2009 Central League Climax Series

2009 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chunichi Dragons (2) Hiromitsu Ochiai 81–61–1, .556, GB: 12
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1) Shigeru Takada 71–72–1, .497, GB: 22
Dates: October 17 – October 19
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Tatsunori Hara 89–46–9, .659, GA: 12
Chunichi Dragons (1) Hiromitsu Ochiai 81–61–1, .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-six with the top seed being awarded a one-win advantage. 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.

First stage

Summary

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

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance
1October 17Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 2Nagoya Dome3:2438,391[1]
2October 18Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Chunichi Dragons – 3Nagoya Dome3:1838,171[2] 
3October 19Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 4, Chunichi Dragons – 7Nagoya Dome4:0332,897[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)

Final stage

Summary

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

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance
1October 21Chunichi Dragons – 7, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome3:1141,259[4]
2October 22Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 6Tokyo Dome3:5340,452[5] 
3October 23Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 5Tokyo Dome3:3345,409[6] 
4October 24Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8Tokyo Dome3:3746,535[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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