| 2014 Pacific League Climax Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 11–14 | ||||||||||||
| Final stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 15–20 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Yuki Yoshimura (SoftBank) | ||||||||||||
The 2014 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 2014 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2014 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 11 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 20.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 2–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 11 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Orix Buffaloes – 3 | Kyocera Dome Osaka | 4:01 | 35,889 [1] |
| 2 | October 12 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 6 | Kyocera Dome Osaka | 3:32 | 36,012 [2] |
| 3 | October 14† | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 1 (10) | Kyocera Dome Osaka | 4:17 | 32,588 [3] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Orix | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Shohei Ohtani (1–0) LP: Mamoru Kishida (0–1) Sv: Hirotoshi Masui (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nippon-Ham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Orix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | X | 6 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Takahiro Mahara (1–0) LP: Keisuke Tanimoto (0–1) Sv: Yoshihisa Hirano (1) Home runs: NIP: Juan Miranda (1) ORX: Takahiro Okada (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Orix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Michael Crotta (1–0) LP: Yoshihisa Hirano (0–1) Sv: Hirotoshi Masui (2) Home runs: NIP: Sho Nakata (1) ORX: Shunta Goto (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–3*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 15 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 | Yafuoku Dome | 3:19 | 28,087 [5] |
| 2 | October 16 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 | Yafuoku Dome | 3:30 | 29,775 [6] |
| 3 | October 17 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 12, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Yafuoku Dome | 3:13 | 31,176 [7] |
| 4 | October 18 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 | Yafuoku Dome | 4:20 | 31,647 [8] |
| 5 | October 19 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 (11) | Yafuoku Dome | 4:26 | 34,070 [9] |
| 6 | October 20 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Yafuoku Dome | 3:24 | 38,561 [10] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2X | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Ryota Igarashi (1–0) LP: Hiroshi Urano (0–1) Home runs: NIP: Sho Nakata (1) SOF: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yohei Kagiya (1–0) LP: Shota Takeda (0–1) Home runs: NIP: Sho Nakata (2) SOF: Seiichi Uchikawa (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nippon-Ham | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Mitsuo Yoshikawa (1–0) LP: Tadashi Settsu (0–1) Home runs: NIP: Dai-Kang Yang 2 (2), Eiichi Koyano (1), Sho Nakata (3) SOF: Seiichi Uchikawa (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0) LP: Hiroshi Kisanuki (0–1) Sv: Dennis Sarfate (1) Home runs: NIP: None SOF: Yuki Yanagita (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yohei Kagiya (2–0) LP: Dennis Sarfate (0–1) Sv: Hirotoshi Masui (1) Home runs: NIP: Sho Nakata (4) SOF: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kenji Otonari (1–0) LP: Naoyuki Uwasawa (0–1) Home runs: NIP: None SOF: Toru Hosokawa (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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