2017 Central League Climax Series

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2017 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins)Manager Season
Yokohama DeNA BayStars  (2) Alex Ramírez 73–65–5 (.529), 14.5 GB
Hanshin Tigers  (1) Tomoaki Kanemoto 78–61–4 (.561), 10 GB
DatesOctober 14–17
Final stage
Team (Wins)ManagerSeason
Yokohama DeNA BayStars (4) Alex Ramírez 73–65–5 (.529), 14.5 GB
Hiroshima Toyo Carp  (2) Koichi Ogata 88–51–4 (.633), 10 GA
DatesOctober 18–24
MVP José López (DeNA)
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2017 PLCS                 2017 Japan Series

The 2017 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 2017 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2017 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 14 and ended with the final game of the Final Stage on October 24.

Contents

First stage

Summary

Yokohama DeNA BayStars won the series, 2–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 14Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 2 Koshien Stadium 2:5246,748 [1]  
2October 15Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 13, Hanshin Tigers – 6Koshien Stadium4:3546,761 [2]  
3October 17†Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 6, Hanshin Tigers – 1Koshien Stadium3:1046,319 [3]
† This game was originally scheduled for Monday, October 16, but postponed one day due to weather.

Game 1

Saturday, October 14, 2017, 2:02 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
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WP: Randy Messenger (1–0)   LP: Shoichi Ino (0–1)   Sv: Rafael Dolis (1)
Home runs:
DEN: None
HAN: Kosuke Fukudome (1)
Attendance: 46,748

Game 2

Sunday, October 15, 2017, 3:03 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
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WP: Tomoya Mikami (1–0)   LP: Kentaro Kuwahara (0–1)
Home runs:
DEN: Tomo Otosaka (1)
HAN: Yusuke Oyama (1)
Attendance: 46,761

Game 3

Tuesday, October 17, 2017, 6:00 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
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WP: Joe Wieland (1–0)   LP: Atsushi Nomi (0–1)
Home runs:
DEN: José López (1)
HAN: None
Attendance: 46,319

Final stage

Summary

Yokohama DeNA BayStars won the series, 4–2*.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 18Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3 (5) Mazda Stadium 1:3730,810 [4]  
2October 19Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 6, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 2Mazda Stadium3:4031,165 [5]  
3October 20Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0Mazda Stadium3:2331,279 [6]  
4October 23†Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 4, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3Mazda Stadium3:2631,311 [7]  
5October 24†Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 9, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3Mazda Stadium3:3931,230 [8]
* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.
† Game 4 was originally scheduled for Saturday, October 21, but was postponed for two days due to weather, forcing Game 5 to be subsequently postponed two days as well.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 6:00 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
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WP: Kazuki Yabuta (1–0)   LP: Kenta Ishida (0–1)
Attendance: 30,810
Notes: Game 1 was shortened to five innings because of weather. NPB does not require weather-shortened games to reach nine innings, unlike a North American rule requiring postseason games to do so. See 2008 World Series for the reason MLB has such a rule.

Game 2

Thursday, October 19, 2017, 6:01 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
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WP: Haruhiro Hamaguchi (1–0)   LP: Yusuke Nomura (0–1)
Home runs:
DEN: Toshiro Miyazaki (1)
HIR: None
Attendance: 31,165

Game 3

Friday, October 20, 2017, 6:00 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
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WP: Shoichi Ino (1–0)   LP: Kris Johnson (0–1)   Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (1)
Attendance: 31,279

Game 4

Monday, October 23, 2017, 6:00 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
Team123456789 R H E
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WP: Joe Wieland (1–0)   LP: Kazuki Yabuta (1–1)   Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (2)
Home runs:
DEN: Yoshitomo Tsutsugo (1)
HIR: Yoshihiro Maru (1)
Attendance: 31,311

Game 5

Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 6:00 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
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WP: Kazuki Mishima (1–0)   LP: Yusuke Nomura (0–2)
Home runs:
DEN: Toshiro Miyazaki (2), Masayuki Kuwahara (1), Yoshitomo Tsutsugo 2 (3), Takayuki Kajitani (1)
HIR: Takahiro Arai (1)
Attendance: 31,230

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