2008 game log: 73–69–2 (Home: 41–30–1; Away: 32–39–1)
March: 3–5–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Away: 0–2–0)
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Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
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Stadium
Attendance
Record
Streak
1
March 20
Marines
1–0
Darvish (1–0)
Kobayashi (0–1)
—
Sapporo Dome
42,126
1–0–0
W1
2
March 22
Marines
2–3
Naruse (1–0)
(0–1)
—
Sapporo Dome
31,028
1–1–0
L1
3
March 23
Marines
1–4
Watanabe (1–0)
Glynn (0–1)
(1)
Sapporo Dome
32,215
1–2–0
L2
4
March 25
Lions
9–1
Takeda (1–0)
Nishiguchi (0–1)
—
Sapporo Dome
16,410
2–2–0
W1
5
March 26
Lions
0–8
Kishi (1–0)
Yoshikawa (0–1)
—
Sapporo Dome
19,206
2–3–0
L1
6
March 27
Lions
1–0 (10)
Takeda (1–0)
Wakui (0–2)
—
Sapporo Dome
25,011
3–3–0
W1
7
March 29
@ Eagles
2–7
Tanaka (1–0)
(0–1)
—
Kleenex Stadium
20,189
3–4–0
L1
8
March 30
@ Eagles
1–3
Asai (1–1)
Glynn (0–2)
Aoyama (1)
Kleenex Stadium
19,518
3–5–0
L2
April: 14–10–1 (Home: 7–2–0; Away: 7–8–1)
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Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
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Stadium
Attendance
Record
Streak
9
April 1
@ Hawks
6–0
Takeda (2–0)
Arakaki (0–1)
—
Yahoo Dome
29,204
4–5–0
W1
10
April 2
@ Hawks
0–9
Otonari (2–0)
Yoshikawa (0–2)
—
17,721
4–6–0
L1
11
April 3
@ Hawks
6–2
Darvish (2–0)
Guttormson (0–1)
—
Yahoo Dome
32,144
5–6–0
W1
12
April 4
@ Buffaloes
3–2
Sweeney (1–0)
(0–1)
Nakamura (1)
Kyocera Dome
11,738
6–6–0
W2
13
April 5
@ Buffaloes
2–7
Kondo (2–0)
Fujii (0–1)
—
Kyocera Dome
18,129
6–7–0
L1
14
April 6
@ Buffaloes
3–2
Glynn (1–2)
Kawagoe (1–1)
Nakamura (2)
Skymark Stadium
14,111
7–7–0
W1
15
April 8
Eagles
8–7
Takeda (3–0)
Lin (0–2)
Nakamura (3)
Sapporo Dome
20,257
8–7–0
W2
16
April 9
Eagles
4–2
Yoshikawa (1–2)
Nagai (2–1)
Nakamura (4)
Sapporo Dome
19,044
9–7–0
W3
17
April 10
Eagles
1–0
Darvish (3–0)
Iwakuma (2–1)
—
Sapporo Dome
25,197
10–7–0
W4
18
April 11
@ Marines
3–2
Sweeney (2–0)
Kobayashi (1–2)
Nakamura (5)
Chiba Marine Stadium
15,161
11–7–0
W5
19
April 12
@ Marines
1–2
Naruse (2–1)
Miyanishi (0–1)
—
Chiba Marine Stadium
27,513
11–8–0
L1
20
April 13
@ Marines
1–2 (10)
Watanabe (2–1)
Takeda (1–1)
—
Chiba Marine Stadium
16,282
11–9–0
L2
21
April 15
@ Lions
3–3 (12)
Game tied after 12 innings
Seibu Dome
8,397
11–9–1
T1
22
April 16
@ Lions
2–4
Wakui (2–2)
Yoshikawa (1–3)
—
Seibu Dome
11,263
11–10–1
L1
23
April 18
Hawks
3–1
Darvish (4–0)
