| 2017 Pacific League Climax Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 14–16 | ||||||||||||
| Final stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 18–22 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Seiichi Uchikawa (SoftBank) | ||||||||||||
The 2017 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 2017 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2017 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 14 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 22.
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles won the series, 2–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 14 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 10 | MetLife Dome | 3:00 | 32,547 [1] |
| 2 | October 15 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 | MetLife Dome | 3:12 | 32,508 [2] |
| 3 | October 16 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 5, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2 | MetLife Dome | 3:26 | 31,755 [3] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rakuten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seibu | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 10 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yusei Kikuchi (1–0) LP: Takahiro Norimoto (0–1) Home runs: RAK: None SEI: Hideto Asamura (1), Takeya Nakamura (1) Attendance: 32,547 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rakuten | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Takayuki Kishi (1–0) LP: Ken Togame (0–1) Sv: Yuki Matsui (1) Home runs: RAK: Eigoro Mogi (1) SEI: None Attendance: 32,508 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rakuten | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Sung Chia-Hao (1–0) LP: Ryoma Nogami (0–1) Home runs: RAK: Zelous Wheeler (1), Shintaro Masuda (1) SEI: Hideto Asamura (2) Attendance: 31,755 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–2*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 18 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 | Yafuoku Dome | 3:05 | 35,125 [4] |
| 2 | October 19 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 | Yafuoku Dome | 3:31 | 36,380 [5] |
| 3 | October 20 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7 | Yafuoku Dome | 3:16 | 35,333 [6] |
| 4 | October 21 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Yafuoku Dome | 3:21 | 37,455 [7] |
| 5 | October 22 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 0, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7 | Yafuoku Dome | 2:41 | 35,387 [8] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rakuten | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Takahiro Shiomi (1–0) LP: Nao Higashihama (0–1) Sv: Yuki Matsui (1) Home runs: RAK: Eigoro Mogi (1), Japhet Amador (1), Zelous Wheeler (1) SOF: Kenta Imamiya (1), Seiichi Uchikawa (1) Attendance: 35,125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rakuten | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Sung Chia-Hao (1–0) LP: Kodai Senga (0–1) Sv: Yuki Matsui (2) Home runs: RAK: None SOF: Seiichi Uchikawa (2) Attendance: 36,380 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rakuten | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Sho Iwasaki (1–0) LP: Hiroyuki Fukuyama (0–1) Sv: Dennis Sarfate (1) Home runs: RAK: Japhet Amador (2) SOF: Seiichi Uchikawa (3), Akira Nakamura (1) Attendance: 35,333 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rakuten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Shuta Ishikawa (1–0) LP: Sung Chia-Hao (1–1) Sv: Dennis Sarfate (2) Home runs: RAK: Ginji Akaminai (1) SOF: Alfredo Despaigne (1), Seiichi Uchikawa (4), Akira Nakamura (2) Attendance: 37,455 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rakuten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Shota Takeda (1–0) LP: Manabu Mima (0–1) Home runs: RAK: None SOF: Nobuhiro Matsuda (1) Attendance: 35,387 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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