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2012 Pacific League Climax Series

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2012 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Koji Akiyama 67–65–12 (.508), 6½ GB
Saitama Seibu Lions (1) Hisanobu Watanabe 72–63–9 (.533), 3 GB
DatesOctober 13–15
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) Hideki Kuriyama 74–59–11 (.556), 3 GA
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0) Koji Akiyama 67–65–12 (.508), 6½ GB
DatesOctober 17–19
MVPYoshio Itoi (Nippon-Ham)
← 2011 Climax Series 2013 →

2012 CLCS               2012 Japan Series

The 2012 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 2012 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2012 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 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 19.

First stage

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Summary

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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 2–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 13 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Dome 2:54 32,074[1] 
2 October 14 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 8 Seibu Dome 3:23 33,918[2] 
3 October 15 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2 Seibu Dome 3:23 25,002[3]

Game 1

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Saturday, October 13, 2012 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
Seibu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
WP: Tadashi Settsu (1–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Makita (0–1)   Sv: Masahiko Morifuku (1)

Game 2

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Sunday, October 14, 2012 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
Seibu 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 X 8 9 1
WP: Takayuki Kishi (1–0)   LP: Shota Takeda (0–1)

Game 3

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Monday, October 15, 2012 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 0
Seibu 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0
WP: Kenji Otonari (1–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Ishii (0–1)   Sv: Hideki Okajima (1)
Home runs:
SOF: None
SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1), José Ortiz (1)

Final stage

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Summary

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Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 4–0*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 17 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 2:56 31,022[4] 
2 October 18 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 3:17 23,610[5] 
3 October 19 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:16 37,166[6]
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 0
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 X 3 6 0
WP: Mitsuo Yoshikawa (1–0)   LP: Yoshiaki Fujioka (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (1)
Home runs:
SOF: None
NIP: Yoshio Itoi (1)

Game 2

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Thursday, October 18, 2012 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Nippon-Ham 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 3 5 0
WP: Masaru Takeda (1–0)   LP: Nagisa Arakaki (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (2)
Home runs:
SOF: None
NIP: Yoshio Itoi (2)

Game 3

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Friday, October 19, 2012 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 1
Nippon-Ham 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 8 0
WP: Brian Wolfe (1–0)   LP: Tadashi Settsu (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (3)
Home runs:
SOF: Wily Mo Peña (1)
NIP: None

References

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  1. ^ "Saturday, October 13, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  2. ^ "Sunday, October 14, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  3. ^ "Monday, October 15, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  4. ^ "Wednesday, October 17, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  5. ^ "Thursday, October 18, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  6. ^ "Friday, October 19, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.