2008 Central League Climax Series

2008 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chunichi Dragons (2) Hiromitsu Ochiai 71–68–5, .511, GB: 12
Hanshin Tigers (1) Akinobu Okada 82–59–3, .582, GB: 2
Dates: October 18 – October 20
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yomiuri Giants (3) Tatsunori Hara 84–57–3, .596, GA: 2
Chunichi Dragons (1) Hiromitsu Ochiai 71–68–5, .511, GB: 12
Dates: October 22 – October 25
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2008 PLCS 2008 Japan Series

The 2008 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-six with the top seed being awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the series advanced to the 2008 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2008 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 18 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 25.

First stage

Summary

The Hanshin Tigers were awarded home-field advantage for the entirety of Stage 1; however, all three games were played in the Orix Buffaloes' Kyocera Osaka Dome, a neutral field, as renovations to Koshien Stadium prevented postseason play.[1]

Chunichi Dragons (2) vs. Hanshin Tigers (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance
1October 18Chunichi Dragons – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 0Kyocera Dome Osaka2:4933,824[2]
2October 19Chunichi Dragons – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 7Kyocera Dome Osaka3:1633,881[3] 
3October 20Chunichi Dragons – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 0Kyocera Dome Osaka2:3833,021[4]

Game 1

Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 0
Hanshin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
WP: Kenshin Kawakami (1–0)   LP: Yuya Ando (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)
Home runs:
CHU: Masahiko Morino (1)
HAN: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 19, 2008 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 10 0
Hanshin 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 X 7 11 0
WP: Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi (1–0)   LP: Chen Wei-Yin (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: Masahiko Morino (2), Tyrone Woods (1)
HAN: Takashi Toritani (2)

Game 3

Monday, October 20, 2008 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 3
Hanshin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0)   LP: Kyuji Fujikawa (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (2)
Home runs:
CHU: Tyrone Woods (2)
HAN: None

Final stage

Summary

Yomiuri Giants (3) vs. Chunichi Dragons (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance
1October 22Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome4:0544,072[5]
2October 23Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 11Tokyo Dome2:4543,536[6] 
3October 24Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 5Tokyo Dome4:4245,846[7] 
4October 25Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 6Tokyo Dome3:2746,797[8]

Game 1

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 9 0
Yomiuri 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
WP: Masato Kobayashi (1–0)   LP: Marc Kroon (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)
Home runs:
CHU: Lee Byung-Kyu (1), Tyrone Woods (1)
YOM: Yoshitomo Tani (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 23, 2008 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
Yomiuri 2 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 X 11 17 0
WP: Koji Uehara (1–0)   LP: Kenta Asakura (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: Masahiko Morino (1), Ryosuke Hirata (1)
YOM: Michihiro Ogasawara (2), Alex Ramírez (1), Lee Seung-Yeop (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 24, 2008 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Chunichi 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 8 0
Yomiuri 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 0
Home runs:
CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1), Tyrone Woods (2)
YOM: Kazunari Tsuruoka (1), Lee Seung-Yeop (2)

Game 4

Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 7 0
Yomiuri 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 X 6 11 1
WP: Marc Kroon (1–1)   LP: Akifumi Takahashi (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: Tyrone Woods (3)
YOM: Alex Ramírez (2)

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