2016 Pacific League Climax Series

2016 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Kimiyasu Kudo 83–54–6 (.606), 2½ GB
Chiba Lotte Marines (0) Tsutomu Ito 72–68–3 (.514), 15 GB
DatesOctober 8–9
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) Hideki Kuriyama 87–53–3 (.621), 2½ GA
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Kimiyasu Kudo 83–54–6 (.606), 2½ GB
DatesOctober 12–16
MVPSho Nakata (Nippon-Ham)
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2016 CLCS               2016 Japan Series

The 2016 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 2016 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2016 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 10 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 16.

First stage

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Summary

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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 2–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 8 Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Yafuoku Dome 3:10 36,077[1] 
2 October 9 Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Yafuoku Dome 3:16 38,500[2]

Game 1

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Saturday, October 8, 2016, 1:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1
SoftBank 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X 4 8 0
WP: Robert Suárez (1–0)   LP: Tatsuya Uchi (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (1)
Home runs:
LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (1), Alfredo Despaigne 2 (2)
SOF: Seiichi Uchikawa (1)

Game 2

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Sunday, October 9, 2016, 1:01 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
SoftBank 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 X 4 8 0
WP: Rick van den Hurk (1–0)   LP: Ayumu Ishikawa (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (2)
Home runs:
LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (2)
SOF: None

Final stage

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Summary

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Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 4–2*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 12 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6 Sapporo Dome 2:55 36,633[3] 
2 October 13 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:40 26,548[4] 
3 October 14 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:17 39,456[5] 
4 October 15 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2 Sapporo Dome 3:07 41,138[6] 
5 October 16 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7 Sapporo Dome 3:15 41,138[7]
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 X 6 9 0
WP: Shohei Ohtani (1–0)   LP: Shota Takeda (0–1)
Home runs:
SOF: None
NIP: Sho Nakata (1)

Game 2

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Thursday, October 13, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 11 0
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 8 0
WP: Sho Iwasaki (1–0)   LP: Chris Martin (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (1)
Home runs:
SOF: Nobuhiro Matsuda (1)
NIP: Brandon Laird (1)

Game 3

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Friday, October 14, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Nippon-Ham 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 7 0
WP: Kohei Arihara (1–0)   LP: Kodai Senga (0–1)   Sv: Anthony Bass (1)
Home runs:
SOF: Akira Nakamura (1)
NIP: Brandon Laird (2)

Game 4

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Saturday, October 15, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 12 0
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 2
WP: Rick van den Hurk (1–0)   LP: Hirotoshi Takanashi (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (2)
Home runs:
SOF: Yuya Hasegawa (1), Kenta Imamiya (1), Nobuhiro Matsuda (2)
NIP: None

Game 5

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Sunday, October 16, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1
Nippon-Ham 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 X 7 8 1
WP: Anthony Bass (1–0)   LP: Nao Higashihama (0–1)   Sv: Shohei Ohtani (1)
Home runs:
SOF: Nobuhiro Matsuda (3)
NIP: Sho Nakata (2)

References

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  1. ^ "Saturday, October 8, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  2. ^ "Sunday, October 9, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  3. ^ "Wednesday, October 12, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "Thursday, October 13, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "Friday, October 14, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  6. ^ "Saturday, October 15, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  7. ^ "Sunday, October 16, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
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