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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

Summary

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 
2 October 12 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 6 Kyocera Dome Osaka 3:32 36,012 
3 October 14 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 1 (10) Kyocera Dome Osaka 4:17 32,588
† This game was originally scheduled to be played on Monday, October 13, but was postponed one day due to Typhoon Vongfong.

Game 1

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

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

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

Summary

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

Game 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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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