2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season

2010 Nippon Professional Baseball
League affiliations
Central League
Location
Hiroshima
Homebase
Mazda Stadium (since 2009)
2010 information
Owner(s)	Hajime Matsuda
Manager(s)	Kenjiro Nomura

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.

1 Pre-Season
- 1.1 Standings
- 1.2 Game log
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Standings
- 2.2 Game log
3 Players In/Out
- 3.1 In
  - 3.1.1 Draft
  - 3.1.2 Others
- 3.2 Out
4 Roster
5 Long-term injury list
6 References
7 External links

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

Regular season

Standings

2010 NPB Central League	G	W	L	T	Win%	GB
Yomiuri Giants	58	36	22	0	.621	–
Hanshin Tigers	57	31	25	1	.554	4.0
Chunichi Dragons	60	30	29	1	.508	6.5
Hiroshima Carp	59	23	34	2	.404	12.5
Yokohama BayStars	57	21	36	0	.368	14.5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows	57	19	36	2	.345	15.5

as June 11, 2010.
source : http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2010/standings/

Game log

2010 Season (Central League)

March

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	Mar. 26	@ Dragons	3-1	K. Maeda (1-0)	Yoshimi (0-1)	K. Nagakawa (1)	35,980	1-0-0
2	Mar. 27	@ Dragons	0-7	Chen (1-0)	Alvarado (0-1)		33,441	1-1-0
3	Mar. 28	@ Dragons	7-8x	A. Takahashi (1-0)	K. Nagakawa (0-1)		32,824	1-2-0
4	Mar. 30	Tigers	3-6	Nomi (1-0)	T. Aoki (0-1)	Fujikawa (1)	28,074	1-3-0
5	Mar. 31	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	Apr. 1	Tigers	Game postponed due to rain
7	Apr. 2	Giants	4-5	Gonzalez (1-1)	K. Maeda (1-1)	Kroon (3)	17,779	1-5-0
8	Apr. 3	Giants	5-6	Kaneto (1-0)	Schultz (0-1)	Kobayashi (1)	28,455	1-6-0
9	Apr. 4	Giants	3-10	Tohno (1-1)	Komatsu (0-1)		29,186	1-7-0
10	Apr. 6	@ Swallows	3-2	K. Nagakawa (1-1)	Oshimoto (0-1)	Schultz (1)	12,549	2-7-0
11	Apr. 7	@ Swallows	1-7	Tateyama (2-0)	Saitoh (0-2)		9,057	2-8-0
12	Apr. 8	@ Swallows	4-0	K. Maeda (2-1)	Ishikawa (0-3)	Schultz (2)	12,133	3-8-0
13	Apr. 9	@ BayStars	0-5	Miura (1-0)	Alvarado (0-2)		11,372	3-9-0
14	Apr. 10	@ BayStars	7-3	Komatsu (1-1)	Kaga (0-3)		19,104	4-9-0
15	Apr. 11	@ BayStars	3-6	Shimizu (1-1)	Hasegawa (0-1)		17,801	4-10-0
16	Apr. 13	Swallows	3x-2 (10)	K. Takahashi (1-0)	Takagi (0-1)		12,776	5-10-0
17	Apr. 14	Swallows	6-3	Saitoh (1-2)	Ishikawa (0-4)	Schultz (3)	12,425	6-10-0
18	Apr. 15	Swallows	1-2	Oshimoto (1-1)	Shinoda (0-1)	Lim (4)	12,563	6-11-0
19	Apr. 16	Dragons	4x-3	K. Takahashi (2-0)	Asao (0-1)		13,500	7-11-0
20	Apr. 17	Dragons	8x-7	K. Takahashi (3-0)	A. Takahashi (3-1)		23,681	8-11-0
21	Apr. 18	Dragons	4-2	Yokoyama (1-0)	Nagamine (0-1)	Schultz (4)	25,244	9-11-0
22	Apr. 20	@ Tigers	0-5	Shimoyanagi (2-1)	Saitoh (1-3)		38,116	9-12-0
23	Apr. 21	@ Tigers	2-1	Maeda (3-1)	Kubo (2-2)	Schultz (5)	38,242	10-12-0
24	Apr. 22	@ Tigers	Game postponed due to rain
25	Apr. 23	@ Giants	4-10	Tohno (4-1)	Stults (0-1)		43,847	10-13-0
26	Apr. 24	@ Giants	4-7	Ochi (2-0)	Takahashi (3-1)		46,673	10-14-0
27	Apr. 25	@ Giants	2-8	Obispo (1-0)	Komatsu (1-2)		43,091	10-15-0
28	Apr. 27	BayStars	3-0	Maeda (4-1)	Randolph (0-4)	Schultz (6)	12,210	11-16-0
29	Apr. 28	BayStars	1-2	Terahara (3-2)	Saitoh (1-4)	Yamaguchi (7)	15,541	11-17-0
30	Apr. 29	BayStars	0-8	Shimizu (3-2)	Stults (0-2)		28,030	11-18-0
31	Apr. 30	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

Takeru Imamura
Shota Dobayashi
Hisashi Takeuchi
Hayato Shoji
Kota Ito
Taketo Kawaguchi

Others

Ken Takahashi (free agent, from New York Mets)
Giancarlo Alvarado (from Albuquerque Isotopes)
Jeff Fiorentino (from Baltimore Oriole)
Justin Huber (from Minnesota Twins)
John Bale (from Kansas City Royals)
Eric Stults (from Los Angeles Dodgers)^[1]
Yuichiro Mukae (traded from Orix Buffaloes)

