 @ Lions 7–6 (10) Y. Matsui (1–0) Yoza (0–1) Sakai (1) Belluna Dome 22,176 9–14–0 W2
May: 9–13–1 (Home: 7–8–0; Away: 2–5–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 24 May 2 Marines 5–1 Kishi (1–1) Nishino (3−1) Y. Matsui (5) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,550 10–14–0 W3 25 May 3 Marines 0−2 (10) Sawamura (3–0) Uchi (1–1) Masuda (9) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,143 10−15−0 L1 26 May 4 Marines 6−0 T. Matsui (1−0) Mori (1−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,134 11−15−0 W1 27 May 5 @ Fighters 2−5 Miyauchi (1−0) Nishiguchi (0–4) S. Tanaka (4) Es Con Field 26,342 11−16−0 L1 28 May 6 @ Fighters 5−0 Takinaka (1–1) Uwasawa (3–2) — Es Con Field 26,761 12−16−0 W1 29 May 7 @ Fighters 2−3 S. Tanaka (1−1) Miyamori (0–2) — Es Con Field 25,250 12−17−0 L1 30 May 9 Buffaloes 0−2 Miyagi (4−0) Hayakawa (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 17,459 12−18−0 L2 31 May 10 Buffaloes 2−8 Tajima (4–2) Kishi (1–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,480 12−19−0 L3 32 May 11 Buffaloes 7−3 Norimoto (1–2) Kuroki (0−2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 21,709 13−19−0 W1 33 May 12 @ Lions 4−4 Game tied after 12 innings Belluna Dome 12,675 13−19−1 T1 34 May 13 @ Lions 4−7 K. Takahashi (3–1) Fujihira (2–2) Moriwaki (1) Belluna Dome 18,417 13−20−1 L1 35 May 14 @ Lions 5−0 Takinaka (2–1) Sumida (1–4) — Belluna Dome 22,257 14−20−1 W1 36 May 16 Hawks 3−0 Hayakawa (2–3) Ohzeki (2−4) Y. Matsui (6) Iwagin Stadium 16,070 15−20−1 W2 37 May 17 Hawks 1−10 Wada (3–1) Shoji (0–2) — Yamagata Municipal Stadium 9,912 15−21−1 L1 — May 19 Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 9 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — 38 May 20 Marines 1−6 Nishino (5−1) Norimoto (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 18,119 15−22−1 L2 39 May 21 Marines 4−6 Hirohata (1−0) Takinaka (2–2) Perdomo (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 17,859 15−23−1 L3 40 May 23 @ Buffaloes 0−8 Yamashita (4–0) M. Tanaka (2–3) — Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium 21,055 15−24−1 L4 41 May 24 @ Buffaloes 5−6 Waguespack (2–2) Y. Matsui (1–1) — Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium 21,362 15−25−1 L5 42 May 26 Fighters 4−3 Uchi (2–1) H. Itoh (2−4) Y. Matsui (7) Rakuten Mobile Park 16,444 16−25−1 W1 43 May 27 Fighters 1−3 Suzuki (4–2) T. Matsui (1−1) S. Tanaka (7) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,111 16−26−1 L1 44 May 28 Fighters 3−2 (12) Sung (1−0) Rodriguez (0−3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 20,954 17−26−1 W1 45 May 30 BayStars 2−3 Imanaga (3−1) Norimoto (1–4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 13,061 17−27−1 L1 46 May 31 BayStars 3−1 M. Tanaka (3–3) Wendelken (1−1) Y. Matsui (8) Rakuten Mobile Park 13,677 18−27−1 W1
June: 10–13–0 (Home: 4–6–0; Away: 6–7–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 47 June 1 BayStars 3−11 K. Azuma (5−2) Takinaka (2–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 12,406 18−28−1 L1 — June 2 @ Swallows Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 20 Meiji Jingu Stadium — — — 48 June 3 @ Swallows 5−9 Peters (2−1) Hayakawa (2–4) — Meiji Jingu Stadium 29,345 18−29−1 L2 49 June 4 @ Swallows 2−5 Kozawa (1−1) Shoji (0–3) Taguchi (12) Meiji Jingu Stadium 29,602 18−30−1 L3 50 June 6 Tigers 4−1 Norimoto (2–4) Murakami (5−2) Y. Matsui (9) Rakuten Mobile Park 