2009 Hanshin Tigers season

The 2009 Hanshin Tigers season features the Tigers quest to win their first Central League title since 2005.

Regular season Standings

Game log

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 3 || Swallows || 5 - 2 || Ando (1-0) || Ishikawa (0-1) || Fujikawa (1) || 33,792 || 1-0-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 4 || Swallows || 1 - 5 || Sato (1-0) || Nomi (0-1) || || 33,449 || 1-1-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || April 5 || Swallows || 6 - 7 || Kawashima (1-0) || Fukuhara (0-1) || Lim (1) || 33,436 || 1-2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 7 || Carp || 11 - 10 || Egusa (1-0) || Nagakawa (0-1) || || 46,307 || 2-2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 8 || Carp || 8 - 2 || Shimoyanagi (1-0) || Saito (0-1) || || 42,300 || 3-2-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 6 || April 9 || Carp || 2 - 4 || Hasegawa (1-0) || Ishikawa (0-1) || Nagakawa (3) || 38,733 || 3-3-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 7 || April 10 || @Giants || 6 - 5 || Ochi (1-0) || Egusa (1-1) || Kroon (1) || 43,356 || 3-4-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 8 || April 11 || @Giants || 4 - 1 || Tono (1-0) || Nomi (0-2) || Kroon (2) || 44,284 || 3-5-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | 9 || April 12 || @Giants || 6 - 6 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || 44,246 || 3-5-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || April 14 || Dragons || colspan=6|Postponed (rained out) |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 10 || April 15 || Dragons || 2 - 9 || Asakura (1-0) || Shimoyanagi (1-1) || || 40,476 || 3-6-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 16 || Dragons || 4 - 3 || Atchison (1-0) || Asao (1-2) || Fujikawa (2) || 40,195 || 4-6-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 17 || @BayStars || 1 - 5 || Ando (2-0) || Miura (1-2) || || 12,250 || 5-6-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || April 18 || @BayStars || 4 - 9 || Nomi (1-2) || Glynn (0-3) || || 25,773 || 6-6-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 14 || April 19 || @BayStars || 4 - 2 || Kobayashi (1-1) || Fukuhara (0-2) || Ishii (4) || 24,491 || 6-7-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || April 21 || @Dragons || 2 - 1 || Asakura (2-0) || Shimoyanagi (1-2) || Iwase (3) || 30,434 || 6-8-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 16 || April 22 || @Dragons || 6 - 2 || Asao (2-2) || Kubo (0-1) || Iwase (4) || 31,650 || 6-9-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 23 || @Dragons || 1 - 4 (12) || Fujikawa (1-0) || Nelson (0-2) || || 30,850 || 7-9-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 24 || @Carp || 0 - 4 || Nomi (2-2) || Maeda (2-2) || || 24,417 || 8-9-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 25 || @Carp || 1 - 12 || Fukuhara (1-2) || Hasegawa (1-1) || || 28,400 || 9-9-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 20 || April 26 || @Carp || 2 - 1 || Shinoda (2-1) || Atchison (1-1) || Nagakawa (7) || 30,528 || 9-10-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || April 28 || BayStars || 8 - 4 || Egusa (2-1) || Yoshikawa (0-1) || || 19,163 || 10-10-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 || April 29 || BayStars || 4 - 7 || Walrond (1-2) || Ando (2-1) || Ishii (6) || 46,431 || 10-11-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || April 30 || BayStars || 3 - 2 || Atchison (2-1) || Ishii (0-2) || || 45,758 || 11-11-1

