2009 Pacific League Climax Series

2009 Pacific League Climax Series
Stage 1
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2) Katsuya Nomura 77–66, .538, GB: 5.5
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0) Koji Akiyama 74–65, .532, GB: 6.5
Dates: October 16 – October 17
Stage 2
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) Masataka Nashida 82–60, .577, GA: 5.5
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (1) Katsuya Nomura 77–66, .538, GB: 5.5
Dates: October 21 – October 24
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2009 CLCS 2009 Japan Series

The 2009 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-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2009 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2009 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 16 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 24.

Contents

Stage 1

Summary

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance
1 October 16 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 11 Miyagi Baseball Stadium 3:00 21,303[1]
2 October 17 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4 Miyagi Baseball Stadium 2:47 21,388[2]

Game 1

Friday, October 16, 2009 at Miyagi Baseball Stadium in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 2
Rakuten 3 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 X 11 12 1
WP: Hisashi Iwakuma (1–0)   LP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–1)
Home runs:
SFT: None
RAK: Yosuke Takasu (1), Fernando Seguignol (1), Toshiya Nakashima (1), Takeshi Yamasaki (1)

Game 2

Saturday, October 17, 2009 at Miyagi Baseball Stadium in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0
Rakuten 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 X 4 8 1
WP: Masahiro Tanaka (1–0)   LP: Dennis Houlton (0–1)
Home runs:
SFT: None
RAK: Takeshi Yamasaki (2)

Stage 2

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) vs. Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (1)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance
1 October 21 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 9 Sapporo Dome 3:28 38,235[3]
2 October 22 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 3:19 32,713[4] 
3 October 23 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 3, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2 Sapporo Dome 2:48 42,328[5] 
4 October 24 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 9 Sapporo Dome 3:43 42,328[6]

Game 1

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaidō

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rakuten 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 8 12 0
Nippon-Ham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 13 0
WP: Masanori Hayashi (1–0)   LP: Kazuo Fukumori (0–1)
Home runs:
RAK: Teppei Tsuchiya (1)
NIP: Terrmel Sledge (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 22, 2009 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaidō

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rakuten 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 9 0
WP: Keisaku Itokazu (1–0)   LP: Hisashi Iwakuma (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (1)
Home runs:
RAK: Fernando Seguignol (1)
NIP: None

Game 3

Friday, October 23, 2009 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaidō

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rakuten 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
Nippon-Ham 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0
WP: Masahiro Tanaka (1–0)   LP: Tomoya Yagi (0–1)
Home runs:
RAK: Naoto Watanabe (1)
NIP: Shinji Takahashi (1)

Game 4

Saturday, October 24, 2009 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaidō

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rakuten 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 0
Nippon-Ham 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 X 9 14 0
WP: Shugo Fujii (1–0)   LP: Hiromichi Fujiwara (0–1)
Home runs:
RAK: None
NIP: Hichori Morimoto (1), Terrmel Sledge (2)

References

  1. ^ "Friday, October 16, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009101601715.html. Retrieved November 15,2009. 
  2. ^ "Saturday, October 17, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009101701717.html. Retrieved November 15,2009. 
  3. ^ "Wednesday, October 21, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102101721.html. Retrieved November 15,2009. 
  4. ^ "Thursday, October 22, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102201723.html. Retrieved November 15,2009. 
  5. ^ "Friday, October 23, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102301725.html. Retrieved November 15,2009. 
  6. ^ "Saturday, October 24, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102401727.html. Retrieved November 15,2009. 
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