16,028 19−30−1 W1 51 June 7 Tigers 3−11 Y. Nishi M. Tanaka (3–4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 17,168 19−31−1 L1 52 June 8 Tigers 6−4 Uchi (3–1) Yuasa (0−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 16,498 20−31−1 W1 53 June 9 Dragons 5−4 S. Watanabe (1−0) Ogasawara (4−3) Y. Matsui (10) Rakuten Mobile Park 15,302 21−31−1 W2 54 June 10 Dragons 1−0 Hayakawa (3–4) Matsuba (0−1) Y. Matsui (11) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,562 22−31−1 W3 — June 11 Dragons Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 21 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — 55 June 13 @ Carp 6−3 Norimoto (3–4) Ohsera (2−5) Y. Matsui (12) Mazda Stadium 28,430 23−31−1 W4 56 June 14 @ Carp 3−4 Yasaki (4−0) Y. Matsui (1−2) — Mazda Stadium 23,949 23−32−1 L1 57 June 15 @ Carp 11−7 S. Watanabe (2−0) Shimauchi (1−2) — Mazda Stadium 23,169 24−32−1 W1 58 June 16 @ Giants 5−6 Ohe (4−0) Sakai (0−1) — Tokyo Dome 36,916 24−33−1 L1 59 June 17 @ Giants 2−1 Hayakawa (4–4) Griffin (4−3) Y. Matsui (13) Tokyo Dome 40,845 25−33−1 W1 60 June 18 @ Giants 2−1 Kishi (2–2) Sugano (1−1) Y. Matsui (14) Tokyo Dome 40,929 26−33−1 W2 61 June 20 @ Swallows 0−13 Yamamoto (1−0) Fujihira (2–3) — Meiji Jingu Stadium 16,182 26−34−1 L1 62 June 21 Dragons 2−5 Takahashi (3−6) Takinaka (2–4) Martínez (15) Rakuten Mobile Park 13,959 26−35−1 L2 63 June 23 Lions 4−5 Hirai (3−2) Sakai (0−2) Masuda (10) Rakuten Mobile Park 13,794 26−36−1 L3 64 June 24 Lions 0−1 K. Takahashi (5–5) Karashima (0−1) Masuda (11) Rakuten Mobile Park 18,276 26−37−1 L4 65 June 25 Lions 2−5 Sumida (3–6) Hayakawa (4–5) Moriwaki (3) Rakuten Mobile Park 17,065 26−38−1 L5 66 June 26 @ Hawks 3−1 M. Tanaka (4–4) Wada (5–3) Y. Matsui (15) Tokyo Dome 41,876 27−38−1 W1 67 June 28 @ Hawks 2−3 Moinelo (3−0) S. Watanabe (2−1) Osuna (14) Fukuoka PayPay Dome 34,351 27−39−1 L1 68 June 29 @ Hawks 2−3 Ohtsu (2−0) Uchi (3–2) Osuna (15) Fukuoka PayPay Dome 36,157 27−40−1 L2 69 June 30 @ Marines 5−4 Sakai (1−2) Perdomo (0−1) Y. Matsui (16) Zozo Marine Stadium 18,546 28−40−1 W1
July: 15–7–0 (Home: 8–4–0; Away: 7–3–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 70 July 1 @ Marines 2−10 Taneichi (5–3) Karashima (0−2) — Zozo Marine Stadium 25,370 28−41−1 L1 71 July 2 @ Marines 11−4 Fujii (1−0) Mercedes (3−4) — Zozo Marine Stadium 23,051 29−41−1 W1 72 July 4 Buffaloes 7−9 Udagawa (1−0) M. Tanaka (4–5) Yo. Hirano (13) Tokyo Dome 40,502 29−42−1 L1 73 July 5 Buffaloes 6−1 Shoji (1–3) Miyagi (6−3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 12,575 30−42−1 W1 74 July 6 Buffaloes 3−0 Kishi (3–2) Yamashita (7–2) Y. Matsui (17) Rakuten Mobile Park 12,087 31−42−1 W2 75 July 7 Hawks 6−5 Norimoto (4–4) Arihara (3−1) Y. Matsui (18) Rakuten Mobile Park 14,613 32−42−1 W3 76 July 8 Hawks 8−1 Karashima (1−2) Higashihama (5−6) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,950 33−42−1 W4 77 July 9 Hawks 5−1 Fujii (2−0) Ishikawa (3−4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 20,028 34−42−1 W5 78 July 11 @ Fighters 3−2 M. Tanaka (5–5) Kitayama (5–4) Y. Matsui (19) Es Con Field 26,855 35−42−1 W6 79 July 12 @ Fighters 4−3 Sung (2−0) H. Itoh (5−5) Y. Matsui (20) Es Con Field 25,936 36−42−1 W7 80 July 13 @ Fighters 3−2 Sakai (2−2) S. Tanaka (2–2) Y. Matsui (21) Es Con Field 29,010 37−42−1 W8 81 July 15 @ Marines 7−9 T. Nakamura (1−0) Sakai (2−3) Masuda (23) Zozo Marine Stadium 25,560 37−43−1 L1 82 July 16 @ Marines 7−6 S. Watanabe (3−1) Masuda (2−2) Y. Matsui (22) Zozo Marine Stadium 26,617 38−43−1 W1 83 July 17 @ Marines 4−2 Anraku (1−0) Taneichi (6–4) Y. Matsui (23) Zozo Marine Stadium 22,098 39−43−1 W2 All-Star Break : PL defeats the CL, 2–0 84 July 22 @ Lions 1−2 Imai (5–2) Karashima (2−2) Masuda (16) Belluna Dome 17,606 39−44−1 L1 85 July 23 @ Lions 4−2 Norimoto (5–4) Enns (1−8) S. Suzuki (1) Belluna Dome 15,685 40−44−1 W1 86 July 25 Fighters 3−1 Hayakawa (5–5) Kato (5–7) S. Watanabe (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 16,158 41−44−1 W2 87 July 26 Fighters 2−3 Ikeda (1−3) S. Suzuki (1−1) S. Tanaka (15) Rakuten Mobile Park 16,935 41−45−1 L1 88 July 27 Fighters 5−9 Kitayama (6–4) M. Tanaka (5–6) — Rakuten Mobile Park 15,082 41−46−1 L2 89 July 28 Lions 5−1 Kishi (4–2) Taira (6−5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 15,164 42−46−1 W1 90 July 29 Lions 1−3 Imai (6–2) Karashima (2−4) Masuda (18) Rakuten Mobile Park 18,855 42−47−1 L1 91 July 30 Lions 5−4 (10) Sakai (3−3) Mizukami (0−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 17,209 43−47−1 W1
August: 12–12–0 (Home: 9–5–0; Away: 3–7–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 92 August 1 @ Buffaloes 2−6 Yamamoto (10−4) Hayakawa (5–6) Yamazaki (5) Kyocera Dome Osaka 28,527 43−48−1 L1 93 August 2 @ Buffaloes 2−3 Yo. Hirano (3−1) Anraku (1−1) — Kyocera Dome Osaka 21,651 43−49−1 L2 94 August 3 @ Buffaloes 9−1 M. Tanaka (6–6) Waguespack (3–5) — Kyocera Dome Osaka 23,016 44−49−1 W1 95 August 4 Marines 3−5 Taneichi (8–4) Kishi (4–3) Tojo (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 17,035 44−50−1 L1 96 August 5 Marines 7−6 Sakai (4−3) Perdomo (1−2) Y. Matsui (24) Rakuten Mobile Park 16,501 45−50−1 W1 97 August 6 Marines 2−1 Norimoto (6–4) Ojima (5−4) Y. Matsui (25) Rakuten Mobile Park 18,018 46−50−1 W2 98 August 8 @ Hawks 9−3 Hayakawa (6–6) Taura (2−1) — Fukuoka PayPay Dome 35,203 47−50−1 W3 — August 9 @ Hawks Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 3 Fukuoka PayPay Dome — — — 99 August 10 @ Hawks 4−11 Wada (6–4) M. Tanaka (6–7) — Fukuoka PayPay Dome 37,974 47−51−1 L1 100 August 11 Buffaloes 5−0 Kishi (5–3) Yamasaki (8–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 22,313 48−51−1 W1 — August 12 Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 14 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — 101 August 13 Buffaloes 0−1 Udagawa (3−0) Norimoto (6–5) Yo. Hirano (19) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,526 48−52−1 L1 102 August 15 @ Lions 5−3 S. Watanabe (4−1) Masuda (4−3) Y. Matsui (26) Belluna Dome 20,414 49−52−1 W1 103 August 16 @ Lions 1−4 Imai (7–3) Karashima (1−5) — Belluna Dome 18,194 49−53−1 L1 104 August 17 @ Lions 2−4 Sumida (7–7) M. Tanaka (6–8) Aoyama (3) Belluna Dome 16,496 49−54−1 L2 105 August 18 Marines 1−4 Taneichi (10–4) Kishi (5–4) Masuda (30) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,021 49−55−1 L3 106 August 19 Marines 7−5 S. Watanabe (5−1) Perdomo (1−3) Y. Matsui (27) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,266 50−55−1 W1 107 August 20 Marines 3−4 Nishimura (3−0) Y. Matsui (1−3) Masuda (31) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,028 50−56−1 L1 108 August 22 @ Fighters 2−6 Kato (5–7) Hayakawa (6–7) — Es Con Field 23,563 50−57−1 L2 109 August 23 @ Fighters 4−10 Ponce (2−4) T. Matsui (1−2) — Es Con Field 22,435 50−58−1 L3 110 August 25 Hawks 3−2 (10) S. Watanabe (6−1) Kaino (1−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 