| 2010 Pacific League Climax Series | |||||||||||||
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| First stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 9–10 | ||||||||||||
| Final stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 14–19 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | First Stage: Tomoya Satozaki (Lotte) Final Stage: Yoshihisa Naruse (Lotte) | ||||||||||||
The 2010 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 2010 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2010 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 9 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 19.
Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 9 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 6, Saitama Seibu Lions – 5 (11) | Seibu Dome | 4:23 | 33,918 [1] |
| 2 | October 10 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4 (11) | Seibu Dome | 4:19 | 33,911 [2] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Seibu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1–0) LP: Yoshihiro Doi (0–1) Home runs: LOT: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1), Kazuya Fukuura (1) SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Lotte | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Seibu | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Tatsuya Uchi (1–0) LP: Chikara Onodera (0–1) Sv: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1) Home runs: LOT: Toshiaki Imae (1), Tomoya Satozaki (1) SEI: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 4–3*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 14 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 | Yahoo Dome | 3:21 | 35,118 [3] |
| 2 | October 15 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 | Yahoo Dome | 2:30 | 35,876 [4] |
| 3 | October 16 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 | Yahoo Dome | 2:56 | 36,664 [5] |
| 4 | October 17 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 | Yahoo Dome | 3:23 | 36,235 [6] |
| 5 | October 18 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 | Yahoo Dome | 3:17 | 33,108 [7] |
| 6 | October 19 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 7, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0 | Yahoo Dome | 2:47 | 33,515 [8] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lotte | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (1–0) LP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–1) Home runs: LOT: Shoitsu Omatsu (1) SOF: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lotte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Tsuyoshi Wada (1–0) LP: Hayden Penn (0–1) Home runs: LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (1) SOF: 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 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Dennis Houlton (1–0) LP: Bill Murphy (0–1) Sv: Takahiro Mahara (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lotte | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Shunsuke Watanabe (1–0) LP: Yao-Hsun Yang (0–1) Sv: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1) Home runs: LOT: Makoto Imaoka (1) SOF: 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 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Tatsuya Uchi (1–0) LP: Brian Falkenborg (0–1) Sv: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (2) Home runs: LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (2) SOF: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (2–0) LP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–2) Home runs: LOT: Shoitsu Omatsu (2) SOF: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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