2016 Central League Climax Series

2016 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Yokohama DeNA BayStars  (2) Alex Ramírez 69–71–3 (.493), 19.5 GB Yomiuri Giants  (1) Yoshinobu Takahashi 71–69–3 (.507), 17.5 GB
Dates	October 8–10
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Hiroshima Toyo Carp  (4) Koichi Ogata 89–52–2 (.631), 17.5 GA Yokohama DeNA BayStars (1) Alex Ramírez 69–71–3 (.493), 19.5 GB
Dates	October 12–16
MVP	Kosuke Tanaka (Hiroshima)
←  2015 Climax Series 2017  → 2016 PLCS                 2016 Japan Series

The 2016 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) was a post-season playoff consisting of two consecutive series that determined who would represent the Central League in the Japan Series. The First Stage was a best-of-three series and the Final Stage was a best-of-six with the top seed being awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the series advanced to the 2016 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2016 Pacific League Climax Series winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began with the first game of the First Stage on October 8 and ended with the final game of the Final Stage on October 16.

First stage

Summary

Yokohama DeNA BayStars won the series, 2–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 8	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Tokyo Dome	3:19	45,633 [1]
2	October 9	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Tokyo Dome	2:47	45,683 [2]
3	October 10	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 (11)	Tokyo Dome	4:21	45,477 [3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 8, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DeNA	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	8	0
Yomiuri	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	9	0
WP: Shoichi Ino (1–0)   LP: Miles Mikolas (0–1)   Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (1) Home runs: DEN: Takayuki Kajitani (1), Yoshitomo Tsutsugo (1), José López(1) YOM: Hayato Sakamoto (1) Attendance: 45,633

Game 2

Sunday, October 9, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DeNA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Yomiuri	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	2	4	0
WP: Scott Mathieson (1–0)   LP: Tomoya Mikami (0–1) Home runs: DEN: None YOM: Hayato Sakamoto (2) Attendance: 45,683

Game 3

Monday, October 10, 2016, 2:01 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
DeNA	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	10	0
Yomiuri	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0
WP: Kenjiro Tanaka (1–0)   LP: Hirokazu Sawamura (0–1)   Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (2) Home runs: DEN: José López (2) YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1), Shuichi Murata (1) Attendance: 45,477

Final stage

Summary

Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series, 4–1*.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 12	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5	Mazda Stadium	2:48	31,276 [4]
2	October 13	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3	Mazda Stadium	2:58	31,264 [5]
3	October 14	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0	Mazda Stadium	3:19	31,291 [6]
4	October 15	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 7, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8	Mazda Stadium	3:26	31,313 [7]

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

Game 1

Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 6:02 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DeNA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Hiroshima	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	X	5	9	0
WP: Kris Johnson (1–0)   LP: Guillermo Moscoso (0–1) Attendance: 31,276

Game 2

Thursday, October 13, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DeNA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Hiroshima	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	3	4	1
WP: Yusuke Nomura (1–0)   LP: Kazuki Mishima (0–1)   Sv: Shota Nakazaki (1) Home runs: DEN: None HIR: Kosuke Tanaka (1) Attendance: 31,264

Game 3

Friday, October 14, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DeNA	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	9	0
Hiroshima	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
WP: Shoichi Ino (1–0)   LP: Hiroki Kuroda (0–1)   Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (1) Home runs: DEN: Elián Herrera (1) HIR: None Attendance: 31,291

Game 4

Saturday, October 15, 2016, 1:31 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DeNA	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	7	10	0
Hiroshima	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	8	11	2
WP: Akitake Okada (1–0)   LP: Shota Imanaga (0–1)   Sv: Shota Nakazaki (2) Home runs: DEN: Takayuki Kajitani (1), José López (1) HIR: Brad Eldred (1) Attendance: 31,313

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