2013 Pacific League Climax Series

2013 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Chiba Lotte Marines  (2) Tsutomu Ito 74–68–2 (.521), 8½ GB Saitama Seibu Lions  (1) Hisanobu Watanabe 74–66–4 (.529), 7½ GB
Dates	October 12–14
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles  (4) Senichi Hoshino 82–59–3 (.582), 7½ GA Chiba Lotte Marines (1) Tsutomu Ito 74–68–2 (.521), 8½ GB
Dates	October 17–21
MVP	Masahiro Tanaka (Rakuten)
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The 2013 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 2013 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2013 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 12 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 21.

First stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 12	Chiba Lotte Marines – 11, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1	Seibu Dome	3:24	32,880 [1]
2	October 13	Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 15	Seibu Dome	3:16	33,914 [2]
3	October 14	Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1	Seibu Dome	3:01	33,832 [3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	5	0	11	16	0
Seibu	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
WP: Yuji Nishino (1–0)   LP: Takayuki Kishi (0–1) Home runs: LOT: Tadahito Iguchi (1), Saburo Omura (1), Shohei Kato (1) SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 13, 2013 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Seibu	2	2	1	3	5	0	0	2	X	15	20	0
WP: Yosuke Okamoto (1–0)   LP: Takahiro Matsunaga (0–1) Home runs: LOT: None SEI: Yasuyuki Kataoka (1), Takumi Kuriyama (1)

Game 3

Monday, October 14, 2013 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	7	0
Seibu	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	8	1
WP: Yuki Karakawa (1–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Makita (0–1)   Sv: Naoya Masuda (1) Home runs: LOT: Daichi Suzuki (1), Tadahito Iguchi (2) SEI: None

Final stage

Summary

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles won the series, 4–1*.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 17	Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2	Kleenex Stadium	2:55	24,332 [4]
2	October 18	Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 (10)	Kleenex Stadium	3:25	24,097 [5]
3	October 19	Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2	Kleenex Stadium	3:00	24,396 [6]
4	October 21†	Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8	Kleenex Stadium	3:33	24,264 [7]

* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the final stage.

†The game scheduled for October 20th was cancelled because of rain and was not rescheduled because the Eagles won the series on October 21. ^[8]

Game 1

Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
Rakuten	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	2	8	1
WP: Masahiro Tanaka (1–0)   LP: Yoshihisa Naruse (0–1) Home runs: LOT: None RAK: Ginji Akaminai (1)

Game 2

Friday, October 18, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	8	1
Rakuten	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	7	0
WP: Tatsuya Uchi (1–0)   LP: Norihito Kaneto (0–1) Home runs: LOT: Craig Brazell (1) RAK: Andruw Jones (1), Ryo Hijirisawa (1)

Game 3

Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Rakuten	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	6	0
WP: Manabu Mima (1–0)   LP: Takuya Furuya (0–1)

Game 4

Monday, October 21, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	10	1
Rakuten	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	X	8	10	0
WP: Takashi Saito (1–0)   LP: Carlos Rosa (0–1)   Sv: Masahiro Tanaka (1) Home runs: LOT: G.G. Sato (1) RAK: Andruw Jones (2), Casey McGehee (1)

References

1. "Saturday, October 12, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2014.
2. "Sunday, October 13, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2014.
3. "Monday, October 14, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2014.
4. "Thursday, October 17, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2014.
5. "Friday, October 18, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2014.
6. "Saturday, October 19, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2014.
7. "Monday, October 21, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2014.
8. "10月20日（日）千葉ロッテマリーンズ戦（『mobcast クライマックスシリーズ パ』ファイナルステージ) 雨天中止のお知らせ" [October 20th (Sunday) Chiba Lotte Marines game ("mobcast Climax Series Pacific final stage") rain cancellation notice] (in Japanese). Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. October 20, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2025.