2005 Pacific League Playoffs

2005 Pacific League Playoffs
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Chiba Lotte Marines  (2) Bobby Valentine 84–49–3 (.632), 4.5 GB Seibu Lions  (0) Tsutomu Ito 67–69 (.493), 23 GB
Dates	October 8–9
Second stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Chiba Lotte Marines (3) Bobby Valentine 84–49–3 (.632), 4.5 GB Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks  (2) Sadaharu Oh 89–45–2 (.664), 4.5 GA
Dates	October 12–17
←  2004 Climax Series 2006  → 2005 Japan Series

The 2005 Pacific League Playoffs was a set of consecutive playoff series for the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in the 2005 season.

First stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 8	Seibu Lions – 1, Chiba Lotte Marines – 2	Chiba Marine Stadium	3:33	28,979 [1]
2	October 9	Seibu Lions – 1, Chiba Lotte Marines – 3	Chiba Marine Stadium	2:52	28,996 [2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 8, 2005, 2:00 pm (JST) at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seibu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
Lotte	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	2	8	0
WP: Yasuhiko Yabuta (1–0)   LP: Koji Mitsui (0–1)   Sv: Masahide Kobayashi (1) Home runs: SEI: Takumi Kuriyama (1) LOT: None Attendance: 28,979

Game 2

Sunday, October 9, 2005, 2:00 pm (JST) at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seibu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0
Lotte	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	3	9	0
WP: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1–0)   LP: Fumiya Nishiguchi (0–1)   Sv: Masahide Kobayashi (2) Home runs: SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1) LOT: None Attendance: 28,996

Second stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 3–2.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 12	Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2	Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome	3:28	31,848 [3]
2	October 13	Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2	Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome	2:54	31,696 [4]
3	October 15	Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 (10)	Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome	3:48	34,757 [5]
4	October 16	Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3	Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome	3:06	34,772 [6]
5	October 17	Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2	Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome	3:46	35,071 [7]

Game 1

Wednesday, October 12, 2005, 6:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	11	0
SoftBank	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	0
WP: Soichi Fujita (1–0)   LP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–1)   Sv: Masahide Kobayashi (1) Home runs: LOT: Tomoya Satozaki (1) SOF: Jolbert Cabrera (1) Attendance: 31,848

Game 2

Thursday, October 13, 2005, 6:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	6	0
SoftBank	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	0
WP: Naoyuki Shimizu (1–0)   LP: Kazumi Saito (0–1)   Sv: Masahide Kobayashi (2) Home runs: LOT: None SOF: Munenori Kawasaki (1), Jolbert Cabrera (2) Attendance: 31,696

Game 3

Saturday, October 15, 2005, 6:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	9	1
SoftBank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1X	5	15	0
WP: Takahiro Mahara (1–0)   LP: Shingo Ono (0–1) Attendance: 34,757

Game 4

Sunday, October 16, 2005, 6:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
SoftBank	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	3	5	0
WP: Shintaro Yoshitake (1–0)   LP: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (0–1)   Sv: Takahiro Mahara (1) Home runs: LOT: Tomoya Satozaki (2) SOF: Julio Zuleta 2 (2) Attendance: 34,772

Game 5

Monday, October 17, 2005, 6:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	12	1
SoftBank	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
WP: Soichi Fujita (2–0)   LP: Koji Mise (0–1)   Sv: Masahide Kobayashi (3) Attendance: 35,071

References

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