2024 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

2024 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
League	Pacific League
Ballpark	Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi
Record	67–72–4 (.482), 23½ GB
League place	4th
Parent company	Rakuten
President	Masayuki Morii
Manager	Toshiaki Imae
Captain	Hideto Asamura (fielding) Takahiro Norimoto (pitching)
Eagles seasons

The 2024 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season is the 20th season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles play their home games at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team is led by Toshiaki Imae in his first season as team manager.

Regular season

Standings

2024 Pacific League regular season standings

#	Team	GTooltip Games played	W	L	T	Pct.	GBTooltip Games behind	Home	Road
1	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	143	91	49	3	.650	—	49–21–2	42–28–1
2	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	143	75	60	8	.556	13½	41–25–6	34–35–2
3	Chiba Lotte Marines	143	71	66	6	.518	18½	37–33–1	34–33–5
4	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	143	67	72	4	.482	23½	30–39–2	37–33–2
5	Orix Buffaloes	143	63	77	3	.450	28	34–36–1	29–41–2
6	Saitama Seibu Lions	143	49	91	3	.350	42	31–40–1	18–51–2

Interleague

2024 regular season interleague standings

#	Team	GTooltip Games played	W	L	T	Pct.	GBTooltip Games behind	Home	Road
1	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	18	13	5	0	.722	—	6–3	7–2
2	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	18	12	6	0	.667	1	7–2	5–4
3	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	18	11	7	0	.611	2	3–6	8–1
4	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	18	9	7	2	.563	3	5–2−2	4–5
5	Orix Buffaloes	18	10	8	0	.556	3	4–5	6–3
6	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	18	10	8	0	.556	3	6–3	4–5
7	Yomiuri Giants	18	8	9	1	.471	4½	4–5	4–4–1
8	Chiba Lotte Marines	18	7	9	2	.438	5	4–5	3–4−2
9	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	18	7	10	1	.412	5½	3–5–1	4–5
10	Hanshin Tigers	18	7	11	0	.388	6	4–5	3–6
11	Chunichi Dragons	18	7	11	0	.388	6	3–6	4–5
12	Saitama Seibu Lions	18	4	14	0	.222	9	3–6	2–7

Opening Day starting roster

Friday, March 29, 2024, vs. Saitama Seibu Lions

Order	Player	Position
1	Eigoro Mogi	First baseman
2	Hiroto Kobukata	Second baseman
3	Yuya Ogo	Right fielder
4	Hideto Asamura	Third baseman
5	Hiroaki Shimauchi	Left fielder
6	Maikel Franco	Designated hitter
7	Ryosuke Tatsumi	Center fielder
8	Hikaru Ohta	Catcher
9	Itsuki Murabayashi	Shortstop
—	Takahisa Hayakawa	Starting pitcher

