2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season

Nippon Professional Baseball team season
2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp
LeagueCentral League
BallparkMazda Stadium
CityHiroshima
OwnerHajime Matsuda
ManagerKenjiro Nomura
← 2009

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 Fighters 12 8 3 1 .727
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 13 7 4 2 .636
Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 9 5 3 1 .625
Yomiuri Giants 16 9 6 1 .600
Orix Buffaloes 10 5 4 1 .556
Hiroshima Carp 15 8 7 0 .533
Saitama Seibu Lions 11 5 6 0 .455
Chunichi Dragons 19 7 9 3 .438
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 16 6 8 2 .429
Chiba Lotte Marines 13 5 7 1 .417
Hanshin Tigers 15 6 9 0 .400
Yokohama BayStars 15 4 9 2 .308

Game log

2010 Pre-season
Game Log
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 26 Feb @ Hawks 1–6 Houlton (1–0) Shinoda (0–1) 22,713 0–1–0
2 27 Feb @ Hawks 1–2 Mahara (1–0) Kishimoto (0–1) 22,490 0–2–0
3 2 Mar @ Dragons 3–0 Alvarado (1–0) Kongoh (0–1) Ueno (1) 9,054 1–2–0
4 4 Mar Lions 7–5 Umetsu (1–0) Y. Tanaka (0–1) Kishimoto (1) 8,261 2–2–0
5 6 Mar Marines 3–1 Alvarado (2–0) Naruse (0–2) T. Aoki (1) 11,224 3–2–0
6 7 Mar Marines 9x-8 Kishimoto (1–1) Uchi (0–1) 6,190 4–2–0
7 10 Mar @ Eagles 4–5 (8) Arime (1–0) K. Nagakawa (0–1) 2,076 4–3–0
8 12 Mar @ Tigers 7–1 T. Aoki (1–0) Kojima (0–1) 3,802 5–3–0
9 13 Mar Hawks 9–5 T. Aizawa (1–0) Sugiuchi (0–1) 5,349 6–3–0
10 14 Mar SoftBank 6–7 Otonari (1–1) K. Maeda (0–1) Kume (2) 18,025 6–4–0
11 16 Mar @ Marines 2–7 H. Ueno (1–0) Kishimoto (1–2) 7,389 6–5–0
12 17 Mar @ Giants 1–6 Fujii (2–0) Komatsu (0–1) 28,650 6–6–0
13 18 Mar @ Swallows 4–0 T. Aoki (2–0) Tateyama (0–1) 4,338 7–6–0
14 20 Mar @ Tigers 7–0 K. Maeda (1–1) Ando (0–2) Alvarado (1) 7,394 8–6–0
15 21 Mar Tigers 6–10 Nomi (2–1) Shinoda (0–2) 23,534 8–7–0

Regular season

Standings

2010 Central League standings
Team
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 Pld W L T PCT GB
Chunichi Dragons 144 79 62 3 .559 —
Hanshin Tigers 144 78 63 3 .552 1
Yomiuri Giants 144 79 64 1 .552 1
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 144 72 68 4 .514 6.5
Hiroshima Carp 144 58 84 2 .410 21.5
Yokohama BayStars 144 48 95 1 .337 32
Source: [citation needed]

