2007 Pacific League Climax Series | |||||||||||||
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First stage | |||||||||||||
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Dates | October 8–10 | ||||||||||||
Second stage | |||||||||||||
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Dates | October 13–18 | ||||||||||||
MVP | First Stage: Saburo Omura (Lotte) Second Stage: Yu Darvish (Nippon-Ham) | ||||||||||||
The 2007 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-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2007 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2007 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 8 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 18.
Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–1.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 8 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Chiba Lotte Marines – 8 | Chiba Marine Stadium | 3:30 | 30,010 [1] |
2 | October 9 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8, Chiba Lotte Marines – 3 | Chiba Marine Stadium | 3:13 | 29,411 [2] |
3 | October 10 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Chiba Lotte Marines – 4 | Chiba Marine Stadium | 3:07 | 30,011 [3] |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lotte | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Shunsuke Watanabe (1–0) LP: Kazumi Saito (0–1) Home runs: SOF: None LOT: José Ortiz (1) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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SoftBank | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lotte | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1–0) LP: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (0–1) Home runs: SOF: Nobuhiko Matsunaka (1), Brian Buchanan (1) LOT: Kazuya Fukuura (1) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (1–0) LP: Jason Standridge (0–1) |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 3–2.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 13 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5 | Sapporo Dome | 3:06 | 42,222 [4] |
2 | October 14 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1 | Sapporo Dome | 3:40 | 42,222 [5] |
3 | October 15 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7 | Sapporo Dome | 3:12 | 42,222 [6] |
4 | October 16 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1 | Sapporo Dome | 3:59 | 42,222 [7] |
5 | October 18 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6 | Sapporo Dome | 3:09 | 42,222 [8] |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Lotte | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nippon-Ham | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Yu Darvish (1–0) LP: Yasutomo Kubo (0–1) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Lotte | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nippon-Ham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Koji Takagi (1–0) LP: Masaru Takeda (0–1) Home runs: LOT: Tomoya Satozaki (2), José Ortiz (1), Saburo Omura (1), Daisuke Hayakawa (1) NIP: None |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | X | 7 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Ryan Glynn (1–0) LP: Shunsuke Watanabe (0–1) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Yusuke Kawasaki (1–0) LP: Masaru Takeda (0–2) Home runs: LOT: Tomoya Satozaki (3) NIP: None |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Yu Darvish (2–0) LP: Yoshihisa Naruse (0–1) Home runs: LOT: None NIP: Fernando Seguignol (1) |
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