2014 Pacific League Climax Series

2014 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters  (2) Hideki Kuriyama 73–68–3 (.518), 6½ GB Orix Buffaloes  (1) Hiroshi Moriwaki 80–62–2 (.563), 0 GB
Dates	October 11–14
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks  (4) Koji Akiyama 78–60–6 (.565), 0 GA Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3) Hideki Kuriyama 73–68–3 (.518), 6½ GB
Dates	October 15–20
MVP	Yuki Yoshimura (SoftBank)
←  2013 Climax Series 2015  → 2014 CLCS                 2014 Japan Series

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.

First stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 2–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
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]

†This game was originally scheduled to be played on Monday, October 13, but was postponed one day due to Typhoon Vongfong. ^[4]

Game 1

Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

Game 2

Sunday, October 12, 2014 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

Game 3

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
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)

Final stage

Summary

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–3*.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
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]

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

Game 1

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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

Game 2

Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

Game 3

Friday, October 17, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

Game 4

Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

Game 5

Sunday, October 19, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
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

Game 6

Monday, October 20, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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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