Game log

2010 Season (Central League)
March
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 26 Mar @ Dragons 3–1 K. Maeda (1–0) Yoshimi (0–1) K. Nagakawa (1) 35,980 1–0–0
2 27 Mar @ Dragons 0–7 Chen (1–0) Alvarado (0–1) 33,441 1–1–0
3 28 Mar @ Dragons 7-8x A. Takahashi (1–0) K. Nagakawa (0–1) 32,824 1–2–0
4 30 Mar Tigers 3–6 Nomi (1–0) T. Aoki (0–1) Fujikawa (1) 28,074 1–3–0
5 31 Mar Tigers 4–6 Kubo (1–0) Saitoh (0–1) Fujikawa (2) 16,049 1–4–0
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
6 1 Apr Tigers Game postponed due to rain
7 2 Apr Giants 4–5 Gonzalez (1–1) K. Maeda (1–1) Kroon (3) 17,779 1–5–0
8 3 Apr Giants 5–6 Kaneto (1–0) Schultz (0–1) Kobayashi (1) 28,455 1–6–0
9 4 Apr Giants 3–10 Tohno (1–1) Komatsu (0–1) 29,186 1–7–0
10 6 Apr @ Swallows 3–2 K. Nagakawa (1–1) Oshimoto (0–1) Schultz (1) 12,549 2–7–0
11 7 Apr @ Swallows 1–7 Tateyama (2–0) Saitoh (0–2) 9,057 2–8–0
12 8 Apr @ Swallows 4–0 K. Maeda (2–1) Ishikawa (0–3) Schultz (2) 12,133 3–8–0
13 9 Apr @ BayStars 0–5 Miura (1–0) Alvarado (0–2) 11,372 3–9–0
14 10 Apr @ BayStars 7–3 Komatsu (1–1) Kaga (0–3) 19,104 4–9–0
15 11 Apr @ BayStars 3–6 Shimizu (1–1) Hasegawa (0–1) 17,801 4–10–0
16 13 Apr Swallows 3x-2 (10) K. Takahashi (1–0) Takagi (0–1) 12,776 5–10–0
17 14 Apr Swallows 6–3 Saitoh (1–2) Ishikawa (0–4) Schultz (3) 12,425 6–10–0
18 15 Apr Swallows 1–2 Oshimoto (1–1) Shinoda (0–1) Lim (4) 12,563 6–11–0
19 16 Apr Dragons 4x-3 K. Takahashi (2–0) Asao (0–1) 13,500 7–11–0
20 17 Apr Dragons 8x-7 K. Takahashi (3–0) A. Takahashi (3–1) 23,681 8–11–0
21 18 Apr Dragons 4–2 Yokoyama (1–0) Nagamine (0–1) Schultz (4) 25,244 9–11–0
22 20 Apr @ Tigers 0–5 Shimoyanagi (2–1) Saitoh (1–3) 38,116 9–12–0
23 21 Apr @ Tigers 2–1 Maeda (3–1) Kubo (2–2) Schultz (5) 38,242 10–12–0
24 22 Apr @ Tigers Game postponed due to rain
25 23 Apr @ Giants 4–10 Tohno (4–1) Stults (0–1) 43,847 10–13–0
26 24 Apr @ Giants 4–7 Ochi (2–0) Takahashi (3–1) 46,673 10–14–0
27 25 Apr @ Giants 2–8 Obispo (1–0) Komatsu (1–2) 43,091 10–15–0
28 27 Apr BayStars 3–0 Maeda (4–1) Randolph (0–4) Schultz (6) 12,210 11–16–0
29 28 Apr BayStars 1–2 Terahara (3–2) Saitoh (1–4) Yamaguchi (7) 15,541 11–17–0
30 29 Apr BayStars 0–8 Shimizu (3–2) Stults (0–2) 28,030 11–18–0
31 30 Apr Dragons 9–0 T. Aoki (1–1) Ogasawara (1–3) 18,437 12–18–0
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
32 May. 1 Dragons 6–12 Suzuki (1–0) Komatsu (1–3) 30,707 12–19–0
33 May. 2 Dragons 4x-3 Takahashi (4–1) Asao (1–2) 31,821 13–19–0
