2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season

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 Fighters12831.727 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks13742.636 Tohoku Rakuten Eagles9531.625 Yomiuri Giants16961.600 Orix Buffaloes10541.556 Hiroshima Carp15870.533 Saitama Seibu Lions11560.455 Chunichi Dragons19793.438 Tokyo Yakult Swallows16682.429 Chiba Lotte Marines13571.417 Hanshin Tigers15690.400 Yokohama BayStars15492.308

Game log

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

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 1 || 26 Mar || @ Dragons || 3–1 || K. Maeda (1–0) || Yoshimi (0–1) || K. Nagakawa (1) || 35,980 || 1–0–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 2 || 27 Mar || @ Dragons || 0–7 || Chen (1–0) || Alvarado (0–1) || || 33,441 || 1–1–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 3 || 28 Mar || @ Dragons || 7-8x || A. Takahashi (1–0) || K. Nagakawa (0–1) || || 32,824 || 1–2–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 4 || 30 Mar || Tigers || 3–6 || Nomi (1–0) || T. Aoki (0–1) || Fujikawa (1) || 28,074 || 1–3–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 5 || 31 Mar || Tigers || 4–6 || Kubo (1–0) || Saitoh (0–1) || Fujikawa (2) || 16,049 || 1–4–0

|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | 6 || 1 Apr || Tigers || colspan=6|Game postponed due to rain |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 7 || 2 Apr || Giants || 4–5 || Gonzalez (1–1) || K. Maeda (1–1) || Kroon (3) || 17,779 || 1–5–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 8 || 3 Apr || Giants || 5–6 || Kaneto (1–0) || Schultz (0–1) || Kobayashi (1) || 28,455 || 1–6–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 9 || 4 Apr || Giants || 3–10 || Tohno (1–1) || Komatsu (0–1) || || 29,186 || 1–7–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 10 || 6 Apr || @ Swallows || 3–2 || K. Nagakawa (1–1) || Oshimoto (0–1) || Schultz (1) || 12,549 || 2–7–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 11 || 7 Apr || @ Swallows || 1–7 || Tateyama (2–0) || Saitoh (0–2) || || 9,057 || 2–8–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 12 || 8 Apr || @ Swallows || 4–0 || K. Maeda (2–1) || Ishikawa (0–3) || Schultz (2) || 12,133 || 3–8–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 13 || 9 Apr || @ BayStars || 0–5 || Miura (1–0) || Alvarado (0–2) || || 11,372 || 3–9–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 14 || 10 Apr || @ BayStars || 7–3 || Komatsu (1–1) || Kaga (0–3) || || 19,104 || 4–9–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 15 || 11 Apr || @ BayStars || 3–6 || Shimizu (1–1) || Hasegawa (0–1) || || 17,801 || 4–10–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 16 || 13 Apr || Swallows || 3x-2 (10) || K. Takahashi (1–0) || Takagi (0–1) || || 12,776 || 5–10–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 17 || 14 Apr || Swallows || 6–3 || Saitoh (1–2) || Ishikawa (0–4) || Schultz (3) || 12,425 || 6–10–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 18 || 15 Apr || Swallows || 1–2 || Oshimoto (1–1) || Shinoda (0–1) || Lim (4) || 12,563 || 6–11–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 19 || 16 Apr || Dragons || 4x-3 || K. Takahashi (2–0) || Asao (0–1) || || 13,500 || 7–11–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 20 || 17 Apr || Dragons || 8x-7 || K. Takahashi (3–0) || A. Takahashi (3–1) || || 23,681 || 8–11–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 21 || 18 Apr || Dragons || 4–2 || Yokoyama (1–0) || Nagamine (0–1) || Schultz (4) || 25,244 || 9–11–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 22 || 20 Apr || @ Tigers || 0–5 || Shimoyanagi (2–1) || Saitoh (1–3) || || 38,116 || 9–12–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 23 || 21 Apr || @ Tigers || 2–1 || Maeda (3–1) || Kubo (2–2) || Schultz (5) || 38,242 || 10–12–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | 24 || 22 Apr || @ Tigers || colspan=6|Game postponed due to rain |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 25 || 23 Apr || @ Giants || 4–10 || Tohno (4–1) || Stults (0–1) || || 43,847 || 10–13–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 26 || 24 Apr || @ Giants || 4–7 || Ochi (2–0) || Takahashi (3–1) || || 46,673 || 10–14–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 27 || 25 Apr || @ Giants || 2–8 || Obispo (1–0) || Komatsu (1–2) || || 43,091 || 10–15–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 28 || 27 Apr || BayStars || 3–0 || Maeda (4–1) || Randolph (0–4) || Schultz (6) || 12,210 || 11–16–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 29 || 28 Apr || BayStars || 1–2 || Terahara (3–2) || Saitoh (1–4) || Yamaguchi (7) || 15,541 || 11–17–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 30 || 29 Apr || BayStars || 0–8 || Shimizu (3–2) || Stults (0–2) || || 28,030 || 11–18–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 31 || 30 Apr || Dragons || 9–0 || T. Aoki (1–1) || Ogasawara (1–3) || || 18,437 || 12–18–0