Sugiuchi (1–2)
—
Sapporo Dome
18,107
12–10–1
W1
24
April 19
Hawks
4–2
Fujii (1–1)
Oba (2–2)
Nakamura (6)
Sapporo Dome
27,041
13–10–1
W2
25
April 20
Hawks
2–4
Wada (1–0)
Glynn (1–3)
Houlton (2)
Sapporo Dome
30,536
13–11–1
L1
26
April 22
Buffaloes
4–2
(1–1)
(1–2)
Nakamura (7)
Sapporo Dome
14,253
14–11–1
W1
27
April 23
Buffaloes
0–5
Yamamoto (2–0)
Sweeney (2–1)
—
Sapporo Dome
14,358
14–12–1
L1
28
April 24
Buffaloes
3–2 (10)
Takeda (2–1)
Kato (0–1)
—
Sapporo Dome
15,644
15–12–1
W1
29
April 25
@ Eagles
1–6
Iwakuma (4–1)
Yoshikawa (1–4)
—
Kleenex Stadium
13,213
15–13–1
L1
30
April 26
@ Eagles
0–4
Guzmán (1–2)
Fujii (1–2)
—
Kleenex Stadium
16,826
15–14–1
L2
31
April 27
@ Eagles
0–5
Tanaka (3–1)
Glynn (1–4)
—
Kleenex Stadium
20,634
15–15–1
L3
32
April 29
@ Marines
3–2
Nakamura (1–0)
Sikorski (1–4)
—
Chiba Marine Stadium
30,021
16–15–1
W1
33
April 30
@ Marines
6–3
Darvish (5–0)
Watanabe (3–2)
Nakamura (8)
Chiba Marine Stadium
17,516
17–15–1
W2
May: 15–9–0 (Home: 10–3–0; Away: 5–6–0)
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Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
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Stadium
Attendance
Record
Streak
34
May 1
@ Marines
6–1
Yoshikawa (2–4)
Ono (2–1)
—
Chiba Marine Stadium
17,143
18–15–1
W3
35
May 2
Eagles
5–1
Tadano (1–0)
Iwakuma (4–2)
Nakamura (9)
Sapporo Dome
41,124
19–15–1
W4
36
May 3
Eagles
12–5
(1–1)
Kawagishi (0–1)
—
Sapporo Dome
40,083
20–15–1
W5
37
May 4
Eagles
1–7
Tanaka (4–1)
Glynn (1–5)
—
Sapporo Dome
42,126
20–16–1
L1
38
May 5
@ Lions
6–8
Onodera (2–2)
Takeda (2–2)
Graman (8)
Seibu Dome
34,783
20–17–1
L2
39
May 6
@ Lions
1–3
Ishii (5–1)
Miyanishi (0–2)
—
Seibu Dome
27,340
20–18–1
L3
40
May 7
@ Lions
3–4
Hoshino (2–0)
Darvish (5–1)
—
Seibu Dome
15,574
20–19–1
L4
41
May 10
Hawks
0–1
Sugiuchi (3–3)
Fujii (1–3)
—
Ocean Stadium
16,822
20–20–1
L5
42
May 11
Hawks
4–3
Miyanishi (1–2)
(3–1)
Nakamura (10)
Ocean Stadium
17,919
21–20–1
W1
43
May 13
Marines
2–8
Karakawa (3–0)
Glynn (1–6)
—
Tokyo Dome
19,828
21–21–1
L1
44
May 14
Marines
4–3 (11)
Nakamura (2–0)
Ogino (1–3)
—
Tokyo Dome
22,265
22–21–1
W1
45
May 15
Marines
6–5
Tateyama (1–0)
Abreu (1–1)
—
Tokyo Dome
17,368
23–21–1
W2
46
May 16
@ Hawks
10–3
Tadano (2–0)
Otonari (3–5)
—
Yahoo Dome
30,948
24–21–1
W3
47
May 17
@ Hawks
2–3
Sugiuchi (4–3)
Tateyama (1–1)
—
Yahoo Dome
30,218
24–22–1
L1
48
May 18
@ Hawks
4–3
Sweeney (3–1)
Oba (3–4)
Takeda (1)
Yahoo Dome
32,494
25–22–1
W1
49
May 20
BayStars
6–3
Glynn (2–6)
(2–6)
