2011 Central League Climax Series

2011 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2) Junji Ogawa 70–59–15, .543, GB: 2.5
Yomiuri Giants (1) Tatsunori Hara 71–62–11, .534, GB: 3.5
Dates: October 29 – October 31
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chunichi Dragons (4) Hiromitsu Ochiai 75–59–10, .560, GA: 2.5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2) Junji Ogawa 70–59–15, .543, GB: 2.5
Dates: November 2 – November 6
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2011 PLCS 2011 Japan Series

The 2011 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 2011 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2011 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 29 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 23.

First stage

Summary

Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2) vs. Yomiuri Giants (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance
1October 29Yomiuri Giants – 2, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3Meiji Jingu Stadium3:2832,339[1]
2October 30Yomiuri Giants – 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2Meiji Jingu Stadium3:2432,148[2] 
3October 31Yomiuri Giants – 1, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3Meiji Jingu Stadium2:5131,687[3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 29, 2011 at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 1
Yakult 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 X 3 8 0
WP: Kyohei Muranaka (1–0)   LP: Yasunari Takagi (0–1)   Sv: Lim Chang-Yong (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Saburo Ohmura (1)
YAK: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 30, 2011 at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 6 9 0
Yakult 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 7 0
WP: Tetsuya Utsumi (1–0)   LP: Masanori Ishikawa (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1)
YAK: None

Game 3

Monday, October 31, 2011 at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 2
Yakult 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 X 3 7 0
WP: Katsuki Akagawa (1–0)   LP: Dicky Gonzalez (0–1)   Sv: Kyohei Muranaka (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Michihiro Ogasawara (1)
YAK: Ryoji Aikawa (1)

Final stage

Summary

Chunichi Dragons (4) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance
1November 2Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 2Nagoya Dome3:0534,689[4]
2November 3Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 1Nagoya Dome2:5338,414[5] 
3November 4Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Chunichi Dragons – 1Nagoya Dome3:5037,599[6] 
4November 5Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 5Nagoya Dome3:0838,342[7] 
5November 6Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 2Nagoya Dome2:5138,252[8]

Game 1

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 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 0 1 0 1 6 0
Chunichi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 7 0
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0)   LP: Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)

Game 2

Thursday, November 3, 2011 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 0 1 2 3 7 0
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
WP: Masanori Ishikawa (1–0)   LP: Wei-Yin Chen (0–1)   Sv: Shohei Tateyama (1)
Home runs:
YAK: Yasushi Iihara (1)
CHU: Masahiko Morino (1)

Game 3

Friday, November 4, 2011 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
Chunichi 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
WP: Tony Barnette (1–0)   LP: Daisuke Yamai (0–1)   Sv: Lim Chang-Yong (1)

Game 4

Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
Chunichi 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 5 8 1
WP: Yudai Kawai (1–0)   LP: Katsuki Akagawa (0–1)
Home runs:
YAK: None
CHU: Tony Blanco (1)

Game 5

Sunday, November 6, 2011 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 0 0 1 1 5 0
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 2 3 0
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (2–0)   LP: Shohei Tateyama (0–1)   Sv: Takuya Asao (1)
Home runs:
YAK: None
CHU: Hirokazu Ibata (1)

References

  1. ↑ "Saturday, October 29, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Sunday, October 30, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Monday, October 31, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Wednesday, November 2, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Thursday, November 3, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Friday, November 4, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Saturday, November 5, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Sunday, November 6, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.