34 May. 3 @ BayStars 3–1 Maeda (5–1) Randolph (0–5) Schultz (7) 24,132 14–19–0
35 May. 4 @ BayStars 5-6x Yamaguchi (1–3) Takahashi (4–2) 27,074 14–20–0
36 May. 5 @ BayStars 4–5 Shimizu (4–2) Stults (0–3) Yamaguchi (10) 22,620 14–21–0
37 May. 7 @ Tigers 6–10 Kubota (3–1) Takahashi (4–3) 38,157 14–22–0
38 May. 8 @ Tigers 11–8 Shinoda (1–1) Kawasaki (0–1) 46,768 15–22–0
39 May. 9 @ Tigers 3–4 Nishimura (4–0) Maeda (5–2) Fujikawa (9) 46,703 15–23–0
40 May. 13 Eagles 4–6 Nagai (3–3) Aoki (1–2) Kawagishi (7) 13,047 15–24–0
41 May. 14 Eagles 7–8 Inoue (1–0) Bale (0–1) Yamamura (1) 25,671 15–25–0
42 May. 15 Fighters 1x-0 Maeda (6–2) Tanimoto (1–2) 31,842 16–25–0
43 May. 16 Fighters 2–6 M. Takeda (2–4) Imai (0–1) 30,281 16–26–0
44 May. 18 @ Buffaloes 2–11 Kondo (2–4) T. Aoki (1–3) 16,368 16–27–0
45 May. 19 @ Buffaloes 8–2 Stults (1–3) Komatsu (2–2) 16,784 17–27–0
46 May. 21 @ Hawks 7–1 Maeda (7–2) Otonari (1–6) 33,277 18–27–0
47 May. 22 @ Hawks 4–7 Wada (6–3) Aizawa (0–1) Mahara (14) 31,952 18–28–0
48 May. 23 Lions Game postponed due to rain
49 May. 24 Lions 3–0 Stults (2–3) Kishi (7–2) Yokoyama (1) 20,235 19–28–0
48 May. 25 Lions 7–10 Hsu (3–4) Kishimoto (0–1) Sikorski (16) 10,699 19–29–0
50 May. 26 Chiba 1–9 Murphy (3–0) Takahashi (4–4) 17,089 19–30–0
51 May. 27 Chiba 3–0 Maeda (8–2) Naruse (6–5) Yokoyama (2) 19,576 20–30–0
52 May. 29 @ Eagles 2-3x (10) Koyama (2–1) K. Nagakawa (1–2) 17,529 20–31–0
53 May. 30 @ Eagles 2–4 Tanaka (7–3) T. Aoki (1–4) 20,248 20–32–0
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
54 June. 1 @ Fighters 5–4 Kishimoto (1–1) Miyanishi (1–1) Yokoyama (3) 19,478 21–32–0
55 June. 2 @ Fighters 2–2 (12) 21,421 21–32–1
56 June. 4 Hawks 5–4 Stults (3–3) Takahashi (2–1) Yokoyama (4) 26,250 22–32–1
57 June. 5 Hawks 3–9 Wada (8–3) T. Aoki (1–5) 31,786 22–33–1
58 June. 6 Orix 1–6 Kisanuki (5–5) Soriano (0–1) 25,489 22–34–1
59 June. 7 Orix 10–21 Leicester (1–2) Alvarado (0–3) 9,324 22–35–1
60 June. 9 @ Marines 2–2 (12) 18,573 22–35–2
61 June. 10 @ Marines 12–7 (12) Oshima (1–0) Kawagoe (2–2) 23,139 23–35–2
62 June. 12 @ Lions 6–2 Otake (1–0) Hoashi (6–5) 31,618 24–35–2
63 June. 13 @ Lions 4–2 Alvarado (1–3) Kishi (8–4) Bale (1) 31,647 25–35–2
64 June. 18 Swallows Game postponed due to rain
65 June. 19 Swallows 5–1 Maeda (9–2) Ishikawa (2–8) 26,161 26–35–2
66 June. 20 Swallows 2–4 Yoshinori (3–5) Takahashi (4–5) Lim (11) 23,175 26–36–2
67 June. 22 Tigers 7–13 (11) K. Fujikawa (3–1) Umetsu (0–1) 14,327 26–37–2
68 June. 23 Tigers 4–9 Standridge (3–1) Stults (3–4) 13,028 26–38–2