26,372 51−58−1 W1 111 August 26 Hawks 2−1 M. Tanaka (7–8) Bando (4−3) Y. Matsui (28) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,669 52−58−1 W2 112 August 27 Hawks 7−1 Shoji (2–3) Matsumoto (0−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 18,408 53−58−1 W3 113 August 29 Lions 2−1 Norimoto (7–5) Matsumoto (4–8) Y. Matsui (29) Rakuten Mobile Park 13,952 54−58−1 W4 114 August 30 Lions 6−4 Uchi (4–2) Masuda (4−4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 14,812 55−58−1 W5 115 August 31 Lions 4−5 Kumon (1−0) S. Watanabe (6−2) Kriske (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 13,537 55−59−1 L1
September/October: 15–11–1 (Home: 6–3–1; Away: 9–8–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 116 September 1 @ Marines 0−5 Mima (2−7) Kishi (5–5) — Zozo Marine Stadium 22,535 55−60−1 L2 117 September 2 @ Marines 5−3 Anraku (2−1) Masuda (2−4) Y. Matsui (30) Zozo Marine Stadium 28,857 56−60−1 W1 118 September 3 @ Marines 5−4 Shoji (3–3) Nakamori (1−2) Y. Matsui (31) Zozo Marine Stadium 27,729 57−60−1 W2 — September 5 Fighters Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 22 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — — September 6 Fighters Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 5 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — 119 September 8 @ Hawks 8−6 Kishi (6–5) Ishikawa (4−7) Y. Matsui (32) Fukuoka PayPay Dome 34,795 58−60−1 W3 120 September 9 @ Hawks 2−7 Kaino (2−1) M. Tanaka (7–9) — Fukuoka PayPay Dome 38,331 58−61−1 L1 121 September 10 @ Hawks 6−4 Shoji (4–3) Bando (5−4) Y. Matsui (33) Fukuoka PayPay Dome 38,139 59−61−1 W1 122 September 12 @ Marines 3−5 Sawada (2−0) Norimoto (7–6) Masuda (35) Zozo Marine Stadium 24,234 59−62−1 L1 123 September 13 @ Marines 5−3 S. Watanabe (7−2) Masuda (2−5) Y. Matsui (34) Zozo Marine Stadium 24,200 60−62−1 W1 124 September 14 Buffaloes 0−2 (11) Yamazaki (1−0) Anraku (2−2) Yamaoka (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,539 60−63−1 L1 125 September 16 @ Buffaloes 3−1 Kishi (7–5) Yamamoto (14−6) Y. Matsui (35) Kyocera Dome Osaka 35,360 61−63−1 W1 126 September 17 @ Buffaloes 4−6 Udagawa (4−0) Sung (2−1) Yamazaki (8) Kyocera Dome Osaka 35,688 61−64−1 L1 127 September 18 @ Buffaloes 3−6 Kogita (3−0) M. Tanaka (7–10) Yamazaki (9) Kyocera Dome Osaka 33,773 61−65−1 L2 128 September 19 Hawks 3−2 Norimoto (8–6) Matayoshi (2−2) Y. Matsui (36) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,048 62−65−1 W1 129 September 20 Hawks 6−1 Fujii (3−0) Ohzeki (4−7) — Rakuten Mobile Park 20,300 63−65−1 W2 130 September 21 Lions 2−7 Imai (10–4) Shiomi (0−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 14,031 63−66−1 L1 131 September 22 Fighters 0−3 Kanemura (2−1) Fujihira (2–4) S. Tanaka (24) Rakuten Mobile Park 15,811 63−67−1 L2 132 September 23 Fighters 4−1 Kishi (8–5) Uwasawa (8–9) Y. Matsui (37) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,946 64−67−1 W1 133 September 24 Fighters 3−1 Y. Matsui (2−3) Ikeda (1−5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,561 65−67−1 W2 134 September 25 @ Fighters 9−1 S. Watanabe (8−2) Itoh (7−10) — Es Con Field 26,010 66−67−1 W3 135 September 27 @ Lions 1−2 Hirai (4−3) S. Watanabe (8−3) Kriske (7) Belluna Dome 24,873 66−68−1 L1 136 September 28 Buffaloes 9−5 Anraku (3−2) Abe (3−5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 22,911 67−68−1 W1 137 September 30 @ Buffaloes 5−4 Kishi (9–5) Tajima (6–4) Y. Matsui (38) Kyocera Dome Osaka 26,159 68−68−1 W2 138 October 1 @ Buffaloes 8−2 Shoji (5–3) Kuroki (1−5) — Kyocera Dome Osaka 28,162 69−68−1 W3 139 October 2 @ Hawks 0−6 Ohzeki (5−7) M. Tanaka (7–11) — Fukuoka PayPay Dome 37,413 69−69−1 L1 140 October 3 @ Hawks 3−7 Wada (8–6) Norimoto (8–7) Osuna (26) Fukuoka PayPay Dome 38,597 69−70−1 L2 141 October 5 Fighters 5−3 Sakai (5−3) Nemoto (3−1) Y. Matsui (39) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,997 70−70−1 W1 142 October 7 Hawks 5−5 Game tied after 12 innings Rakuten Mobile Park 25,841 70−70−2 T1 — October 9 Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 10 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — 143 October 10 Marines 0−5 Ojima (10−6) Norimoto (8–8) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,630 70−71−2 L1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Postponement Bold = Eagles team member

Roster

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles roster view talk edit
First squad				Second squad
Pitchers 14 Takahiro Norimoto 20 Nik Turley 21 Takahisa Hayakawa 28 Tomohito Sakai 31 Shōta Watanabe 38 Hayato Yuge 40 Shūto Sakurai 43 Sung Chia-hao 47 Masaru Fujii 52 Taisei Tsurusaki 56 Sora Suzuki Catchers 2 Hikaru Ohta 44 Takaya Tanaka		Infielders 0 Hiroto Kobukata 3 Hideto Asamura 4 Toshiki Abe 5 Eigorō Mogi 7 Daichi Suzuki 23 Maikel Franco 30 Ryūya Taira 39 Yukiya Itoh 48 Yoshiaki Watanabe 66 Itsuki Murabayashi Outfielders 8 Ryōsuke Tatsumi 25 Kazuki Tanaka 27 Takerō Okajima 51 Yūya Ogo Manager 98 Toshiaki Imae Coaches 74 Naoto Watanabe (Head) 93 Taketoshi Gotō (Batting) 89 Keizō Kawashima (Batting) 82 Naoki Matoba (Battery) 86 Tatsuya Shiokawa (Infield defense/base running) 76 Yoshifumi Okada (Outfield defense/base running)		Pitchers 11 Takayuki Kishi 13 Cody Ponce 17 Tatsuki Koja 18 Masahiro Tanaka 19 Kōsei Shōji 22 Ryūji Komago 29 Kōichi Takada 41 Mao Itoh 45 Tomotaka Matsui 46 Shōma Fujihira 49 Masaya Nishigaki 53 Haruto Sakai 54 Naoki Hinata 57 Ryōta Takinaka 58 Wataru Karashima 59 Katsutoshi Tai 61 Takuma Matsuda 64 Yūki Hayashi 67 Seiya Ōuchi 69 Seiryū Uchi 71 Kazuki Yoshikawa 72 Satoshi Miyamori 79 Kotarō Seimiya Catchers 55 Yūma Yasuda 65 Kengo Horiuchi 70 Tsuyoshi Ishihara		Infielders 24 Fumiya Kurokawa 34 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 42 Haruka Yamada 60 Rikai Waters 63 Daiki Irie 68 Takumi Aono 78 Kōnosuke Tatsumi Outfielders 9 Sōshi Yoshino 32 Daisuke Nakashima 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi 36 Ginji Maeda 50 Atsuki Mutoh Manager 88 Hajime Miki Coaches 84 Yūhei (Batting) 95 Toshitake Yokoo (Batting) 80 Takashi Ishii (Pitching) 75 Shinichirō Koyama (Pitching) 91 Yūya Kubo (Pitching) 96 Masahiko Tanaka (Battery) 92 Nobuyuki Okumura (Infield defense/base running) 85 Akihisa Makida (Outfield defense/base running) 87 Yasunaga Makishi (General development) 90 Fumitoshi Takano (Development)
Development Players
017 Wang Yan-cheng 062 Naoto Nishiguchi 130 Kōsei Koga 138 Shinri Komine 155 Akihiro Takeshita 022 Kei Mizukami 137 Yūto Egawa 131 Sōtarō Nagata 141 Kiyoharu Sawano 142 Ōzora Yanagisawa 144 Shō Ōkawara
Updated June 17, 2024				→ All NPB rosters

References

1. "2023 Pacific League Standings" . Retrieved October 7, 2023.
2. "2023年度 交流戦" [2023 Interleague Play] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved June 26, 2023.
3. "Thursday, March 30, 2023". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved March 30, 2023.