|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 24 || May 2 || Giants || 5 - 6 || Yamaguchi (3-0) || Fujikawa (1-1) || Ochi (2) || 46,425 || 11-12-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 25 || May 3 || Giants || 0 - 4 || Gonzalez (1-0) || Cheng (0-1) || || 46,440 || 11-13-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || May 4 || Giants || 6 - 0 || Shimoyanagi (2-2) || Utsumi (0-3) || || 46,434 || 12-13-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || May 5 || @Swallows || colspan=6|Postponed (rained out) |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || May 6 || @Swallows || colspan=6|Postponed (rained out) |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 27 || May 7 || @Swallows || 2 - 1 || Ishikawa (4-1) || Kubo(0-2) || Lim (9) || 15,575 || 12-14-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 28 || May 8 || @BayStars || 2 - 0 || Miura (4-2) || Ando (2-2) || || 13,467 || 12-15-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 29 || May 9 || @BayStars || 4 - 0 || Glynn (2-4) || Nomi (2-3) || || 23,464 || 12-16-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || May 10 || @BayStars || 4 - 12 || Fukuhara (2-2) || Kobayashi (1-2) || || 23,963 || 13-16-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || May 12 || Carp || 1 - 0 || Shimoyanagi (3-2) || Yokoyama (0-2) || || 41,558 || 14-16-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 32 || May 13 || Carp || 1 - 2 (10) || Yokoyama (1-2) || Fujikawa (1-2) || Nagakawa (11) || 43,899 || 14-17-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || May 14 || Carp || 7 - 1 || Ando (3-2) || Maeda (2-4) || || 40,599 || 15-17-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 34 || May 15 || @Swallows || 2 - 1 || Matsuoka (2-0) || Nomi (2-4) || Lim (12) || 22,528 || 15-18-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 35 || May 16 || @Swallows || 4 - 1 || Tateyama (4-0) || Fukuhara (2-3) || Lim (13) || 28,380 || 15-19-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 36 || May 17 || @Swallows || 2 - 1 || Kawashima (3-2) || Egusa (2-2) || Igarashi (1) || 19,534 || 15-20-1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | 37 || May 19 || @Hawks || 1 - 1 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || 33,182 || 15-20-2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 38 || May 20 || @Hawks || 3 - 2 (10) || Settsu (2-2) || Egusa (2-3) || || 29,258 || 15-21-2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 39 || May 22 || @Buffaloes || 8 - 3 || Kaneko (4-3) || Ando (3-3) || Kato (7) || 23,433 || 15-22-2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 40 || May 23 || @Buffaloes || 3 - 7 || Atchison (3-1) || Vogelsong (0-1) || || 28,031 || 16-22-2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || May 24 || Marines || colspan=6|No game (called after 4 innings) |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 25 || Marines || 4 - 3 || Kubo (1-2) || Shimizu (1-3) || Fujikawa (3) || 43,474 || 17-22-2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 42 || May 26 || Marines || 2 - 3 || Sikorski (4-2) || Fujikawa (1-3) || Ogino (7) || 26,680 || 17-23-2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 43 || May 27 || Lions || 4 - 1 || Shimoyanagi (4-2) || Ishii (2-4) || Fujikawa (4) || 46,160 || 18-23-2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 44 || May 28 || Lions || 4 - 6 || Wakui (5-2) || Ando (3-4) || Onodera (4) || 44,395 || 18-24-2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 45 || May 30 || @Fighters || 8 - 2 || Darvish (7-1) || Fukuhara (2-4) || || 42,328 || 18-25-2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | 46 || May 31 || @Fighters || 4 - 4 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || 42,051 || 18-25-3

