2009 Central League Climax Series

2009 Central League Climax Series
Stage 1
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chunichi Dragons (2) Hiromitsu Ochiai 81–61, .556, GB: 12
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1) Shigeru Takada 71–72, .497, GB: 22
Dates: October 17 – October 19
Stage 2
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Tatsunori Hara 89–46, .659, GA: 12
Chunichi Dragons (1) Hiromitsu Ochiai 81–61, .556, GB: 12
Dates: October 21 – October 24
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2009 PLCS 2009 Japan Series

The 2009 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) consisted of two consecutive series, Stage 1 being a best-of-three series and Stage 2 being a best-of-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2009 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2009 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 17 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 24.

Contents

Stage 1

Summary

Chunichi Dragons (2) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance
1 October 17 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 2 Nagoya Dome 3:24 38,391[1]
2 October 18 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Chunichi Dragons – 3 Nagoya Dome 3:18 38,171[2] 
3 October 19 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 4, Chunichi Dragons – 7 Nagoya Dome 4:03 32,897[3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 17, 2009 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 0
Chunichi 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0
WP: Masanori Ishikawa (1–0)   LP: Chen Wei-Yin (0–1)   Sv: Lim Chang-Yong (1)
Home runs:
YAK: Jamie D'Antona (1)
CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 18, 2009 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 2
Chunichi 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 7 1
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0)   LP: Shohei Tateyama (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)
Home runs:
YAK: Ryohei Kawamoto (1)
CHU: Motonobu Tanishige (1)

Game 3

Monday, October 19, 2009 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 11 0
Chunichi 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 X 7 16 0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0)   LP: Yoshinori Sato (0–1)
Home runs:
YAK: None
CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (2)

Stage 2

Summary

Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. Chunichi Dragons (1)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance
1 October 21 Chunichi Dragons – 7, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:11 41,259[4]
2 October 22 Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 6 Tokyo Dome 3:53 40,452[5] 
3 October 23 Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 5 Tokyo Dome 3:33 45,409[6] 
4 October 24 Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8 Tokyo Dome 3:37 46,535[7]

Game 1

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 10 0
Yomiuri 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 0
WP: Takashi Ogasawara (1–0)   LP: Dicky Gonzalez (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: Kei Nomoto (1), Tony Blanco (1)
YOM: None

Game 2

Thursday, October 22, 2009 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 0
Yomiuri 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 X 6 15 0
WP: Wirfin Obispo (1–0)   LP: Chen Wei-Yin (0–1)   Sv: Marc Kroon (1)
Home runs:
CHU: Masahiko Morino (1), Atsushi Fujii (1)
YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 23, 2009 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 1
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 X 5 10 0
WP: Kiyoshi Toyoda (1–0)   LP: Takuya Asao (0–1)   Sv: Marc Kroon (2)
Home runs:
CHU: Masahiko Morino (2)
YOM: Alex Ramírez (1), Yoshiyuki Kamei (1)

Game 4

Saturday, October 24, 2009 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
Yomiuri 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 X 8 9 1
WP: Daisuke Ochi (1–0)   LP: Kenichi Nakata (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: Tony Blanco (2)
YOM: Yoshitomo Tani (1)

References

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  2. ^ "Sunday, October 18, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009101801718.html. Retrieved November 16,2009. 
  3. ^ "Monday, October 19, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009101901719.html. Retrieved November 16,2009. 
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  6. ^ "Friday, October 23, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102301724.html. Retrieved November 16,2009. 
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