2016 Pacific League Climax Series

2016 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks  (2) Kimiyasu Kudo 83–54–6 (.606), 2½ GB Chiba Lotte Marines  (0) Tsutomu Ito 72–68–3 (.514), 15 GB
Dates	October 8–9
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters  (4) Hideki Kuriyama 87–53–3 (.621), 2½ GA Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Kimiyasu Kudo 83–54–6 (.606), 2½ GB
Dates	October 12–16
MVP	Sho Nakata (Nippon-Ham)
←  2015 Climax Series 2017  → 2016 CLCS                 2016 Japan Series

The 2016 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 2016 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2016 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 10 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 16.

First stage

Summary

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 2–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 8	Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4	Yafuoku Dome	3:10	36,077 [1]
2	October 9	Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4	Yafuoku Dome	3:16	38,500 [2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 8, 2016, 1:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	1
SoftBank	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	X	4	8	0
WP: Robert Suárez (1–0)   LP: Tatsuya Uchi (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (1) Home runs: LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (1), Alfredo Despaigne 2 (2) SOF: Seiichi Uchikawa (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 9, 2016, 1:01 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
SoftBank	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	X	4	8	0
WP: Rick van den Hurk (1–0)   LP: Ayumu Ishikawa (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (2) Home runs: LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (2) SOF: None

Final stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 4–2*.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 12	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6	Sapporo Dome	2:55	36,633 [3]
2	October 13	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4	Sapporo Dome	3:40	26,548 [4]
3	October 14	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4	Sapporo Dome	3:17	39,456 [5]
4	October 15	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2	Sapporo Dome	3:07	41,138 [6]
5	October 16	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7	Sapporo Dome	3:15	41,138 [7]

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

Game 1

Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Nippon-Ham	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	X	6	9	0
WP: Shohei Ohtani (1–0)   LP: Shota Takeda (0–1) Home runs: SOF: None NIP: Sho Nakata (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 13, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	11	0
Nippon-Ham	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	8	0
WP: Sho Iwasaki (1–0)   LP: Chris Martin (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (1) Home runs: SOF: Nobuhiro Matsuda (1) NIP: Brandon Laird (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 14, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
Nippon-Ham	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	4	7	0
WP: Kohei Arihara (1–0)   LP: Kodai Senga (0–1)   Sv: Anthony Bass (1) Home runs: SOF: Akira Nakamura (1) NIP: Brandon Laird (2)

Game 4

Saturday, October 15, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	12	0
Nippon-Ham	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	6	2
WP: Rick van den Hurk (1–0)   LP: Hirotoshi Takanashi (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (2) Home runs: SOF: Yuya Hasegawa (1), Kenta Imamiya (1), Nobuhiro Matsuda (2) NIP: None

Game 5

Sunday, October 16, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1
Nippon-Ham	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	X	7	8	1
WP: Anthony Bass (1–0)   LP: Nao Higashihama (0–1)   Sv: Shohei Ohtani (1) Home runs: SOF: Nobuhiro Matsuda (3) NIP: Sho Nakata (2)

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