2009 Chiba Lotte Marines season

The 2009 Chiba Lotte Marines season features the Marines quest to win their first Pacific League title since 2005. This was the final season that Bobby Valentine managed the Marines.

Regular season

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Standings

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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
Source: [1]

Game log

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2009 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 3 Lions 2 - 5 Wakui (1-0) Shimizu (0-1) Graman (1) 30,041 0-1-0
2 April 4 Lions 10 - 5 Komiyama (1-0) Hoashi (0-1) 26,819 1-1-0
3 April 5 Lions 6 - 5 Sikorski (1-0) Graman (0-1) 24,313 2-1-0
4 April 7 @Fighters 9 - 1 Tadano (1-0) Karakawa (0-1) 17,568 2-2-0
5 April 8 @Fighters 8 - 7 Tateyama (1-0) Sikorski (1-1) Takeda (1) 18,853 2-3-0
6 April 10 @Buffaloes 10 - 8 Katsuki (1-0) Shimizu (0-2) 27,827 2-4-0
7 April 11 @Buffaloes 5 - 2 Kondo (2-0) Kobayashi (0-1) Kato (2) 30,444 2-5-0
8 April 12 @Buffaloes 4 - 1 Kishida (1-0) Ono (0-1) Kato (3) 31,597 2-6-0
9 April 14 Eagles 1 - 2 Tanaka (2-0) Watanabe (0-1) 9,247 2-7-0
10 April 15 Eagles 7 - 1 Karakawa (1-1) Asai (0-2) 16,235 3-7-0
11 April 16 Eagles 11 - 7 (10) Sikorski (2-1) Koyama (0-1) 13,984 4-7-0
12 April 17 Hawks 2 - 1 (11) Ogino (1-0) Settsu (0-1) 10,367 5-7-0
13 April 18 Hawks 4 - 7 Kume (1-0) Ito (0-1) Mahara (2) 23,225 5-8-0
14 April 19 Hawks 5 - 12 Sugiuchi (2-0) Kobayashi (0-2) 25,537 5-9-0
April 21 @Eagles Postponed (rained out)
15 April 22 @Eagles 2 - 0 Tanaka (3-0) Watanabe (0-2) 12,909 5-10-0
16 April 23 @Eagles 2 - 5 Ono (1-1) Hasebe (0-2) Ogino (1) 11,444 6-10-0
17 April 24 @Lions 3 - 1 Wakui (3-1) Karakawa (1-2) 12,618 6-11-0
18 April 25 @Lions 2 - 3 Naruse (1-0) Hoashi (0-2) Ogino (2) 23,147 7-11-0
19 April 26 @Lions 5 - 11 Omine (1-0) Wasdin (0-2) 23,647 8-11-0
20 April 28 Buffaloes 3 - 4 Kato (2-0) Sikorski (2-2) 13,198 8-12-0
21 April 29 Buffaloes 3 - 5 Kaneko (2-2) Watanabe (0-3) Kato (5) 24,756 8-13-0
22 April 30 Buffaloes 5 - 2 Ito (1-1) Kikuchihara (0-1) 12,212 9-13-0
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
23 May 1 @Hawks 6 - 2 Wada (2-2) Ono (1-2) 26,830 9-14-0
24 May 2 @Hawks 4 - 9 Karakawa (2-2) Arakaki (0-1) 30,239 10-14-0
25 May 3 @Hawks 7 - 2 Sugiuchi (3-1) Naruse (1-1) 34,040 10-15-0
26 May 4 Fighters 7 - 10 Tadano (2-2) Omine (1-1) Takeda (6) 30,058 10-16-0
27 May 5 Fighters 0 - 2 (5) Yagi (2-0) Kobayashi (0-3) 22,726 10-17-0
28 May 6 Fighters 7 - 3 Watanabe (1-3) Sweeney (0-3) 23,139 11-17-0
29 May 8 Eagles 4 - 3 Shimizu (1-2) Nagai (3-1) Ogino (3) 13,263 12-17-0
30 May 9 Eagles 2 - 6 Iwakuma (4-1) Ono (1-3) 24,668 12-18-0
31 May 10 Eagles 6 - 0 Karakawa (3-2) Rasner (2-2) 24,023 13-18-0
32 May 12 @Hawks 1 - 2 Naruse (2-1) Houlton (2-3) Ogino (4) 25,231 14-18-0
33 May 13 @Hawks 0 - 7 Omine (2-1) Otonari (1-3) 16,242 15-18-0
34 May 14 @Hawks 5 - 4 Falkenborg (1-0) Ogino (1-1) 29,671 15-19-0
35 May 15 Lions 0 - 18 Wakui (4-1) Watanabe (1-4) 17,567 15-20-0
36 May 16 Lions 6 - 4 Ito (2-1) Onuma (1-2) Ogino (5) 20,074 16-20-0
37 May 17 Lions 8 - 5 Ono (2-3) Hirano (0-1) Ogino (6) 14,363 17-20-0
38 May 19 BayStars 2 - 1 Karakawa (4-2) Ishii (0-5) 16,387 18-20-0
39 May 20 BayStars 1 - 4 Walrond (3-3) Naruse (2-2) Yamaguchi (2-2) 17,019 18-21-0
40 May 22 Dragons 1 - 4 Yoshimi (4-2) Omine (2-2) Iwase (10) 14,660 18-22-0
41 May 23 Dragons 2 - 1 Sikorski (3-2) Hirai (0-1) 28,117 19-22-0
May 24 @Tigers No game (called after 4 innings)
42 May 25 @Tigers 4 - 3 Kubo (1-2) Shimizu (1-3) Fujikawa (3) 43,474 19-23-0
43 May 26 @Tigers 2 - 3 Sikorski (4-2) Fujikawa (1-3) Ogino (7) 26,680 20-23-0
44 May 27 @Carp 8 - 3 Maeda (3-5) Karakawa (4-3) 22,513 20-24-0
45 May 28 @Carp 4 - 3 Lewis (3-2) Kobayashi (0-4) Nagakawa (14) 12,048 20-25-0
46 May 30 Swallows 6 - 3 Naruse (3-2) Tanaka (0-1) 15,431 21-25-0
47 May 31 Swallows 1 - 7 Kawashima (4-3) Omine (2-3) 27,310 21-26-0
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
48 June 2 Giants 0 - 0 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 25,249 21-26-1
49 June 3 Giants
50 June 5 @Dragons
51 June 6 @Dragons
52 June 7 @BayStars
53 June 8 @BayStars
54 June 10 Carp
55 June 11 Carp
56 June 13 Tigers
57 June 14 Tigers
58 June 17 @Swallows
59 June 18 @Swallows
60 June 20 @Giants
61 June 21 @Giants
62 June 26 Fighters
63 June 27 Fighters
64 June 28 Fighters
65 June 30 @Lions

Player stats

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Batting

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB

Pitching

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Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO

References

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  1. ^ "2009 Pacific League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved January 31, 2021.