Takeda (2)
Sapporo Dome
16,957
26–22–1
W2
50
May 21
BayStars
4–3
(2–1)
Miura (2–5)
Takeda (3)
Sapporo Dome
20,271
27–22–1
W3
51
May 23
Dragons
1–0
(2–1)
Kawakami (2–3)
Takeda (4)
Sapporo Dome
23,966
28–22–1
W4
52
May 24
Dragons
11–1
Sweeney (4–1)
Kawai (1–2)
—
Sapporo Dome
30,983
29–22–1
W5
53
May 25
@ Giants
4–6
Nishimura (6–2)
Fujii (1–4)
Kroon (15)
Tokyo Dome
43,813
29–23–1
L1
54
May 26
@ Giants
3–4
Burnside (1–0)
Glynn (2–7)
Kroon (16)
Tokyo Dome
39,278
29–24–1
L2
55
May 28
@ Swallows
7–3
Darvish (6–1)
Muranaka (3–6)
—
Meiji Jingu Stadium
18,050
30–24–1
W1
56
May 29
@ Swallows
3–2
Miyanishi (2–2)
Oshimoto (2–1)
Takeda (5)
Meiji Jingu Stadium
9,683
31–24–1
W2
57
May 31
Tigers
2–1
Sweeney (5–1)
Iwata (5–2)
Takeda (6)
Sapporo Dome
42,126
32–24–1
W3
June: 9–9–0 (Home: 3–4–0; Away: 6–5–0)
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Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
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Stadium
Attendance
Record
Streak
58
June 1
Tigers
4–5 (10)
Kubota (3–1)
Takeda (2–3)
Fujikawa (18)
Sapporo Dome
42,126
32–25–1
L1
59
June 3
Carp
4–2
Glynn (3–7)
Otake (2–7)
—
Sapporo Dome
17,815
33–25–1
W1
60
June 4
Carp
2–3
Lewis (8–4)
Darvish (6–2)
Nagakawa (8)
Sapporo Dome
23,870
33–26–1
L1
61
June 6
@ Dragons
7–3
(3–1)
(0–1)
—
Nagoya Dome
36,725
34–26–1
W1
62
June 7
@ Dragons
1–4
Kawakami (4–3)
Sweeney (5–2)
Iwase (18)
Nagoya Dome
38,247
34–27–1
L1
63
June 8
@ BayStars
9–3
Fujii (2–4)
(4–7)
—
Yokohama Stadium
17,842
35–27–1
W1
64
June 9
@ BayStars
3–13
(2–3)
Glynn (3–8)
—
Yokohama Stadium
9,796
35–28–1
L1
65
June 11
Giants
0–1
Nomaguchi (2–3)
Darvish (6–3)
Kroon (18)
Sapporo Dome
35,298
35–29–1
L2
66
June 12
Giants
3–2
Tadano (3–0)
Burnside (2–1)
Nakamura (11)
Sapporo Dome
30,135
36–29–1
W1
67
June 14
Swallows
2–1 (10)
Takeda (3–3)
Lim (1–3)
—
Sapporo Dome
40,058
37–29–1
W2
68
June 15
Swallows
1–3
Muranaka (4–7)
Glynn (3–9)
Lim (16)
Sapporo Dome
31,556
37–30–1
L1
69
June 17
@ Carp
8–7
Darvish (7–3)
Otake (2–9)
Nakamura (12)
Hiroshima Stadium
19,860
38–30–1
W1
70
June 18
@ Carp
1–2
Maeda (1–0)
Tadano (3–1)
Nagakawa (12)
Hiroshima Stadium
18,527
38–31–1
L1
71
June 21
@ Tigers
4–0
Sweeney (6–2)
Iwata (5–4)
—
Koshien Stadium
43,528
39–31–1
W1
72
June 22
@ Tigers
3–5
Atchison (5–4)
Glynn (3–10)
Fujikawa (25)
Koshien Stadium
43,524
39–32–1
L1
73
June 27
@ Buffaloes
4–3
Darvish (8–3)
Kawagoe (1–3)
Nakamura (13)
Kyocera Dome
14,654
40–32–1
W1
74
June 28
@ Buffaloes
1–5
Kaneko (3–6)
Tadano (3–2)
