2014 Pacific League Climax Series

2014 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) Hideki Kuriyama 73–68–3, .518, GB: 6.5
Orix Buffaloes (1) Hiroshi Moriwaki 80–62–2, .563, GB: —
Dates: October 11 – October 14
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) Koji Akiyama 78–60–6, .565, GA: 0
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3) Hideki Kuriyama 73–68–3, .518, GB: 6.5
Dates: October 15 – October 20
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2014 CLCS 2014 Japan Series

The 2014 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 2014 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2014 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 11 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 20.

First stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) vs. Orix Buffaloes (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 11Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Orix Buffaloes – 3Kyocera Dome4:0135,889[1] 
2October 12Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 6Kyocera Dome3:3236,012[2] 
3October 14*Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 1Kyocera Dome4:1732,588[3]
* Postponed from October 13 due to Typhoon Vongfong[4]

Game 1

Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 6 10 1
Orix 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 0
WP: Shohei Otani (1–0)   LP: Mamoru Kishida (0–1)   Sv: Hirotoshi Masui (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 12, 2014 at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nippon-Ham 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 10 0
Orix 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 X 6 5 1
WP: Takahiro Mahara (1–0)   LP: Keisuke Tanimoto (0–1)   Sv: Yoshihisa Hirano (1)
Home runs:
NIP: Juan Miranda (1)
ORX: Takahiro Okada (1)

Game 3

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 9 1
Orix 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
WP: Michael Crotta (1–0)   LP: Yoshihisa Hirano (0–1)   Sv: Hirotoshi Masui (2)
Home runs:
NIP: Sho Nakata (1)
ORX: Shunta Goto (1)

Final stage

Summary

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 15Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3Fukuoka Dome3:1928,087[5] 
2October 16Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1Fukuoka Dome3:3029,775[6] 
3October 17Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 12, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Dome3:1331,176[7] 
4October 18Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5Fukuoka Dome4:2031,647[8] 
5October 19Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Dome4:2634,070[9] 
6October 20Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Dome3:2438,561[10]

Game 1

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0
SoftBank 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2X 3 9 0
WP: Ryota Igarashi (1–0)   LP: Hiroshi Urano (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Sho Nakata (1)
SOF: None

Game 2

Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 5 6 0
SoftBank 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
WP: Yohei Kagiya (1–0)   LP: Shota Takeda (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Sho Nakata (2)
SOF: Seiichi Uchikawa (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 17, 2014 at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nippon-Ham 4 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 12 12 0
SoftBank 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 14 1
WP: Mitsuo Yoshikawa (1–0)   LP: Tadashi Settsu (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Dai-Kang Yang 2 (2), Eiichi Koyano (1), Sho Nakata (3)
SOF: Seiichi Uchikawa (2)

Game 4

Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nippon-Ham 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
SoftBank 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 13 0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0)   LP: Hiroshi Kisanuki (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (1)
Home runs:
NIP: None
SOF: Yuki Yanagita (1)

Game 5

Sunday, October 19, 2014 at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 6 12 0
SoftBank 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0
WP: Yohei Kagiya (2–0)   LP: Dennis Sarfate (0–1)   Sv: Hirotoshi Masui (1)
Home runs:
NIP: Sho Nakata (4)
SOF: None

Game 6

Monday, October 20, 2014 at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0
SoftBank 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 X 4 8 1
WP: Kenji Otonari (1–0)   LP: Naoyuki Uwasawa (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: None
SOF: Toru Hosokawa (1)

References

  1. ↑ "Saturday, October 11, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sunday, October 12, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Tuesday, October 14, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Monday, October 13, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Wednesday, October 15, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Thursday, October 16, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Friday, October 17, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Saturday, October 18, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Sunday, October 19, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Monday, October 20, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
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