|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 32 || May. 1 || Dragons || 6–12 || Suzuki (1–0) || Komatsu (1–3) || || 30,707 || 12–19–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 33 || May. 2 || Dragons || 4x-3 || Takahashi (4–1) || Asao (1–2) || || 31,821 || 13–19–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 34 || May. 3 || @ BayStars || 3–1 || Maeda (5–1) || Randolph (0–5) || Schultz (7) || 24,132 || 14–19–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 35 || May. 4 || @ BayStars || 5-6x || Yamaguchi (1–3) || Takahashi (4–2) || || 27,074 || 14–20–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 36 || May. 5 || @ BayStars || 4–5 || Shimizu (4–2) || Stults (0–3) || Yamaguchi (10) || 22,620 || 14–21–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 37 || May. 7 || @ Tigers || 6–10 || Kubota (3–1) || Takahashi (4–3) || || 38,157 || 14–22–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 38 || May. 8 || @ Tigers || 11–8 || Shinoda (1–1) || Kawasaki (0–1) || || 46,768 || 15–22–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 39 || May. 9 || @ Tigers || 3–4 || Nishimura (4–0) || Maeda (5–2) || Fujikawa (9) || 46,703 || 15–23–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 40 || May. 13 || Eagles || 4–6 || Nagai (3–3) || Aoki (1–2) || Kawagishi (7) || 13,047 || 15–24–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 41 || May. 14 || Eagles || 7–8 || Inoue (1–0) || Bale (0–1) || Yamamura (1) || 25,671 || 15–25–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 42 || May. 15 || Fighters || 1x-0 || Maeda (6–2) || Tanimoto (1–2) || || 31,842 || 16–25–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 43 || May. 16 || Fighters || 2–6 || M. Takeda (2–4) || Imai (0–1) || || 30,281 || 16–26–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 44 || May. 18 || @ Buffaloes || 2–11 || Kondo (2–4) || T. Aoki (1–3) || || 16,368 || 16–27–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 45 || May. 19 || @ Buffaloes || 8–2 || Stults (1–3) || Komatsu (2–2) || || 16,784 || 17–27–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 46 || May. 21 || @ Hawks || 7–1 || Maeda (7–2) || Otonari (1–6) || || 33,277 || 18–27–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 47 || May. 22 || @ Hawks || 4–7 || Wada (6–3) || Aizawa (0–1) || Mahara (14) || 31,952 || 18–28–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | 48 || May. 23 || Lions || colspan=6|Game postponed due to rain |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 49 || May. 24 || Lions || 3–0 || Stults (2–3) || Kishi (7–2) || Yokoyama (1) || 20,235 || 19–28–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 48 || May. 25 || Lions || 7–10 || Hsu (3–4) || Kishimoto (0–1) || Sikorski (16) || 10,699 || 19–29–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 50 || May. 26 || Chiba || 1–9 || Murphy (3–0) || Takahashi (4–4) || || 17,089 || 19–30–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 51 || May. 27 || Chiba || 3–0 || Maeda (8–2) || Naruse (6–5) || Yokoyama (2) || 19,576 || 20–30–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 52 || May. 29 || @ Eagles || 2-3x (10) || Koyama (2–1) || K. Nagakawa (1–2) || || 17,529 || 20–31–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 53 || May. 30 || @ Eagles || 2–4 || Tanaka (7–3) || T. Aoki (1–4) || || 20,248 || 20–32–0

|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 54 || June. 1 || @ Fighters || 5–4 || Kishimoto (1–1) || Miyanishi (1–1) || Yokoyama (3) || 19,478 || 21–32–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;" | 55 || June. 2 || @ Fighters || 2–2 (12) || || || || 21,421 || 21–32–1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 56 || June. 4 || Hawks || 5–4 || Stults (3–3) || Takahashi (2–1) || Yokoyama (4) || 26,250 || 22–32–1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 57 || June. 5 || Hawks || 3–9 || Wada (8–3) || T. Aoki (1–5) || || 31,786 || 22–33–1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 58 || June. 6 || Orix || 1–6 || Kisanuki (5–5) || Soriano (0–1) || || 25,489 || 22–34–1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 59 || June. 7 || Orix || 10–21 || Leicester (1–2) || Alvarado (0–3) || || 9,324 || 22–35–1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;" | 60 || June. 9 || @ Marines || 2–2 (12) || || || || 18,573 || 22–35–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 61 || June. 10 || @ Marines || 12–7 (12) || Oshima (1–0) || Kawagoe (2–2) || || 23,139 || 23–35–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 62 || June. 12 || @ Lions || 6–2 || Otake (1–0) || Hoashi (6–5) || || 31,618 || 24–35–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 63 || June. 13 || @ Lions || 4–2 || Alvarado (1–3) || Kishi (8–4) || Bale (1) || 31,647 || 25–35–2