2009 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

2009 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Climax Series berth
League	Pacific League
Ballpark	Kleenex Stadium Miyagi
Record	77–66–1 (.538)
League place	2nd
Parent company	Rakuten
President	Toru Shimada
Manager	Katsuya Nomura
Average attendance	16,711
Eagles seasons

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

Regular season

Standings

2009 Pacific League regular season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GB	PCT	Home	Away
1	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	144	82	60	2	—	.576	46–25–1	36–35–1
2	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	144	77	66	1	6.5	.538	39–32–1	38–34–0
3	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	144	74	65	5	3.5	.531	40–28–4	34–37–1
4	Saitama Seibu Lions	144	70	70	4	9	.500	38–32–2	32–38–2
5	Chiba Lotte Marines	144	62	77	5	15.5	.448	37–31–4	25–46–1
6	Orix Buffaloes	144	56	86	2	26	.396	32–40–0	24–46–2

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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) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 April 3 @Fighters 1 - 3 Iwakuma (1-0) Darvish (0-1) Arime (1) 42,328 1-0-0 2 April 4 @Fighters 5 - 6 Gwyn (1-0) Fujii (0-1) Kawagishi (1) 36,316 2-0-0 3 April 5 @Fighters 6 - 9 (11) Kawagishi (1-0) Sakamoto (0-1) 34,252 3-0-0 4 April 7 Hawks 6 - 0 Tanaka (1-0) Loe (0-1) 17,281 4-0-0 5 April 8 Hawks 0 - 7 Houlton (1-0) Asai (0-1) 13,373 4-1-0 6 April 9 Hawks 2 - 1 Nagai (1-0) Otonari (0-1) Koyama (1) 12,418 5-1-0 7 April 10 Lions 0 - 6 Wakui (2-0) Iwakuma (1-1) 15,990 5-2-0 8 April 11 Lions 2 - 5 Onodera (1-0) Hasebe (0-1) Graman (2) 17,835 5-3-0 9 April 12 Lions 4 - 1 Rasner (1-0) Wasdin (0-1) 17,477 6-3-0 10 April 14 @Marines 1 - 2 Tanaka (2-0) Watanabe (0-1) 9,247 7-3-0 11 April 15 @Marines 7 - 1 Karakawa (1-1) Asai (0-2) 16,235 7-4-0 12 April 16 @Marines 11 - 7 (10) Sikorski (2-1) Koyama (0-1) 13,984 7-5-0 13 April 18 @Buffaloes 0 - 7 Iwakuma (2-1) Kondo (2-1) 20,598 8-5-0 14 April 19 @Buffaloes 15 - 0 Kishida (2-0) Rasner (1-1) 21,561 8-6-0 — April 21 Marines Postponed (rained out) 15 April 22 Marines 2 - 0 Tanaka (3-0) Watanabe (0-2) 12,909 9-6-0 16 April 23 Marines 2 - 5 Ono (1-1) Hasebe (0-2) Ogino (1) 11,444 9-7-0 17 April 24 @Hawks 2 - 3 Nagai (2-0) Wada (1-2) Gwyn (1) 27,568 10-7-0 18 April 25 @Hawks 5 - 4 (11) Mahara (1-0) Asai (0-3) 31,021 10-8-0 19 April 26 @Hawks 0 - 4 Rasner (2-1) Sugiuchi (2-1) Koyama (2) 31,787 11-8-0 20 April 28 Fighters 2 - 4 Yagi (1-0) Kawai (0-1) Takeda (5) 13,326 11-9-0 21 April 29 Fighters 2 - 1 Tanaka (4-0) Takeda (1-1) 20,381 12-9-0 22 April 30 Fighters 4 - 2 Hasebe (1-2) Sweeney (0-2) Arime (2) 11,239 13-9-0
May: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 23 May 1 Buffaloes 12 - 2 Nagai (3-0) Nakayama (0-2) 12,262 14-9-0 24 May 2 Buffaloes 7 - 3 Iwakuma (3-1) Komatsu (0-3) 20,246 15-9-0 25 May 3 Buffaloes 8 - 4 Koyama (1-1) Kishida (3-1) 20,619 16-9-0 26 May 4 @Lions 8 - 3 Kishi (5-0) Kawai (0-2) 33,911 16-10-0 27 May 5 @Lions 3 - 7 Isaka (1-0) Ishii (1-3) 33,908 17-10-0 28 May 6 @Lions 3 - 6 Hasebe (2-2) Nishiguchi (2-1) 31,440 18-10-0 29 May 8 @Marines 4 - 3 Shimizu (1-2) Nagai (3-1) Ogino (3) 13,263 18-11-0 30 May 9 @Marines 2 - 6 Iwakuma (4-1) Ono (1-3) 24,668 19-11-0 31 May 10 @Marines 6 - 0 Karakawa (3-2) Rasner (2-2) 24,023 19-12-0 32 May 12 Fighters 1 - 8 Yagi (3-0) Isaka (1-1) 10,231 19-13-0 33 May 13 Fighters 7 - 3 Tanaka (5-0) Sakamoto (0-2) 13,983 20-13-0 34 May 14 Fighters 0 - 7 Sweeney (1-3) Hasebe (2-3) 10,677 20-14-0 35 May 15 Hawks 2 - 4 Falkenborg (2-0) Koyama (1-2) Mahara (5) 11,338 21-14-0 36 May 16 Hawks 1 - 2 Iwakuma (5-1) Kamiuchi (2-1) 17,768 21-15-0 — May 17 Hawks Postponed (rained out) 37 May 19 Swallows 3 - 7 Ishikawa (6-1) Rasner (2-3) 12,691 21-16-0 38 May 20 Swallows 2 - 0 Tanaka (6-0) Sato (2-3) 19,295 22-16-0 39 May 22 Giants 2 - 12 Gonzalez (4-0) Nagai (3-2) 20,170 22-17-0 40 May 23 Giants 1 - 7 Utsumi (1-3) Iwakuma (5-2) 20,599 22-18-0 41 May 24 @BayStars 2 - 5 Hasebe (3-3) Kobayashi (1-4) Aoyama (1) 18,041 23-18-0 42 May 25 @BayStars 6 - 5 Kudoh (1-1) Aoyama (0-1) 18,696 23-19-0 43 May 27 @Dragons 2 - 3 Tanaka (7-0) Takahashi (1-1) Aoyama (2) 32,208 24-19-0 44 May 28 @Dragons 2 - 1 (10) Nagamine (1-0) Aoyama (0-2) 28,262 24-20-0 — May 30 Carp Postponed (rained out) 45 May 31 Carp 4 - 5 Otake (5-1) Iwakuma (5-3) Nagakawa (15) 18,015 24-21-0
June: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 46 June 1 Carp 0 - 2 Saito (3-3) Hasebe (3-4) Nagakawa (16) 10,402 24-22-0 47 June 2 Tigers 48 June 3 Tigers 49 June 5 @Swallows 50 June 6 @Swallows 51 June 7 @Giants 52 June 8 @Giants 53 June 10 Dragons 54 June 11 Dragons 55 June 13 BayStars 56 June 14 BayStars 57 June 17 @Carp 58 June 18 @Carp 59 June 20 @Tigers 60 June 21 @Tigers 61 June 26 @Buffaloes 62 June 27 @Buffaloes 63 June 28 @Buffaloes 64 June 30 @Fighters
July: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 65 July 1 @Fighters 66 July 2 @Fighters 67 July 3 Lions 68 July 4 Lions 69 July 5 Lions 70 July 7 Marines 71 July 8 Marines 72 July 9 Marines 73 July 10 @Hawks 74 July 11 @Hawks 75 July 12 @Hawks 76 July 14 @Lions 77 July 15 @Lions 78 July 16 @Lions 79 July 17 Buffaloes 80 July 18 Buffaloes 81 July 19 Buffaloes 82 July 20 @Hawks 83 July 21 @Hawks 84 July 22 @Hawks 85 July 28 Lions 86 July 29 Lions 87 July 31 @Marines
August: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 88 August 1 @Marines 89 August 2 @Marines 90 August 4 @Buffaloes 91 August 5 @Buffaloes 92 August 6 @Buffaloes 93 August 7 Fighters 94 August 8 Fighters 95 August 9 Fighters 96 August 11 Hawks 97 August 12 Hawks 98 August 13 Hawks 99 August 14 Marines 100 August 15 Marines 101 August 16 Marines 102 August 18 @Fighters 103 August 19 @Fighters 104 August 20 @Fighters 105 August 21 Buffaloes 106 August 22 Buffaloes 107 August 23 Buffaloes 108 August 25 @Lions 109 August 26 @Lions 110 August 27 @Lions 111 August 28 @Marines 112 August 29 @Marines 113 August 30 @Marines
September: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 114 September 1 Lions 115 September 2 Lions 116 September 3 Lions 117 September 4 Fighters 118 September 5 Fighters 119 September 6 Fighters 120 September 8 @Buffaloes 121 September 9 @Buffaloes 122 September 10 @Buffaloes 123 September 11 @Hawks 124 September 12 @Hawks 125 September 13 @Hawks 126 September 15 @Fighters 127 September 16 @Fighters 128 September 17 @Fighters 129 September 18 Marines 130 September 19 Marines 131 September 20 Marines 132 September 21 Buffaloes 133 September 22 Buffaloes 134 September 23 Buffaloes 135 September 25 @Lions 136 September 26 @Lions 137 September 27 @Lions 138 September 29 Hawks 139 September 30 Hawks
October: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 140 October 1 Hawks 141 October 3 Lions 142 October 5 @Buffaloes
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement Bold = Eagles team member

Player stats

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB

Pitching

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