The 2009 Yomiuri Giants season features the Giants quest to win their third Central League title in a row. [edit] Regular season [edit] Standings [edit] Game log | 2009 Game Log | April | # | Date | Opponent | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Record | | 1 | April 3 | Carp | 3 - 6 | Lewis (1-0) | Greisinger (0-1) | Nagakawa (1) | 44,124 | 0-1-0 | | 2 | April 4 | Carp | 3 - 5 | Maeda (1-0) | Nakamura (0-1) | Nagakawa (2) | 42,650 | 0-2-0 | | 3 | April 5 | Carp | 1 - 1 (12) | Game tied after 12 innings | 42,275 | 0-2-1 | | 4 | April 7 | @BayStars | 1 - 5 | Takahashi (1-0) | Terahara (0-1) | | 20,168 | 1-2-1 | | 5 | April 8 | @BayStars | 1 - 12 | Fukuda (1-0) | Kudo (0-1) | | 16,361 | 2-2-1 | | 6 | April 9 | @BayStars | 2 - 9 | Greisinger (1-1) | Walrond (0-1) | | 16,691 | 3-2-1 | | 7 | April 10 | Tigers | 6 - 5 | Ochi (1-0) | Egusa (1-1) | Kroon (1) | 43,356 | 4-2-1 | | 8 | April 11 | Tigers | 4 - 1 | Tono (1-0) | Nomi (0-2) | Kroon (2) | 44,284 | 5-2-1 | | 9 | April 12 | Tigers | 6 - 6 (12) | Game tied after 12 innings | 44,246 | 5-2-2 | | — | April 14 | @Swallows | Postponed (rained out) | | 10 | April 15 | @Swallows | 2 - 6 | Greisinger (2-1) | Kida (1-1) | | 20,072 | 6-2-2 | | 11 | April 16 | @Swallows | 6 - 2 | Tateyama (1-0) | Utsumi (0-1) | | 16,592 | 6-3-2 | | 12 | April 17 | @Dragons | 3 - 5 | Tono (2-0) | Yoshimi (2-1) | Kroon (3) | 35,669 | 7-3-2 | | 13 | April 18 | @Dragons | 2 - 3 | Yamaguchi (1-0) | Chen (1-1) | Kroon (4) | 37,883 | 8-3-2 | | 14 | April 19 | @Dragons | 5 - 6 | Nishimura (1-0) | Nelson (0-1) | Kroon (5) | 37,815 | 9-3-2 | | 15 | April 21 | Swallows | 4 - 0 | Greisinger (3-1) | Kida (1-2) | | 20,817 | 10-3-2 | | 16 | April 22 | Swallows | 3 - 2 | Yamaguchi (2-0) | Igarashi (0-1) | Kroon (6) | 15,876 | 11-3-2 | | 17 | April 23 | Swallows | 2 - 1 | Ochi (2-0) | Oshimoto (0-2) | | 20,120 | 12-3-2 | | 18 | April 24 | Dragons | 2 - 3 (10) | Kobayashi (1-0) | Ochi (2-1) | Iwase (5) | 42,262 | 12-4-2 | | 19 | April 25 | Dragons | 5 - 4 | Toyoda (1-0) | Iwase (0-1) | | 43,707 | 13-4-2 | | 20 | April 26 | Dragons | 0 - 8 | Kawai (1-0) | Greisinger (3-2) | | 43,020 | 13-5-2 | | 21 | April 28 | @Carp | 5 - 0 | Otake (1-1) | Utsumi (0-2) | | 24,423 | 13-6-2 | | 22 | April 29 | @Carp | 2 - 0 | Saito (2-1) | Tono (2-1) | Nagakawa (8) | 31,773 | 13-7-2 | | 23 | April 30 | @Carp | 4 - 7 | Fukuda (2-0) | Maeda (2-3) | Ochi (1) | 26,322 | 14-7-2 | | May | # | Date | Opponent | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Record | | 24 | May 2 | @Tigers | 5 - 6 | Yamaguchi (3-0) | Fujikawa (1-1) | Ochi (2) | 46,425 | 15-7-2 | | 25 | May 3 | @Tigers | 0 - 4 | Gonzalez (1-0) | Cheng (0-1) | | 46,440 | 16-7-2 | | 26 | May 4 | @Tigers | 6 - 0 | Shimoyanagi (2-2) | Utsumi (0-3) | | 46,434 | 16-8-2 | | 27 | May 5 | BayStars | 4 -6 | Walrond (2-2) | Tono (2-2) | Yamaguchi (1) | 45,835 | 16-9-2 | | 28 | May 6 | BayStars | 3 - 2 | Yamaguchi (4-0) | Sanada (0-1) | | 43,182 | 17-9-2 | | 29 | May 7 | BayStars | 7 - 3 | Nishimura (2-0) | Yamaguchi (2-1) | | 40,139 | 18-9-2 | | 30 | May 8 | Dragons | 10 - 4 | Greisinger (4-2) | Yamai (0-2) | | 42,927 | 19-9-2 | | 31 | May 9 | Dragons | 3 - 1 | Gonzalez (2-0) | Chen (2-2) | Ochi (3) | 42,047 | 20-9-2 | | 32 | May 10 | Dragons | 8 - 7 | Nakamura (1-1) | Saito (2-1) | Ochi (4) | 43,185 | 21-9-2 | | 33 | May 12 | @BayStars | 3 - 5 | Takahashi (2-0) | Walrond (2-3) | Ochi (5) | 19,691 | 22-9-2 | | 34 | May 13 | @BayStars | 9 - 8 | Yamaguchi (3-1) | Toyoda (1-1) | | 20,412 | 22-10-2 | | 35 | May 14 | @BayStars | 5 - 9 | Greisinger (5-2) | Fujie (0-1) | | 19,279 | 23-10-2 | | 36 | May 15 | @Carp | 2 - 5 | Gonzalez (3-0) | Aoki (0-2) | Kroon (7) | 30,164 | 24-10-2 | | 37 | May 16 | @Carp | 0 - 0 (12) | Game tied after 12 innings | 29,794 | 24-10-3 | | 38 | May 17 | @Carp | 1 - 2 | Ochi (3-1) | Nagakawa (0-3) | Kroon (8) | 29,707 | 25-10-3 | | 39 | May 19 | @Fighters | 16 - 6 | Yagi (4-0) | Takahashi (2-1) | | 33,050 | 25-11-3 | | 40 | May 20 | @Fighters | 6 - 5 | Hayashi (1-0) | Greisinger (5-3) | Takeda (10) | 33,602 | 25-12-3 | | 41 | May 22 | @Eagles | 2 - 12 | Gonzalez (4-0) | Nagai (3-2) | | 20,170 | 26-12-3 | | 42 | May 23 | @Eagles | 1 - 7 | Utsumi (1-3) | Iwakuma (5-2) | | 20,599 | 27-12-3 | | 43 | May 24 | Buffaloes | 6 - 8 | Hirano (1-1) | Tono (2-3) | | 42,110 | 27-13-3 | | 44 | May 25 | Buffaloes | 6 - 2 | Takahashi (3-1) | Kondo (3-4) | | 40,057 | 28-13-3 | | 45 | May 27 | Hawks | 3 - 5 | Houlton (3-3) | Greisinger (5-4) | Mahara (9) | 43,050 | 28-14-3 | | 46 | May 28 | Hawks | 8 - 2 | Gonzalez (5-0) | Wada (3-3) | | 42,218 | 29-14-3 | | 47 | May 30 | @Lions | 2 - 2 (12) | Game tied after 12 innings | 33,778 | 29-14-4 | | 48 | May 31 | @Lions | 3 - 2 (10) | Onodera (2-2) | Kroon (0-1) | | 33,173 | 29-15-4 | | | | | | | | | | [edit] Player stats [edit] Batting | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB | [edit] Pitching | Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO | [edit] References |
