2009 Pacific League Climax Series

2009 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2) Katsuya Nomura 77–66–1, .538, GB: 5.5
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0) Koji Akiyama 74–65–5, .532, GB: 6.5
Dates: October 16 – October 17
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) Masataka Nashida 82–60–2, .577, GA: 5.5
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (1) Katsuya Nomura 77–66–1, .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-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 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.

First stage

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:
SOF: 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:
SOF: None
RAK: Takeshi Yamasaki (2)

Final stage

Summary

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

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance
1October 21Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 9Sapporo Dome3:2838,235[1]
2October 22Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3Sapporo Dome3:1932,713[2] 
3October 23Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 3, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2Sapporo Dome2:4842,328[3] 
4October 24Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 9Sapporo Dome3:4342,328[4]

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. ↑ "Wednesday, October 21, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Thursday, October 22, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Friday, October 23, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Saturday, October 24, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.