—
Kyocera Dome
16,809
40–33–1
L1
75
June 29
@ Buffaloes
9–4
Takeda (4–0)
Kondo (5–7)
Tateyama (1)
Kyocera Dome
18,153
41–33–1
W1
July: 9–13–1 (Home: 7–9–0; Away: 2–4–0)
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Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
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Stadium
Attendance
Record
Streak
76
July 1
Lions
7–12
Onodera (3–4)
Miyanishi (2–3)
—
Sapporo Dome
22,125
41–34–1
L1
77
July 2
Lions
6–8
Wakui (7–6)
Glynn (3–11)
Graman (15)
Sapporo Dome
17,682
41–35–1
L2
78
July 3
Lions
6–4
Darvish (9–3)
Hoashi (7–2)
Nakamura (14)
Sapporo Dome
24,420
42–35–1
W1
79
July 5
Buffaloes
4–3
Tadano (4–2)
Ortiz (3–5)
Nakamura (15)
17,892
43–35–1
W2
80
July 6
Buffaloes
5–8
Kaneko (4–6)
Takeda (4–1)
Kato (17)
21,063
43–36–1
L1
81
July 8
@ Marines
2–5
Shimizu (7–6)
Sweeney (6–3)
—
Chiba Marine Stadium
18,562
43–37–1
L2
82
July 9
@ Marines
5–7
Kawasaki (1–3)
Glynn (3–12)
Ogino (11)
Chiba Marine Stadium
28,198
43–38–1
L3
83
July 11
Hawks
3–2
Darvish (10–3)
Otonari (7–7)
—
Sapporo Dome
22,712
44–38–1
W1
84
July 12
Hawks
9–6
Tadano (5–2)
Oba (3–5)
Nakamura (16)
Sapporo Dome
31,882
45–38–1
W2
85
July 13
Hawks
1–10
Wada (8–3)
Takeda (4–2)
—
Sapporo Dome
32,127
45–39–1
L1
86
July 15
Eagles
4–4 (12)
Game tied after 12 innings
Tokyo Dome
16,186
45–39–2
T1
87
July 16
Eagles
2–5
Katayama (2–1)
Miyanishi (2–4)
Kawagishi (2)
Tokyo Dome
16,249
45–40–2
L1
88
July 17
Eagles
3–1
Darvish (11–3)
Guzmán (2–5)
—
Tokyo Dome
20,773
46–40–2
W1
89
July 19
@ Buffaloes
2–6
Yamamoto (7–2)
Tadano (5–3)
—
Skymark Stadium
20,016
46–41–2
L1
90
July 20
@ Buffaloes
1–4
Kaneko (6–6)
Takeda (4–3)
Kato (20)
Kyocera Dome
16,068
46–42–2
L2
91
July 22
Marines
3–2
Sweeney (7–3)
Kobayashi (2–9)
Nakamura (17)
Sapporo Dome
25,845
47–42–2
W1
92
July 23
Marines
2–3
Shimizu (8–6)
Fujii (2–5)
Ogino (14)
Sapporo Dome
26,902
47–43–2
L1
93
July 24
Marines
2–5
Omine (1–2)
Darvish (11–4)
Ogino (15)
Sapporo Dome
27,825
47–44–2
L2
94
July 25
Lions
2–1
Tadano (6–3)
Hoashi (9–3)
Nakamura (18)
Sapporo Dome
23,323
48–44–2
W1
95
July 26
Lions
3–6
(2–0)
Kanamori (0–1)
Graman (20)
Sapporo Dome
33,538
48–45–2
L1
96
July 27
Lions
2–3 (10)
Graman (2–2)
Takeda (3–4)
—
Sapporo Dome
36,064
48–46–2
L2
97
July 28
@ Hawks
10–2
Takeda (5–3)
Powell (1–5)
—
Yahoo Dome
34,222
49–46–2
W1
98
July 29
@ Hawks
5–2
Sweeney (8–3)
Yang (1–2)
Nakamura (19)
Yahoo Dome
32,653
50–46–2
W2
: CL and PL split series, 1–1
August: 8–14–0 (Home: 2–5–0; Away: 6–9–0)
