2009 Pacific League Climax Series

2009 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2) Katsuya Nomura 77–66–1, .538, GB: 5.5
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0) Koji Akiyama 74–65–5, .532, GB: 6.5
Dates: October 16 – October 17
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) Masataka Nashida 82–60–2, .577, GA: 5.5
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (1) Katsuya Nomura 77–66–1, .538, GB: 5.5
Dates: October 21 – October 24
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2009 CLCS 2009 Japan Series

The 2009 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) consisted of two consecutive series, Stage 1 being a best-of-three series and Stage 2 being a best-of-six with the top seed being awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the series advanced to the 2009 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2009 Central League Climax Series winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The PLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 16 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 24.

First stage

Summary

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 16Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 11Miyagi Baseball Stadium3:0021,303[1] 
2October 17Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4Miyagi Baseball Stadium2:4721,388[2]

Game 1

Friday, October 16, 2009 at Miyagi Baseball Stadium in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 2
Rakuten 3 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 X 11 12 1
WP: Hisashi Iwakuma (1–0)   LP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–1)
Home runs:
SOF: None
RAK: Yosuke Takasu (1), Fernando Seguignol (1), Toshiya Nakashima (1), Takeshi Yamasaki (1)

Game 2

Saturday, October 17, 2009 at Miyagi Baseball Stadium in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0
Rakuten 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 X 4 8 1
WP: Masahiro Tanaka (1–0)   LP: Dennis Houlton (0–1)
Home runs:
SOF: None
RAK: Takeshi Yamasaki (2)

Final stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) vs. Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 21Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 9Sapporo Dome3:2838,235[3] 
2October 22Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3Sapporo Dome3:1932,713[4] 
3October 23Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 3, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2Sapporo Dome2:4842,328[5] 
4October 24Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 9Sapporo Dome3:4342,328[6]

Game 1

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaidō

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rakuten 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 8 12 0
Nippon-Ham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 13 0
WP: Masanori Hayashi (1–0)   LP: Kazuo Fukumori (0–1)
Home runs:
RAK: Teppei Tsuchiya (1)
NIP: Terrmel Sledge (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 22, 2009 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaidō

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rakuten 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 9 0
WP: Keisaku Itokazu (1–0)   LP: Hisashi Iwakuma (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (1)
Home runs:
RAK: Fernando Seguignol (1)
NIP: None

Game 3

Friday, October 23, 2009 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaidō

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rakuten 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
Nippon-Ham 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0
WP: Masahiro Tanaka (1–0)   LP: Tomoya Yagi (0–1)
Home runs:
RAK: Naoto Watanabe (1)
NIP: Shinji Takahashi (1)

Game 4

Saturday, October 24, 2009 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaidō

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rakuten 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 0
Nippon-Ham 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 X 9 14 0
WP: Shugo Fujii (1–0)   LP: Hiromichi Fujiwara (0–1)
Home runs:
RAK: None
NIP: Hichori Morimoto (1), Terrmel Sledge (2)

References

  1. "Friday, October 16, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  2. "Saturday, October 17, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 23 October 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  3. "Wednesday, October 21, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  4. "Thursday, October 22, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  5. "Friday, October 23, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  6. "Saturday, October 24, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
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