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 Hisashi Takeuchi (武内久士)
14 Junpei Shinoda (篠田純平)
16 Takeru Imamura (今村猛)
17 Kan Otake (大竹寛)
18 Kenta Maeda (前田健太)
19 Hirofumi Ueno (上野弘文)
20 Katsuhiro Nagakawa (永川勝浩)
21 Yuki Saitoh (齊藤悠葵)
22 Ken Takahashi (高橋建)
23 Ryuji Yokoyama (横山竜士)
24 Eric Stults (エリックスタルツ)
28 Koji Hiroike (広池浩司)
29 Tsuyoshi Sato (佐藤剛士)
30 Choji Mori (森跳二)
34 Ren Nakata (中田廉)
36 Hayato Aoki (青木勇人)
39 Tomohiro Umetsu (梅津智弘)
41 Takeshi Komatsu (小松剛)
46 Takayuki Oshima (大島崇行)
47 Takahiro Aoki (青木高広)
48 Hideki Kishimoto (岸本秀樹)
53 Masaki Hayashi (林昌樹)
54 Michito Miyazaki (宮崎充登)
57 Taketo Kawaguchi (川口盛外)
58 Shinjiro Kojima (小島心二郎)
62 Keisuke Imai (今井啓介)
65 Toshiaki Aizawa (相澤寿聡)
67 Kota Itoh (伊東昂大)
69 Ken Nakamura (中村憲)
70 Mike Schultz (マイクシュルツ)
91 Giancarlo Alvarado (ジオアルバラード)
94 John Bale (J．ベイル)
99 Dioni Soriano (ディオーニソリアーノ)
120 Mitsuhiro Nagakawa (永川光浩) *
122 Tatsuya Yamanaka (山中達也) *
123 Shota Matsuda (松田翔太) *
124 Takaya Kawauchi (河内貴哉) *
140 Wilfreiser Guerrero (W．ゲレロ) *

Catchers

27 Kazuhiro Uemura (上村和裕)
31 Yoshiyuki Ishihara (石原慶幸)
32 Yuta Shirahama (白濱裕太)
40 Yoshikazu Kura (倉義和)
61 Sho Yamamoto (山本翔)
64 Tsubasa Aizawa (會澤翼)
126 Kosuke Nakamura (中村亘佑) *

Infielders

00 Akira Tanaka (田中彰)
2 Akihiro Higashide (東出輝裕)
4 Tetsuya Kokubo(小窪哲也)
5 Kenta Kurihara (栗原健太)
6 Eishin Soyogi (梵英心)
11 Justin Huber (J．ヒューバー)
13 Shota Dobayashi (堂林翔太)
25 Takuro Ishii (石井琢朗)
45 Takaaki Matsumoto (松本高明)
52 Hayato Shoji (庄司隼人)
56 Tsubasa Nakatani (中谷翼)
59 Yoshihiko Yamamoto (山本芳彦)
60 Tomohiro Abe (安部友裕)
66 Shogo Kimura (木村昇吾)
68 Shin Sung-hyun (申成鉉)

Outfielders

0 Takamitsu Ioh (井生崇光)
1 Tomonori Maeda (前田智徳)
10 Takahiro Iwamoto (岩本貴裕)
26 Jun Hirose (廣瀬純)
33 Tomoya Sayashi (鞘師智也)
35 Naoteru Nakahigashi (中東直瑛)
37 Ryuhei Matsuyama (松山竜平)
38 Masato Akamatsu (赤松真人)
43 Jeff Fiorentino (J．フィオレンティーノ)
44 Yuichiro Mukae (迎　祐一郎)
49 Sohichiro Amaya (天谷宗一郎)
50 Masamitsu Suzuki (鈴木将光)
51 Masafumi Suenaga (末永真史)
55 Shigenobu Shima (嶋重宣)
63 Yoshihiro Maru (丸佳浩)
121 Keita Yamauchi (山内啓太) *

Manager

77 Kenjiro Nomura (野村謙二郎)

Coaches

74 Yutaka Ohno (大野豊) (head, pitching)
72 Junzo Uchida (内田順三) (general batting)
82 Itsuki Asai (浅井樹) (batting)
80 Yasuyuki Yamauchi (山内泰幸) (pitching)
71 Shinji Koh (高信二) (infield, baserunning)
79 Koichi Ogata (緒方孝市) (general fielding)
84 Yukihiro Ueda (植田幸弘) (battery)
89 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

^ "Dodgers sell Stults' contract to Japan". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100331&content_id=9026734&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
^ (Japanese) 緒方孝市選手　引退のお知らせ, Official Site of The Hiroshima Toyo Carp
^ (Japanese) 牧野が現役引退…横浜で打撃投手に, Daily Sports
^ "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. http://www.chugoku-np.co.jp/Carp/Cw201003150054.html. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
^ "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. http://www.chugoku-np.co.jp/Carp/Cw201005210060.html. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
^ "永川、巻き返しへ始動　２軍戦に25日登板" (in Japanese). Chugoku Shimbun. 24 May 2010. http://www.chugoku-np.co.jp/Carp/Cw201005240074.html. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
^ "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. http://www.chugoku-np.co.jp/Carp/Cw201005290066.html. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
^ "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. http://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/news/f-bb-tp0-20100611-640373.html. Retrieved 11 June 2010.

External links

Hiroshima Toyo Carp Season Results

2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Central League: Chunichi Dragons \| Hanshin Tigers \| Hiroshima Toyo Carp \| Tokyo Yakult Swallows \| Yokohama BayStars \| Yomiuri Giants Pacific League: Chiba Lotte Marines \| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks \| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters \| Orix Buffaloes \| Saitama Seibu Lions \| Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

2010 All-Star Series • 2010 Japan Series • 2010 Asia Series

2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season

Contents

Pre-Season

Standings

Game log

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Players In/Out

In

Draft

Others

Out

Roster

Long-term injury list

References

External links