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Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
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Stadium
Attendance
Record
Streak
99
August 3
@ Eagles
4–11
Asai (7–7)
Tadano (6–4)
—
Kleenex Stadium
20,516
50–47–2
L1
100
August 4
@ Eagles
6–2
Takeda (6–3)
Aoyama (2–5)
—
Kleenex Stadium
18,760
51–47–2
W1
101
August 5
@ Eagles
7–2
Sweeney (9–3)
Guzmán (2–7)
—
Kleenex Stadium
17,942
52–47–2
W2
102
August 10
@ Lions
2–11
Hoashi (10–3)
Tadano (6–5)
—
Seibu Dome
30,024
52–48–2
L1
103
August 11
@ Lions
0–3
Kishi (9–4)
Takeda (6–4)
Graman (22)
Seibu Dome
19,260
52–49–2
L2
104
August 12
@ Lions
4–8
Onodera (4–4)
Takeda (3–5)
—
Seibu Dome
19,055
52–50–2
L3
105
August 13
Buffaloes
2–4
Komatsu (9–3)
Glynn (3–13)
Kato (24)
Sapporo Dome
24,416
52–51–2
L4
106
August 14
Buffaloes
0–2 (11)
Kato (2–3)
Takeda (3–6)
(1)
Sapporo Dome
22,476
52–52–2
L5
107
August 15
Buffaloes
3–5 (10)
Kawagoe (2–3)
Nakamura (2–1)
Kato (25)
Sapporo Dome
22,829
52–53–2
L6
108
August 16
@ Hawks
5–1
Yagi (1–0)
Standridge (0–2)
—
Yahoo Dome
33,687
53–53–2
W1
109
August 17
@ Hawks
1–2
Otonari (11–8)
Takeda (6–5)
Mahara (5)
Yahoo Dome
33,533
53–54–2
L1
110
August 18
@ Hawks
7–0
Sweeney (10–3)
(0–1)
—
Yahoo Dome
30,636
54–54–2
W1
111
August 19
Marines
4–0
Glynn (4–13)
Kobayashi (3–11)
—
Tokyo Dome
20,061
55–54–2
W2
112
August 20
Marines
3–6
Shimizu (9–8)
Fujii (2–6)
Ogino (20)
Tokyo Dome
21,034
55–55–2
L1
113
August 24
Lions
9–3
Tadano (7–5)
Hoashi (10–4)
—
22,583
56–55–2
W1
114
August 25
Lions
3–4
Onodera (5–4)
Takeda (3–7)
Graman (23)
Sapporo Dome
21,840
56–56–2
L1
115
August 26
@ Marines
3–2
Sweeney (11–3)
Watanabe (11–5)
Nakamura (20)
Chiba Marine Stadium
20,764
57–56–2
W1
116
August 27
@ Marines
1–0
Glynn (5–13)
Kubo (2–6)
Nakamura (21)
Chiba Marine Stadium
22,038
58–56–2
W2
117
August 28
@ Marines
0–3
Shimizu (10–8)
Fujii (2–7)
—
Chiba Marine Stadium
16,522
58–57–2
L1
118
August 29
@ Buffaloes
4–7
Kishida (2–0)
Kanazawa (0–1)
Kato (29)
Skymark Stadium
20,279
58–58–2
L2
119
August 30
@ Buffaloes
2–7
Yamamoto (9–4)
Yagi (1–1)
—
Kyocera Dome
18,169
58–59–2
L3
120
August 31
@ Buffaloes
1–5
Kaneko (9–8)
Tadano (7–6)
—
Kyocera Dome
18,033
58–60–2
L4
September: 14–9–0 (Home: 9–4–0; Away: 5–5–0)
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Date
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Score
Win
Loss
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Stadium
Attendance
Record
Streak
121
September 2
