2014 Central League Climax Series

2014 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hanshin Tigers (1) Yutaka Wada 75–68–1, .524, GB: 7.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0) Kenjiro Nomura 74–68–2, .521, GB: 7.5
Dates: October 11 – October 12
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hanshin Tigers (4) Yutaka Wada 75–68–1, .524, GB: 7.0
Yomiuri Giants (1) Tatsunori Hara 82–61–1, .573, GA: 7.0
Dates: October 15 – October 18
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2014 PLCS 2014 Japan Series

The 2014 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 2014 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2014 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 11 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 18.

First stage

Summary

Hanshin Tigers (1) vs. Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance
1October 11Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 1Koshien Stadium2:5246,721[1]
2October 12Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 0Koshien Stadium3:3546,815[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hiroshima 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Hanshin 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1 8 0
WP: Randy Messenger (1–0)   LP: Kenta Maeda (0–1)   Sv: Oh Seung-hwan (1)
Home runs:
HIR: None
HAN: Kosuke Fukudome (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 12, 2014 at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Hiroshima 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Hanshin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 7 0

Final stage

Summary

Hanshin Tigers (4) vs. Yomiuri Giants (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance
1October 15Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1Tokyo Dome2:5944,871[3]
2October 16Hanshin Tigers – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome3:1944,728[4] 
3October 17Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome3:4446,025[5] 
4October 18Hanshin Tigers – 8, Yomiuri Giants – 4Tokyo Dome3:4246,311[6]

Game 1

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hanshin 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0
WP: Shintaro Fujinami (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1)   Sv: Oh Seung-hwan (1)
Home runs:
HAN: Mauro Gómez (1)
YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hanshin 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 10 2
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 0
WP: Minoru Iwata (1–0)   LP: Hirokazu Sawamura (0–1)   Sv: Oh Seung-hwan (2)
Home runs:
HAN: None
YOM: Hirokazu Ibata (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 17, 2014 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hanshin 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 11 0
Yomiuri 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
WP: Yuya Ando (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (0–1)   Sv: Oh Seung-hwan (3)
Home runs:
HAN: None
YOM: Yoshiyuki Kamei (1)

Game 4

Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hanshin 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 11 0
Yomiuri 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13 0
WP: Atsushi Nomi (1–0)   LP: Yuki Koyama (0–1)
Home runs:
HAN: Matt Murton (1), Kosuke Fukudome (1), Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1)
YOM: Yoshiyuki Kamei (2), Frederich Cepeda (1), Hayato Sakamoto (1)

References

  1. ↑ "Saturday, October 11, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sunday, October 12, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Wednesday, October 15, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Thursday, October 16, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Friday, October 17, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Saturday, October 18, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.