The 2009 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters season features the Fighters quest to win their first Pacific League title since 2006. [edit] Regular season [edit] Standings [edit] Game log | 2009 Game Log | April | # | Date | Opponent | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Record | | 1 | April 3 | Eagles | 1 - 3 | Iwakuma (1-0) | Darvish (0-1) | Arime (1) | 42,328 | 0-1-0 | | 2 | April 4 | Eagles | 5 - 6 | Gwyn (1-0) | Fujii (0-1) | Kawagishi (1) | 36,316 | 0-2-0 | | 3 | April 5 | Eagles | 6 - 9 (11) | Kawagishi (1-0) | Sakamoto (0-1) | | 34,252 | 0-3-0 | | 4 | April 7 | Marines | 9 - 1 | Tadano (1-0) | Karakawa (0-1) | | 17,568 | 1-3-0 | | 5 | April 8 | Marines | 8 - 7 | Tateyama (1-0) | Sikorski (1-1) | Takeda (1) | 18,853 | 2-3-0 | | 6 | April 10 | @Hawks | 1 - 9 | Darvish (1-1) | Wada (1-1) | | 26,940 | 3-3-0 | | 7 | April 11 | @Hawks | 0 - 9 | Fujii (1-1) | Takahashi (0-1) | | 28,306 | 4-3-0 | | 8 | April 12 | @Hawks | 5 - 4 | Sugiuchi (1-0) | Sweeney (0-1) | Mahara (1) | 28,296 | 4-4-0 | | 9 | April 14 | Buffaloes | 7 - 8 | Kaneko (1-1) | Tadano (1-1) | Kato (4) | 17,548 | 4-5-0 | | 10 | April 15 | Buffaloes | 11 - 5 | Kikuchi (1-0) | Motoyanagi (0-1) | | 17,579 | 5-5-0 | | 11 | April 16 | Buffaloes | 7 - 1 | Takeda (1-0) | Nakayama (0-1) | | 20,702 | 6-5-0 | | 12 | April 17 | @Lions | 2 - 4 | Darvish (2-1) | Wakui (2-1) | Takeda (2) | 15,181 | 7-5-0 | | 13 | April 18 | @Lions | 4 - 6 | Tanimoto (1-0) | Shotsu (0-1) | Takeda (3) | 28,525 | 8-5-0 | | 14 | April 19 | @Lions | 6 - 8 | Miyanishi (1-0) | Onodera (1-1) | Takeda (4) | 22,315 | 9-5-0 | | 15 | April 21 | Hawks | 5 - 10 | Kamiuchi (2-0) | Tadano (1-2) | | 17,486 | 9-6-0 | | 16 | April 22 | Hawks | 2 - 3 | Houlton (2-0) | Tateyama (1-1) | Mahara (3) | 19,138 | 9-7-0 | | 17 | April 23 | Hawks | 7 - 6 | Miyanishi (2-0) | Settsu (0-2) | | 18,364 | 10-7-0 | | 18 | April 24 | @Buffaloes | 0 - 11 | Darvish (3-1) | Komatsu (0-2) | | 18,724 | 11-7-0 | | — | April 25 | @Buffaloes | Postponed (rained out) | | 19 | April 26 | @Buffaloes | 11 - 3 | Kishida (3-0) | Sakakibara (0-1) | | 13,223 | 11-8-0 | | 20 | April 28 | @Eagles | 2 - 4 | Yagi (1-0) | Kawai (0-1) | Takeda (5) | 13,326 | 12-8-0 | | 21 | April 29 | @Eagles | 2 - 1 | Tanaka (4-0) | Takeda (1-1) | | 20,381 | 12-9-0 | | 22 | April 30 | @Eagles | 4 - 2 | Hasebe (1-2) | Sweeney (0-2) | Arime (2) | 11,239 | 12-10-0 | | May | # | Date | Opponent | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Record | | 23 | May 1 | Lions | 1 - 2 (12) | Onuma (1-1) | Tateyama (1-2) | Nogami (1) | 28,007 | 12-11-0 | | 24 | May 2 | Lions | 7 - 6 (11) | Takeda (1-0) | Nogami (0-1) | | 34,711 | 13-11-0 | | 25 | May 3 | Lions | 6 - 5 (12) | Tanimoto (2-0) | Onodera (1-2) | | 40,754 | 14-11-0 | | 26 | May 4 | @Marines | 7 - 10 | Tadano (2-2) | Omine (1-1) | Takeda (6) | 30,058 | 15-11-0 | | 27 | May 5 | @Marines | 0 - 2 (5) | Yagi (2-0) | Kobayashi (0-3) | | 22,726 | 16-11-0 | | 28 | May 6 | @Marines | 7 - 3 | Watanabe (1-3) | Sweeney (0-3) | | 23,139 | 16-12-0 | | 29 | May 8 | Buffaloes | 10 - 1 | Darvish (4-1) | Nakayama (0-3) | | 26,638 | 17-12-0 | | 30 | May 9 | Buffaloes | 3 - 2 | Fujii (2-1) | Komatsu (0-4) | Takeda (7) | 26,308 | 18-12-0 | | 31 | May 10 | Buffaloes | 7 - 2 | Takeda (2-1) | Yoshino (0-1) | | 28,156 | 19-12-0 | | 32 | May 12 | @Eagles | 1 - 8 | Yagi (3-0) | Isaka (1-1) | | 10,231 | 20-12-0 | | 33 | May 13 | @Eagles | 7 - 3 | Tanaka (5-0) | Sakamoto (0-2) | | 13,983 | 20-13-0 | | 34 | May 14 | @Eagles | 0 - 7 | Sweeney (1-3) | Hasebe (2-3) | | 10,677 | 21-13-0 | | 35 | May 15 | @Buffaloes | 2 - 4 | Darvish (5-1) | Nakayama (0-4) | Takeda (8) | 11,405 | 22-13-0 | | 36 | May 16 | @Buffaloes | 3 - 7 | Fujii (3-1) | Komatsu (0-5) | Takeda (9) | 21,965 | 23-13-0 | | 37 | May 17 | @Buffaloes | 6 - 0 | Mitsuhara (1-0) | Takeda (2-2) | | 19,467 | 23-14-0 | | 38 | May 19 | Giants | 16 - 6 | Yagi (4-0) | Takahashi (2-1) | | 33,050 | 24-14-0 | | 39 | May 20 | Giants | 6 - 5 | Hayashi (1-0) | Greisinger (5-3) | Takeda (10) | 33,602 | 25-14-0 | | 40 | May 22 | Swallows | 2 - 3 | Tateyama (5-0) | Fujii (3-2) | Lim (14) | 20,932 | 25-15-0 | | 41 | May 23 | Swallows | 3 - 0 | Darvish (6-1) | Barrett (0-1) | | 31,288 | 26-15-0 | | 42 | May 24 | @Dragons | 1 - 0 | Kawai (3-0) | Takeda (2-3) | Iwase (11) | 31,711 | 26-16-0 | | 43 | May 25 | @Dragons | 10 - 4 | Asakura (5-2) | Itokazu (0-1) | | 29,051 | 26-17-0 | | 44 | May 27 | @BayStars | 5 - 4 | Kizuka (1-0) | Kikuchi (1-1) | Yamaguchi (3) | 13,062 | 26-18-0 | | — | May 28 | @BayStars | Postponed (rained out) | | 45 | May 29 | @BayStars | 1 - 7 | Fujii (4-2) | Miura (5-3) | | 7,349 | 27-18-0 | | 46 | May 30 | Tigers | 8 - 2 | Darvish (7-1) | Fukuhara (2-4) | | 42,328 | 28-18-0 | | 47 | May 31 | Tigers | 4 - 4 (12) | Game tied after 12 innings | 42,051 | 28-18-1 | | | | [edit] Player stats [edit] Batting | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB | Special record: - Makoto Kaneko set a NPB record of hitting doubles in 7 consecutive games on 14, April, 2009.
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