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2012 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Koji Akiyama 67–65–12 (.508), 6½ GB
Saitama Seibu Lions (1) Hisanobu Watanabe 72–63–9 (.533), 3 GB
DatesOctober 13–15
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) Hideki Kuriyama 74–59–11 (.556), 3 GA
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0) Koji Akiyama 67–65–12 (.508), 6½ GB
DatesOctober 17–19
MVPYoshio Itoi (Nippon-Ham)
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2012 CLCS               2012 Japan Series

The 2012 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 2012 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2012 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 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 19.

First stage

Summary

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 2–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 13 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Dome 2:54 32,074 
2 October 14 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 8 Seibu Dome 3:23 33,918 
3 October 15 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2 Seibu Dome 3:23 25,002

Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2012 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
Seibu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
WP: Tadashi Settsu (1–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Makita (0–1)   Sv: Masahiko Morifuku (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 14, 2012 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
Seibu 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 X 8 9 1
WP: Takayuki Kishi (1–0)   LP: Shota Takeda (0–1)

Game 3

Monday, October 15, 2012 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 0
Seibu 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0
WP: Kenji Otonari (1–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Ishii (0–1)   Sv: Hideki Okajima (1)
Home runs:
SOF: None
SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1), José Ortiz (1)

Final stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 4–0*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 17 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 2:56 31,022 
2 October 18 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 3:17 23,610 
3 October 19 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:16 37,166
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 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 2 0 0 2 9 0
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 X 3 6 0
WP: Mitsuo Yoshikawa (1–0)   LP: Yoshiaki Fujioka (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (1)
Home runs:
SOF: None
NIP: Yoshio Itoi (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 18, 2012 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 6 1
Nippon-Ham 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 3 5 0
WP: Masaru Takeda (1–0)   LP: Nagisa Arakaki (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (2)
Home runs:
SOF: None
NIP: Yoshio Itoi (2)

Game 3

Friday, October 19, 2012 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 1 1 0 2 5 1
Nippon-Ham 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 8 0
WP: Brian Wolfe (1–0)   LP: Tadashi Settsu (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (3)
Home runs:
SOF: Wily Mo Peña (1)
NIP: None

References

  1. "Saturday, October 13, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  2. "Sunday, October 14, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  3. "Monday, October 15, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  4. "Wednesday, October 17, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  5. "Thursday, October 18, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  6. "Friday, October 19, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
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