2009 Hanshin Tigers season
The 2009 Hanshin Tigers season features the Tigers quest to win their first Central League title since 2005. Regular season Standings Game log |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 3 || Swallows || 5 - 2 || Ando (1-0) || Ishikawa (0-1) || Fujikawa (1) || 33,792 || 1-0-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 4 || Swallows || 1 - 5 || Sato (1-0) || Nomi (0-1) || || 33,449 || 1-1-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || April 5 || Swallows || 6 - 7 || Kawashima (1-0) || Fukuhara (0-1) || Lim (1) || 33,436 || 1-2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 7 || Carp || 11 - 10 || Egusa (1-0) || Nagakawa (0-1) || || 46,307 || 2-2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 8 || Carp || 8 - 2 || Shimoyanagi (1-0) || Saito (0-1) || || 42,300 || 3-2-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 6 || April 9 || Carp || 2 - 4 || Hasegawa (1-0) || Ishikawa (0-1) || Nagakawa (3) || 38,733 || 3-3-0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 7 || April 10 || @Giants || 6 - 5 || Ochi (1-0) || Egusa (1-1) || Kroon (1) || 43,356