2010 Central League Climax Series

2010 Central League Climax Series

First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Yomiuri Giants (2) Tatsunori Hara 79–64–1, .552, GB: 1 Hanshin Tigers (0) Akinobu Mayumi 78–63–3, .553, GB: 1
Dates:	October 16 – October 17
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Chunichi Dragons (4) Hiromitsu Ochiai 79–62–3, .560, GA: 1 Yomiuri Giants (1) Tatsunori Hara 79–64–1, .552, GB: 1
Dates:	October 20 – October 23
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2010 PLCS	2010 Japan Series

The 2010 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) 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 2010 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2010 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 16 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 23.

First stage

Summary

Yomiuri Giants (2) vs. Hanshin Tigers (0)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 16	Yomiuri Giants – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 1	Koshien Stadium	3:09	46,868[1]
2	October 17	Yomiuri Giants – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 6	Koshien Stadium	3:46	46,875[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	10	0
Hanshin	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
WP: Shun Tono (1–0)   LP: Atsushi Nomi (0–1)   Sv: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1) Home runs: YOM: Hayato Sakamoto (1) HAN: Craig Brazell (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 17, 2010 at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	7	14	1
Hanshin	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	10	2
WP: Daisuke Ochi (1–0)   LP: Kyuji Fujikawa (0–1)   Sv: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (2) Home runs: YOM: Yoshinobu Takahashi (1) HAN: None

Final stage

Summary

Yomiuri Giants (1) vs. Chunichi Dragons (4)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 20	Yomiuri Giants – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 5	Nagoya Dome	3:30	37,659[3]
2	October 21	Yomiuri Giants – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 2	Nagoya Dome	2:53	37,298[4]
3	October 22	Yomiuri Giants – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 2	Nagoya Dome	3:03	38,432[5]
4	October 23	Yomiuri Giants – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 4	Nagoya Dome	3:57	38,432[6]

Game 1

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Chunichi	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	5	12	1
WP: Wei-Yin Chen (1–0)   LP: Shun Tono (0–1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 21, 2010 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Chunichi	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	6	0
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1)   Sv: Takuya Asao (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 22, 2010 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	8	0
Chunichi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	2
WP: Daisuke Ochi (1–0)   LP: Hitoki Iwase (0–1)   Sv: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1) Home runs: YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1) CHU: Kei Nomoto (1)

Game 4

Saturday, October 23, 2010 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	11	0
Chunichi	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1X	4	8	0
WP: Takuya Asao (1–0)   LP: Yuya Kubo (0–1)

References

1. "Saturday, October 16, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
2. "Sunday, October 17, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
3. "Wednesday, October 20, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
4. "Thursday, October 21, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
5. "Friday, October 22, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
6. "Saturday, October 23, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.