Hawks
2–0
Darvish (12–4)
Guttormson (4–5)
Nakamura (22)
Sapporo Dome
20,118
59–60–2
W1
122
September 3
Hawks
3–4
(3–1)
Takeda (6–6)
Mahara (7)
Sapporo Dome
17,702
59–61–2
L1
123
September 4
Hawks
4–3
Takeda (4–7)
(3–2)
—
Sapporo Dome
16,975
60–61–2
W1
124
September 5
Eagles
3–5 (10)
Gwyn (1–0)
Nakamura (2–2)
—
Sapporo Dome
22,692
60–62–2
L1
125
September 6
Eagles
4–1
Fujii (3–7)
Katayama (2–5)
Nakamura (23)
Sapporo Dome
33,197
61–62–2
W1
126
September 7
Eagles
2–5
(1–0)
Tadano (7–7)
Arime (2)
Sapporo Dome
33,224
61–63–2
L1
127
September 9
@ Lions
4–1
Darvish (13–4)
Ishii (10–9)
Nakamura (24)
Seibu Dome
14,554
62–63–2
W1
128
September 10
@ Lions
6–5
(4–1)
Nishiguchi (8–6)
Nakamura (25)
Seibu Dome
14,292
63–63–2
W2
129
September 11
@ Lions
3–5
Wakui (9–9)
Sweeney (11–4)
Graman (27)
Seibu Dome
14,016
63–64–2
L1
130
September 13
Buffaloes
7–4
Glynn (6–13)
Yamamoto (9–6)
Nakamura (26)
Sapporo Dome
25,074
64–64–2
W1
131
September 14
Buffaloes
9–6
(5–1)
Kaneko (10–9)
Nakamura (27)
Sapporo Dome
30,457
65–64–2
W2
132
September 15
Buffaloes
5–4
Darvish (14–4)
Kato (2–4)
—
Sapporo Dome
31,473
66–64–2
W3
133
September 16
@ Eagles
1–6
Iwakuma (19–3)
Takeda (6–7)
—
Kleenex Stadium
11,966
66–65–2
L1
134
September 17
@ Eagles
7–15
Asai (9–10)
Sweeney (11–5)
—
Kleenex Stadium
12,430
66–66–2
L2
135
September 18
@ Eagles
2–5
Tanaka (8–6)
Fujii (3–8)
—
Kleenex Stadium
13,697
66–67–2
L3
136
September 20
@ Buffaloes
1–6
Yamamoto (10–6)
Glynn (6–14)
—
Kyocera Dome
20,222
66–68–2
L4
137
September 21
@ Buffaloes
10–5
(6–1)
(2–7)
—
Kyocera Dome
25,036
67–68–2
W1
138
September 22
@ Hawks
9–0
Darvish (15–4)
Arakaki (2–6)
—
Yahoo Dome
30,491
68–68–2
W2
139
September 23
@ Hawks
5–2
Takeda (7–7)
Sugiuchi (10–7)
—
Yahoo Dome
30,278
69–68–2
W3
140
September 26
Lions
2–0
Sweeney (12–5)
Hoashi (11–6)
Tateyama (2)
Sapporo Dome
28,331
70–68–2
W4
141
September 27
Lions
5–4
Glynn (7–14)
Hsu (1–3)
Nakamura (28)
Sapporo Dome
35,460
71–68–2
W5
142
September 28
Marines
1–4
Naruse (8–6)
Tateyama (1–2)
Ogino (29)
Sapporo Dome
42,126
71–69–2
L1
143
September 29
Marines
2–1
Darvish (16–4)
Kobayashi (5–12)
—
Sapporo Dome
42,126
72–69–2
W1
October: 1–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 1–0–0)
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Stadium
Attendance
Record
Streak
144
October 1
@ Eagles
17–0
Takeda (8–7)
Tanaka (9–7)
—
Kleenex Stadium
14,953
73–69–2
W2
Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie = Postponement Bold = Fighters team member