|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 47 || June 2 || @Eagles || 3 - 2 || Rasner (3-3) || Kubo (1-3) || Aoyama (3) || 20,128 || 18-26-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 || June 3 || @Eagles || 2 - 3 || || || || || 19-26-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || June 5 || Buffaloes || 4 - 0 || || || || || 20-26-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 50 || June 6 || Buffaloes || 7 - 0 || || || || || 21-26-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 51 || June 7 || Hawks || 4 - 3 || || || || || 22-26-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 52 || June 8 || Hawks || 1 - 8 || || || || || 22-27-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 53 || June 10 || @Lions || 4 - 3 || || || || || 22-28-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 54 || June 11 || @Lions || 6 - 5 || || || || || 22-29-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 55 || June 13 || @Marines || 9 - 1 || || || || || 22-30-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 56 || June 14 || @Marines || 4 - 1 || || || || || 22-31-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57 || June 16 || Fighters || 4 - 3 || || || || || 23-31-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 58 || June 17 || Fighters || 5 - 10 || || || || || 23-32-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 59 || June 20 || Eagles || 2 - 5 || || || || || 23-33-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || June 21 || Eagles || 4 - 2 || || || || || 24-33-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 61 || June 26 || BayStars || 9 - 4 || || || || || 25-33-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 62 || June 27 || BayStars || 3 - 5 || || || || || 25-34-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63 || June 28 || BayStars || 3 - 2 || || || || || 26-34-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 64 || June 30 || @Dragons || 5 - 4 || || || || || 26-35-3

|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 65 || July 1 || @Dragons || 4 - 1 || || || || || 26-36-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || July 2 || @Dragons || 3 - 5 || || || || || 27-36-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || July 3 || Swallows || 7 - 2 || || || || || 28-36-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 68 || July 4 || Swallows || 3 - 6 || || || || || 28-37-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 69 || July 5 || Swallows || 4 - 1 || || || || || 29-37-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 70 || July 7 || @Carp || 8 - 1 || || || || || 29-38-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 71 || July 8 || @Carp || 3 - 1 || || || || || 29-39-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 72 || July 10 || Giants || 5 - 7 || || || || || 29-40-3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | 73 || July 11 || Giants || 2 - 2 || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || || 29-40-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 74 || July 12 || Giants || 1 - 2 || || || || || 29-41-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75 || July 14 || Dragons || 5 - 4 || || || || || 30-41-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 76 || July 15 || Dragons || 1 - 6 || || || || || 30-42-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 77 || July 16 || Dragons || 4 - 6 || || || || || 30-43-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 78 || July 17 || @Giants || 1 - 5 || || || || || 31-43-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 79 || July 18 || @Giants || 11 - 4 || || || || || 31-44-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || July 19 || @Giants || 0 - 1 || || || || || 32-44-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 81 || July 20 || Swallows || 2 - 3 || || || || || 32-45-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || July 21 || Swallows ||colspan=6|Postponed (rained out) |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 82 || July 22 || Swallows || 0 - 5 || || || || || 32-46-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 83 || July 28 || BayStars || 5 - 4 || || || || || 33-46-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 84 || July 29 || BayStars || 8 - 0 || || || || || 34-46-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 85 || July 30 || BayStars || 2 - 0 || || || || || 35-46-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 86 || July 31 || Giants || 3 - 2 || || || || || 36-46-4

|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 87 || August 1 || Giants || 2 - 4 || || || || || 36-47-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 88 || August 2 || Giants || 7 - 4 || || || || || 37-47-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 89 || August 3 || @Dragons || 7 - 0 || || || || || 37-48-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 90 || August 4 || @Dragons || 3 - 1 || || || || || 37-49-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 91 || August 5 || @Dragons || 2 - 9 || || || || || 38-49-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 92 || August 7 || @Carp || 0 - 4 || || || || || 39-49-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 93 || August 8 || @Carp || 8 - 0 || || || || || 39-50-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 94 || August 9 || @Carp || 7 - 3 || || || || || 39-51-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 95 || August 11 || Dragons || 1 - 3 || || || || || 39-52-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 96 || August 12 || Dragons || 6 - 1 || || || || || 40-52-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 97 || August 13 || Dragons || 2 - 9 || || || || || 40-53-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || August 14 || @Giants || 4 - 7 || || || || || 41-53-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 99 || August 15 || @Giants || 9 - 7 || || || || || 41-54-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 100 || August 16 || @Giants || 2 - 5 || || || || || 42-54-4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 101 || August 18 || @Swallows || 1 - 4 || || || || || 43-54-4