| 2016 Pacific League Climax Series | |||||||||||||
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| First stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 8–9 | ||||||||||||
| Final stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 12–16 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Sho Nakata (Nippon-Ham) | ||||||||||||
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.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 2–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 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] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 4–2*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 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] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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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The 2009 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) 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 2009 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2009 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 17 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 24.
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