2012 Pacific League Climax Series

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2012 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks  (2) Koji Akiyama 67–65–12 (.508), 6½ GB
Saitama Seibu Lions  (1) Hisanobu Watanabe 72–63–9 (.533), 3 GB
DatesOctober 13–15
Final stage
Team (Wins)ManagerSeason
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters  (4) Hideki Kuriyama 74–59–11 (.556), 3 GA
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0) Koji Akiyama 67–65–12 (.508), 6½ GB
DatesOctober 17–19
MVP Yoshio Itoi (Nippon-Ham)
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2012 CLCS                 2012 Japan Series

The 2012 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 2012 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2012 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 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 19.

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First stage

Summary

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 2–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 13Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Dome 2:5432,074 [1]  
2October 14Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 8Seibu Dome3:2333,918 [2]  
3October 15Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2Seibu Dome3:2325,002 [3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2012 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
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WP: Tadashi Settsu (1–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Makita (0–1)   Sv: Masahiko Morifuku (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 14, 2012 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
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WP: Takayuki Kishi (1–0)   LP: Shota Takeda (0–1)

Game 3

Monday, October 15, 2012 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
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WP: Kenji Otonari (1–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Ishii (0–1)   Sv: Hideki Okajima (1)
Home runs:
SOF: None
SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1), José Ortiz (1)

Final stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 4–0*.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 17Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 2:5631,022 [4]  
2October 18Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3Sapporo Dome3:1723,610 [5]  
3October 19Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4Sapporo Dome3:1637,166 [6]
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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WP: Mitsuo Yoshikawa (1–0)   LP: Yoshiaki Fujioka (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (1)
Home runs:
SOF: None
NIP: Yoshio Itoi (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 18, 2012 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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WP: Masaru Takeda (1–0)   LP: Nagisa Arakaki (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (2)
Home runs:
SOF: None
NIP: Yoshio Itoi (2)

Game 3

Friday, October 19, 2012 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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WP: Brian Wolfe (1–0)   LP: Tadashi Settsu (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (3)
Home runs:
SOF: Wily Mo Peña (1)
NIP: None

References

  1. "Saturday, October 13, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  2. "Sunday, October 14, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  3. "Monday, October 15, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  4. "Wednesday, October 17, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  5. "Thursday, October 18, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  6. "Friday, October 19, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012.