Game log

2024 game log: 70–71–2 (Home: 38–33–1; Away: 32–38–1)
March/April: 11–14–1 (Home: 5–8–1; Away: 6–6–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 March 29 Lions 0–1 Imai (1–0) Hayakawa (0–1) Abreu (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,069 0–1–0 L1 2 March 30 Lions 2–8 Sumida (1–0) Shoji (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,593 0–2–0 L2 3 March 31 Lions 4–3 (11) S. Watanabe (1–0) Itogawa (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,501 1–2–0 W1 4 April 2 @ Fighters 4–2 Ponce (1–0) Yamasaki (0–1) Norimoto (1) Es Con Field 30,728 2–2–0 W2 5 April 3 @ Fighters 2–4 Kitayama (1–0) Kishi (0–1) S. Tanaka (2) Es Con Field 27,042 2–3–0 L1 6 April 5 Hawks 1–6 Ishikawa (1–0) Hayakawa (0–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,506 2–4–0 L2 7 April 6 Hawks 4–5 Fujii (1–0) Turley (0–1) Osuna (4) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,801 2–5–0 L3 8 April 7 Hawks 3–2 Norimoto (1–0) Sawayanagi (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,457 3–5–0 W1 9 April 9 @ Buffaloes 4–5 Tajima (1–0) Ponce (1–1) Yo. Hirano (3) Kyocera Dome 19,256 3–6–0 L1 10 April 10 @ Buffaloes 5–4 (10) Nishigaki (1–0) Yamazaki (0–1) Norimoto (2) Kyocera Dome 19,667 4–6–0 W1 11 April 11 @ Buffaloes 1–2 Yo. Hirano (1–0) Nishigaki (1–1) — Kyocera Dome 18,214 4–7–0 L1 12 April 12 Marines 5–2 Hayakawa (1–2) Ojima (1–2) Norimoto (3) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,213 5–7–0 W1 13 April 13 Marines 2−2 Game tied after 12 innings Rakuten Mobile Park 24,075 5–7–1 T1 14 April 14 Marines 2–9 Sasaki (2–0) Fujii (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,020 5–8–1 L1 15 April 16 Buffaloes 6–2 Ponce (2–1) Tajima (1–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 19,079 6–8–1 W1 16 April 17 Buffaloes 0–5 Espinoza (3–0) Kishi (0–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 20,735 6–9–1 L1 17 April 18 Buffaloes 0–7 Sotani (1–1) Uchi (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 21,974 6–10–1 L2 18 April 19 @ Lions 4–5 Imai (2–0) Hayakawa (1–3) Abreu (5) Belluna Dome 17,811 6–11–1 L3 19 April 20 @ Lions 8–2 T. Sakai (1–0) S. Sato (0–1) — Belluna Dome 20,109 7–11–1 W1 20 April 21 @ Lions 1–0 Fujii (1–1) K. Takahashi (0–2) Nishigaki (1) Belluna Dome 25,210 8–11–1 W2 21 April 23 Fighters 3–4 (12) S. Tanaka (1–0) Nishigaki (1–2) Sugiura (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,892 8–12–1 L1 — April 24 Fighters Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 5 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — 22 April 25 Fighters 5–1 Kishi (1–2) Suzuki (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 21,850 9–12–1 W1 23 April 27 @ Marines 4–1 Uchi (1–1) Sawamura (0–1) Norimoto (4) Zozo Marine Stadium 24,478 10–12–1 W2 24 April 28 @ Marines 1–10 Ojima (2–3) Takinaka (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 27,945 10–13–1 L1 25 April 29 @ Marines 8–6 Shoji (1–1) Taneichi (1–3) Norimoto (5) Zozo Marine Stadium 23,599 11–13–1 W1 26 April 30 @ Hawks 0–8 Arihara (3–2) Ponce (2–2) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,142 11–14–1 L1
May: 10–13–0 (Home: 5–6–0; Away: 5–7–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 27 May 1 @ Hawks 4–3 S. Suzuki (1–0) Osuna (0–1) Norimoto (6) Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,142 12–14–1 W1 28 May 3 Marines 12–1 Hayakawa (2–3) Nishino (2–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,572 13–14–1 W2 29 May 4 Marines 0–2 Iwashita (2–0) Uchi (1–2) Masuda (4) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,010 13–15–1 L1 30 May 5 Marines 1–4 Ojima (3–3) Kishi (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,039 13–16–1 