Players In/Out

In

Draft

  1. Takeru Imamura
  2. Shota Dobayashi
  3. Hisashi Takeuchi
  4. Hayato Shoji
  5. Kota Ito
  6. Taketo Kawaguchi

Others

Out

  • Colby Lewis (free agent, to Texas Rangers)
  • Koichi Ogata (retired, now Hiroshima Toyo Carp Baserunning Batting Trainer Staff)[2]
  • Rui Makino (sacked, now Yokohama Baystars Batting Pitcher)[3]
  • Yoshinori Ogata (sacked, now Hiroshima Toyo Carp Scouting Staff)
  • Toshimitsu Higa (sacked)
  • Masayuki Hasegawa (traded to Orix Buffaloes)
  • Go Kida (traded to Orix Buffaloes)

Roster

2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Pitchers
  • 12 Japan Hisashi Takeuchi (武内 久士)
  • 14 Japan Junpei Shinoda (篠田 純平)
  • 16 Japan Takeru Imamura (今村 猛)
  • 17 Japan Kan Otake (大竹 寛)
  • 18 Japan Kenta Maeda (前田 健太)
  • 19 Japan Hirofumi Ueno (上野 弘文)
  • 20 Japan Katsuhiro Nagakawa (永川 勝浩)
  • 21 Japan Yuki Saitoh (齊藤 悠葵)
  • 22 Japan Ken Takahashi (高橋 建)
  • 23 Japan Ryuji Yokoyama (横山 竜士)
  • 24 United States Eric Stults (エリック スタルツ)
  • 28 Japan Koji Hiroike (広池 浩司)
  • 29 Japan Tsuyoshi Sato (佐藤 剛士)
  • 30 Japan Choji Mori (森 跳二)
  • 34 Japan Ren Nakata (中田 廉)
  • 36 Japan Hayato Aoki (青木 勇人)
  • 39 Japan Tomohiro Umetsu (梅津 智弘)
  • 41 Japan Takeshi Komatsu (小松 剛)
  • 46 Japan Takayuki Oshima (大島 崇行)
  • 47 Japan Takahiro Aoki (青木 高広)
  • 48 Japan Hideki Kishimoto (岸本 秀樹)
  • 53 Japan Masaki Hayashi (林 昌樹)
  • 54 Japan Michito Miyazaki (宮崎 充登)
  • 57 Japan Taketo Kawaguchi (川口 盛外)
  • 58 Japan Shinjiro Kojima (小島 心二郎)
  • 62 Japan Keisuke Imai (今井 啓介)
  • 65 Japan Toshiaki Aizawa (相澤 寿聡)
  • 67 Japan Kota Itoh (伊東 昂大)
  • 69 Japan Ken Nakamura (中村 憲)
  • 70 United States Mike Schultz (マイク シュルツ)
  • 91 Puerto Rico Giancarlo Alvarado (ジオ アルバラード)
  • 94 United States John Bale (J．ベイル)
  • 99 Dominican Republic Dioni Soriano (ディオーニ ソリアーノ)
  • 120 Japan Mitsuhiro Nagakawa (永川 光浩)*
  • 122 Japan Tatsuya Yamanaka (山中 達也)*
  • 123 Japan Shota Matsuda (松田 翔太)*
  • 124 Japan Takaya Kawauchi (河内 貴哉)*
  • 140 Dominican Republic Wilfreiser Guerrero (W．ゲレロ)*
 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

  • 77 Japan Kenjiro Nomura (野村 謙二郎)

Coaches

  • 74 Japan Yutaka Ohno (大野 豊) (head, pitching)
  • 72 Japan Junzo Uchida (内田 順三) (general batting)
  • 82 Japan Itsuki Asai (浅井 樹) (batting)
  • 80 Japan Yasuyuki Yamauchi (山内 泰幸) (pitching)
  • 71 Japan Shinji Koh (高 信二) (infield, baserunning)
  • 79 Japan Koichi Ogata (緒方 孝市) (general fielding)
  • 84 Japan Yukihiro Ueda (植田 幸弘) (battery)
  • 89 Japan Katsumi Mizumoto (水本 勝己) (bullpen)

* Development player

Long-term injury list

Date Injured Player Injury Return Date
14 March 2010 Kan Otake Right shoulder pain 14 May 2010[4][5]
13 April 2010 Katsuhiro Nagakawa Right adductor magnus muscle 25 May 2010[6]
16 May 2010 Mike Schultz Low back pain August 2010[7]
10 June 2010 Kenta Kurihara Broken ulna July 2010[8]

References

  1. ^ "Dodgers sell Stults' contract to Japan". MLB.com. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  2. ^ (in Japanese) 緒方孝市選手　引退のお知らせ Archived 2 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Official Site of The Hiroshima Toyo Carp
  3. ^ (in Japanese) 牧野が現役引退…横浜で打撃投手に Archived 8 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Daily Sports
  4. ^ 大竹、開幕戦は絶望的 肩に違和感で３軍調整へ (in Japanese). Chugoku Shimbun. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  5. ^ 大竹実戦「思った以上」 今季初の登板、試合勘と笑顔戻る (in Japanese). Chugoku Shimbun. 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  6. ^ 永川、巻き返しへ始動 ２軍戦に25日登板 (in Japanese). Chugoku Shimbun. 24 May 2010. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  7. ^ シュルツ、帰国し手術か 腰痛、復帰は８月以降も (in Japanese). Chugoku Shimbun. 29 March 2010. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  8. ^ 死球の広島栗原が右手首骨折で長期離脱 (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 11 June 2010. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010.

External links

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