| 2008 Central League Climax Series | |||||||||||||
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| First stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 18–20 | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 22–25 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Alex Ramírez (Yomiuri) | ||||||||||||
The 2008 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 2008 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2008 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 18 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 25.
The Hanshin Tigers were awarded home-field advantage for the entirety of Stage 1; however, all three games were played in the Orix Buffaloes' Kyocera Osaka Dome, a neutral field, as renovations to Koshien Stadium prevented postseason play. [1]
Chunichi Dragons won the series, 2–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 18 | Chunichi Dragons – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 0 | Kyocera Dome Osaka | 2:49 | 33,824 [2] |
| 2 | October 19 | Chunichi Dragons – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 7 | Kyocera Dome Osaka | 3:16 | 33,881 [3] |
| 3 | October 20 | Chunichi Dragons – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 0 | Kyocera Dome Osaka | 2:38 | 33,021 [4] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chunichi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kenshin Kawakami (1–0) LP: Yuya Ando (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1) Home runs: CHU: Masahiko Morino (1) HAN: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chunichi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi (1–0) LP: Chen Wei-Yin (0–1) Home runs: CHU: Masahiko Morino (2), Tyrone Woods (1) HAN: Takashi Toritani (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0) LP: Kyuji Fujikawa (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (2) Home runs: CHU: Tyrone Woods (2) HAN: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri Giants won the series, 3–1–1*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 22 | Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Tokyo Dome | 4:05 | 44,072 [5] |
| 2 | October 23 | Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 11 | Tokyo Dome | 2:45 | 43,536 [6] |
| 3 | October 24 | Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 5 (12) | Tokyo Dome | 4:42 | 45,846 [7] |
| 4 | October 25 | Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 6 | Tokyo Dome | 3:27 | 46,797 [8] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chunichi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Masato Kobayashi (1–0) LP: Marc Kroon (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1) Home runs: CHU: Lee Byung-Kyu (1), Tyrone Woods (1) YOM: Yoshitomo Tani (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chunichi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 11 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Koji Uehara (1–0) LP: Kenta Asakura (0–1) Home runs: CHU: Masahiko Morino (1), Ryosuke Hirata (1) YOM: Michihiro Ogasawara (2), Alex Ramírez (1), Lee Seung-Yeop (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs: CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1), Tyrone Woods (2) YOM: Kazunari Tsuruoka (1), Lee Seung-Yeop (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 6 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Marc Kroon (1–1) LP: Akifumi Takahashi (0–1) Home runs: CHU: Tyrone Woods (3) YOM: Alex Ramírez (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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