2007 Pacific League Climax Series

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2007 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins)Manager Season
Chiba Lotte Marines  (2) Bobby Valentine 76–61–7 (.555), 2 GB
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks  (1) Sadaharu Oh 73–66–5 (.525), 6 GB
DatesOctober 8–10
Second stage
Team (Wins)ManagerSeason
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters  (3) Trey Hillman 79–60–5 (.568), 2 GA
Chiba Lotte Marines (2) Bobby Valentine 76–61–7 (.555), 2 GB
DatesOctober 13–18
MVPFirst Stage: Saburo Omura (Lotte)
Second Stage: Yu Darvish (Nippon-Ham)
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2007 CLCS                 2007 Japan Series

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.

Contents

First stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 8Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Chiba Lotte Marines – 8 Chiba Marine Stadium 3:3030,010 [1]  
2October 9Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8, Chiba Lotte Marines – 3Chiba Marine Stadium3:1329,411 [2]  
3October 10Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Chiba Lotte Marines – 4Chiba Marine Stadium3:0730,011 [3]

Game 1

Monday, October 8, 2007 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture
Team123456789 R H E
SoftBank003100000450
Lotte00321101X891
WP: Shunsuke Watanabe (1–0)   LP: Kazumi Saito (0–1)
Home runs:
SOF: None
LOT: José Ortiz (1)

Game 2

Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture
Team123456789 R H E
SoftBank2401100008150
Lotte001000200370
WP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1–0)   LP: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (0–1)
Home runs:
SOF: Nobuhiko Matsunaka (1), Brian Buchanan (1)
LOT: Kazuya Fukuura (1)

Game 3

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture
Team123456789 R H E
SoftBank000000000050
Lotte00000400X460
WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (1–0)   LP: Jason Standridge (0–1)

Second stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 3–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 13Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5 Sapporo Dome 3:0642,222 [4]  
2October 14Chiba Lotte Marines – 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1Sapporo Dome3:4042,222 [5]  
3October 15Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7Sapporo Dome3:1242,222 [6]  
4October 16Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1Sapporo Dome3:5942,222 [7]  
5October 18Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6Sapporo Dome3:0942,222 [8]

Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team123456789 R H E
Lotte011000000250
Nippon-Ham04001000X5130
WP: Yu Darvish (1–0)   LP: Yasutomo Kubo (0–1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 14, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team123456789 R H E
Lotte0400100128131
Nippon-Ham100000000140
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

Game 3

Monday, October 15, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team123456789 R H E
Lotte000000000060
Nippon-Ham00010060X7130
WP: Ryan Glynn (1–0)   LP: Shunsuke Watanabe (0–1)

Game 4

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team123456789 R H E
Lotte0000020035140
Nippon-Ham0000100001110
WP: Yusuke Kawasaki (1–0)   LP: Masaru Takeda (0–2)
Home runs:
LOT: Tomoya Satozaki (3)
NIP: None

Game 5

Thursday, October 18, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team123456789 R H E
Lotte000001001280
Nippon-Ham00312000X6110
WP: Yu Darvish (2–0)   LP: Yoshihisa Naruse (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: None
NIP: Fernando Seguignol (1)

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References

  1. ↑ 2007年10月8日 (月) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  2. ↑ 2007年10月9日 (火) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  3. ↑ 2007年10月10日 (水) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  4. ↑ 2007年10月13日 (土) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  5. ↑ 2007年10月14日 (日) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  6. ↑ 2007年10月15日 (月) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  7. ↑ 2007年10月16日 (火) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  8. ↑ 2007年10月18日 (木) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 20, 2009.
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