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), 6½ GB
Orix Buffaloes (1) Hiroshi Moriwaki 80–62–2 (.563), 0 GB
DatesOctober 11–14
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) Koji Akiyama 78–60–6 (.565), 0 GA
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3) Hideki Kuriyama 73–68–3 (.518), 6½ GB
DatesOctober 15–20
MVPYuki Yoshimura (SoftBank)
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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

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Summary

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Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 2–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 11 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Orix Buffaloes – 3 Kyocera Dome Osaka 4:01 35,889[1] 
2 October 12 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 6 Kyocera Dome Osaka 3:32 36,012[2] 
3 October 14 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 1 (10) Kyocera Dome Osaka 4:17 32,588[3]
This game was originally scheduled to be played on Monday, October 13, but was postponed one day due to Typhoon Vongfong.[4]

Game 1

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Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Kyocera Dome Osaka 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 Ohtani (1–0)   LP: Mamoru Kishida (0–1)   Sv: Hirotoshi Masui (1)

Game 2

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Sunday, October 12, 2014 at Kyocera Dome Osaka 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

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at Kyocera Dome Osaka 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

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Summary

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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–3*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 15 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 Yafuoku Dome 3:19 28,087[5] 
2 October 16 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 Yafuoku Dome 3:30 29,775[6] 
3 October 17 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 12, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Yafuoku Dome 3:13 31,176[7] 
4 October 18 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 Yafuoku Dome 4:20 31,647[8] 
5 October 19 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 (11) Yafuoku Dome 4:26 34,070[9] 
6 October 20 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Yafuoku Dome 3:24 38,561[10]
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! 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

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Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! 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

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Friday, October 17, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! 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

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Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! 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

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Sunday, October 19, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! 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

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Monday, October 20, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! 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

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  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.