L2 31 May 6 Buffaloes 2–4 Sotani (2–1) Shoji (1–2) Machado (2) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,769 13–17–1 L3 32 May 8 Buffaloes 4–1 Fujii (2–1) Miyagi (2–4) Norimoto (7) Komachi Stadium 14,047 14–17–1 W1 33 May 10 @ Lions 13–2 Hayakawa (3–3) Aoyama (0–1) — Belluna Dome 14,409 15–17–1 W2 34 May 11 @ Lions 1–2 Takeuchi (3–0) Uchi (1–3) Abreu (8) Belluna Dome 19,482 15–18–1 L1 35 May 12 @ Lions 2–6 Imai (3–0) Kishi (1–4) — Belluna Dome 19,185 15–19–1 L2 36 May 14 Hawks 4–1 Ponce (3–2) Arihara (3–3) Norimoto (8) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,043 16–19–1 W1 37 May 15 Hawks 3–7 Hasegawa (3–2) Shoji (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,193 16–20–1 L1 38 May 17 @ Buffaloes 5–3 CH. Sung (1–0) Takashima (0–1) Norimoto (9) Kyocera Dome 31,932 17–20–1 W1 39 May 18 @ Buffaloes 3–8 Sotani (3–1) Uchi (1–4) — Kyocera Dome 30,977 17–21–1 L1 40 May 19 @ Buffaloes 2–3 (10) Iguchi (1–0) T. Sakai (1–1) — Kyocera Dome 31,664 17–22–1 L2 41 May 21 @ Hawks 0–21 Arihara (4–3) Ponce (3–3) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,142 17–23–1 L3 42 May 22 @ Hawks 0–12 Wada (2–0) Shoji (1–4) — Kyocera Dome 33,293 17–24–1 L4 43 May 24 Fighters 3–4 (10) S. Tanaka (2–0) CH. Sung (1–1) Sugiura (2) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,783 17–25–1 L5 44 May 25 Fighters 0–5 T. Kato (3–4) Koja (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,034 17–26–1 L6 45 May 26 Fighters 3–2 Kishi (2–4) Yanagawa (0–1) Norimoto (10) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,735 18–26–1 W1 46 May 28 @ BayStars 1–6 (7) Kay (3–4) Ponce (3–4) — Yokohama Stadium 29,710 18–27–1 L1 47 May 29 @ BayStars 4–0 Uchi (2–4) Jackson (2–4) — Yokohama Stadium 32,141 19–27–1 W1 48 May 30 @ BayStars 6–5 Fujii (3–1) K. Ishida (2–3) Norimoto (11) Yokohama Stadium 31,209 20–27–1 W2 49 May 31 Swallows 5–3 S. Watanabe (2–0) Espada (0–2) — Azuma Baseball Stadium 12,223 21–27–1 W3
June: 12–9–1 (Home: 8–5–0; Away: 4–4–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 50 June 1 Swallows 8–2 Matsui (1–0) Yajure (4–5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,337 22–27–1 W4 51 June 2 Swallows 0–4 (5) Ishikawa (1–1) Kishi (2–5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,303 22–28–1 L1 52 June 4 @ Tigers 3–1 (10) S. Suzuki (2–0) Guerra (0–3) Norimoto (12) Koshien Stadium 42,622 23–28–1 W1 53 June 5 Tigers 3–2 S. Watanabe (3–0) Iwazaki (2–3) Norimoto (13) Koshien Stadium 42,615 24–28–1 W2 54 June 6 Tigers 4–1 Fujii (4–1) Nishi (2–3) S. Suzuki (1) Koshien Stadium 42,625 25–28–1 W3 55 June 7 @ Dragons 2–0 Hayakawa (4–3) Wakui (2–4) Norimoto (14) Vantelin Dome 30,254 26–28–1 W4 56 June 8 @ Dragons 7–2 Koja (1–1) Mejía (3–3) — Vantelin Dome 36,296 27–28–1 W5 57 June 9 @ Dragons 1–3 Matsuba (3–3) Kishi (2–6) Martínez (19) Vantelin Dome 36,294 27–29–1 L1 58 June 11 Giants 7–6 Tsurusaki (1–0) Baldonado (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 22,844 28–29–1 W1 59 June 12 Giants 5–4 Uchi (3–4) Hotta (3–3) Norimoto (15) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,623 29–29–1 W2 60 June 13 Giants 3–0 Fujii (5–1) Inoue (2–4) Norimoto (16) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,251 30–29–1 W3 61 June 14 Carp 0–1 (11) Moriura (1–0) CH. Sung (1–2) Hearn (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,202 30–30–1 L1 62 June 15 Carp 3–4 Tamamura (1–2) Koja (1–2) Kuribayashi (19) Rakuten Mobile Park 26,153 30–31–1 L2 63 June 16 Carp 5–3 Yuge (1–0) Aduwa (5–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,761 31–31–1 W1 64 June 21 @ Fighters 9−9 Game tied after 12 innings Es Con Field 22,592 31–31–2 T1 65 June 22 @ Fighters 2–5 Itoh (6–1) Ponce (3–5) S. Tanaka (11) Es Con Field 30,648 31–32–2 L1 66 June 23 @ Fighters 6–2 Fujii (6–1) T. Kato (3–5) Norimoto (17) Es Con Field 27,704 32–32–2 W1 67 June 25 @ Marines 2–10 Nishino (5–5) Uchi (3–5) — Zozo Marine Stadium 22,377 32–33–2 L1 68 June 26 @ Marines 1–4 Nakamori (1–0) Kishi (2–7) Masuda (10) Zozo Marine Stadium 22,681 32–34–2 L2 69 June 28 Lions 0–4 Imai (4–4) Koja (1–3) — Kirayaka Stadium 10,013 32–35–2 L3 70 June 29 Lions 2–4 Sumida (6–5) Takinaka (0–2) Abreu (14) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,527 32–36–2 L4 71 June 30 Lions 2–1 S. Watanabe (4–0) Honda (0–3) Norimoto (18) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,064 33–36–2 W1
July: 12–8–0 (Home: 5–4–0; Away: 7–4–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 72 July 2 Buffaloes 1–4 Sotani (5–3) Uchi (3–6) Machado (12) Haruka Yume Ballpark 11,525 33–37–2 L1 — July 3 Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 6 Kitagin Ballpark — — — 73 July 5 @ Hawks 5–1 Hayakawa (5–3) Wada (2–2) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 39,197 34–37–2 W1 74 July 6 @ Hawks 4–0 Koja (2–3) Ohtsu (6–4) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 38,974 35–37–2 W2 75 July 7 @ Hawks 3–5 Hernández (3–0) T. Sakai (1–2) Y. Matsumoto (2) Mizuho PayPay Dome 39,021 35–38–2 L1 76 July 9 @ Marines 4–2 Uchi (4–6) Mercedes (2–4) — Zozo Marine Stadium 19,832 36–38–2 W1 77 July 10 @ Marines 5–18 A. Ishikawa (2–0) Matsui (1–1) Hirohata (1) Zozo Marine Stadium 21,511 36–39–2 L1 78 July 12 Lions 3–2 Hayakawa (6–3) Takeuchi (5–1) Norimoto (19) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,502 37–39–2 W1 79 July 13 Lions 5–0 Kishi (3–7) Imai (4–6) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,640 38–39–2 W2 80 July 14 Lions 4–2 T. Sakai (2–2) Sumida (6–7) Norimoto (20) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,046 39–39–2 W3 81 July 15 @ Fighters 16–3 Takinaka (1–2) Fukushima (1–2) — Es Con Field 30,163 40–39–2 W4 82 July 16 @ Fighters 4–5 (10) Ikeda (1–0) Norimoto (1–1) — Es Con Field 24,061 40–40–2 L1 83 July 17 @ Fighters 2–6 Kanemura (4–4) Koja (2–4) S. Tanaka (14) Es Con Field 24,337 40–41–2 L2 84 July 19 @ Buffaloes 3–2 Hayakawa (7–3) Sotani (5–5) Norimoto (21) Hotto Motto Field 24,752 41–41–2 W1 85 July 20 @ Buffaloes 3–2 (12) Norimoto (2–1) Yamashita (0–4) Turley (1) Hotto Motto Field 29,264 42–41–2 W2 86 July 21 @ Buffaloes 12–5 Fujii (7–1) Satoh (1–1) — Hotto Motto Field 34,565 43–41–2 W3 All-Star Break: CL and PL split series, 1–1 87 July 26 Marines 1–6 Nishino (8–5) Uchi (4–7) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,633 43–42–2 L1 88 July 27 Marines 3–5 Karakawa (1–0) Ponce (3–6) Masuda (16) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,437 43–43–2 L2 89 July 28 Marines 8–7 Norimoto (3–1) Masuda (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,026 44–43–2 W1 90 July 30 Hawks 1–10 Moinelo (7–3) Hayakawa (7–4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,710 44–44–2 L1 91 July 31 Hawks 3–2 Koja (3–4) Ohtsu (6–5) Norimoto (22) Rakuten Mobile Park 22,076 45–44–2 W1
August: 11–12–1 (Home: 3–7–0; Away: 8–5–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 92 August 1 Hawks 0–7 Sawayanagi (1–1) Fujii (7–2) — Tokyo Dome 40,648 45–45–2 L1 93 August 2 @ Lions 3–2 Uchi (5–7) Imai (4–7) Norimoto (23) Belluna Dome 18,768 46–45–2 W1 94 August 3 @ Lions 0–7 Takeuchi (7–2) Takinaka (1–3) — Belluna Dome 22,045 46–46–2 L1 95 August 4 @ Lions 10–5 S. Watanabe (5–0) Mizukami (1–1) — Belluna Dome 22,927 47–46–2 W1 96 August 6 Fighters 1–5 (10) Kanemura (5–4) Norimoto (3–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 22,052 47–47–2 L1 97 August 7 Fighters 0–2 Nabatame (1–1) Kishi (3–8) Yanagawa (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,808 47–48–2 L2 98 August 8 Fighters 4–5 T. Kato (5–7) Fujii (7–3) Yanagawa (2) Rakuten Mobile Park 22,639 47–49–2 L3 99 August 10 @ Hawks 13–6 Koja (4–4) Arihara (10–5) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 38,955 48–49–2 W1 100 August 11 @ Hawks 2–5 Stewart, Jr. (7–2) Takinaka (1–4) Y. Matsumoto (10) Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,142 48–50–2 L1 101 August 12 @ Hawks 4–14 Ohzeki (7–2) Tsurusaki (1–1) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 39,732 48–51–2 L2 102 August 13 @ Buffaloes 3–0 Hayakawa (8–4) Sotani (5–8) — Kyocera Dome 31,855 49–51–2 W1 103 August 14 @ Buffaloes 6–1 Uchi (6–7) Espinoza (7–6) — Kyocera Dome 32,335 50–51–2 W2 104 August 15 @ Buffaloes 2–3 Machado (3–2) S. Watanabe (5–1) — Kyocera Dome 28,150 50–52–2 L1 — August 16 Lions Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — 105 August 17 Lions 4–11 Imai (5–8) Koja (4–5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,019 50–53–2 L2 106 August 18 Lions 6–1 Takinaka (2–4) Takeuchi (7–4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,239 51–53–2 W1 107 August 20 Hawks 3–0 Hayakawa (9–4) Moinelo (9–4) Norimoto (24) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,872 52–53–2 W2 108 August 21 Hawks 2–1 Yuge (2–0) Y. Matsumoto (2–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,364 53–53–2 W3 109 August 23 @ Lions 2–1 Fujii (8–3) Matsumoto (1–7) Norimoto (25) Belluna Dome 21,533 54–53–2 W4 110 August 24 @ Lions 2–3 Imai (6–8) Kishi (3–9) Abreu (21) Belluna Dome 22,842 54–54–2 L1 111 August 25 @ Lions 2–0 Koja (5–5) Takeuchi (7–5) Norimoto (26) Belluna Dome 25,986 55–54–2 W1 112 August 27 @ Fighters 3−3 Game tied after 12 innings Es Con Field 26,383 55–54–3 T1 113 August 28 @ Fighters 9–5 S. Watanabe (6–1) Yamasaki (9–4) — Es Con Field 27,321 56–54–3 W1 114 August 30 Buffaloes 0–2 Sotani (6–9) Fujii (8–4) Machado (22) Rakuten Mobile Park 22,654 56–55–3 L1 115 August 31 Buffaloes 0–6 Miyagi (5–8) Kishi (3–10) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,372 56–56–3 L2
September/October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 116 September 1 Buffaloes 2–6 Suzuki (1–0) S. Watanabe (6–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,065 56–57–3 L3 117 September 2 Buffaloes 5–2 Takinaka (3–4) Takashima (1–2) Norimoto (27) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,268 57–57–3 W1 118 September 5 @ Marines 1–3 Keuchel (1–1) Fujii (8–5) Masuda (21) Zozo Marine Stadium 25,030 57–58–3 L1 119 September 6 @ Marines 2–1 Hayakawa (10–4) Nishino (8–8) Norimoto (28) Zozo Marine Stadium 28,704 58–58–3 W1 — September 15 Fighters Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 7 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — September 30 Marines 1–2 Kikuchi (1–0) Norimoto (3–4) Masuda (25) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,040 L4 October 1 Marines 1–5 Sasaki (10–5) Kishi (6–11) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,621 L5 October 3 @ Hawks 2–4 Arihara (14–7) Koja (5–8) Osuna (24) Mizuho PayPay Dome 36,777 L6 — October 4 Lions Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 9 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — October 5 Fighters 2–3 Kanemura (7–6) Fujihira (0–1) Y. Saitoh (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,072 L7 October 6 Buffaloes 1–8 (7) Miyagi (7–9) Hayakawa (11–6) — Rakuten Mobile Park 22,346 L8 — October 7 Fighters Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 8 Rakuten Mobile Park — — —
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Postponement        = Interleague play Bold = Eagles team member