2023 Central League Climax Series

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2023 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins)Manager Season
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2) Takahiro Arai 74–65–4 (.532), 11.5 GB
Yokohama DeNA BayStars (0) Daisuke Miura 74–66–3 (.529), 12 GB
DatesOctober 14–15
Television TBS Channel 2 (CS/BS)
Radio Nippon Broadcasting System
Final stage
Team (Wins)ManagerSeason
Hanshin Tigers (4) Akinobu Okada 85–53–5 (.616), 11.5 GA
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0) Takahiro Arai74–65–4 (.532), 11.5 GB
DatesOctober 18–20
MVP Seiya Kinami (Hanshin)
Television Fuji TV ONE
Fuji Network (BS, Game 1)
TV Asahi (BS, Game 2)
RadioNippon Broadcasting System
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2023 PLCS                 2023 Japan Series

The 2023 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) was a set of two consecutive playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The first stage began on October 14 and the final stage concluded by October 23. The first stage was a best-of-three series between the second-place Hiroshima Toyo Carp and the third-place Yokohama DeNA BayStars. The final stage was a best-of-six with the Hanshin Tigers, the Central League champion, being awarded a one-win advantage against the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, the winner of the first stage. The Tigers advanced to the 2023 Japan Series to compete against the Orix Buffaloes, the 2023 Pacific League Climax Series winner.

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First stage

Intra-league teams play 25 games against each other during the regular season. The Carp and the BayStars split the season series 14–10–1, in favor of the Carp. [1] The two teams had met in the postseason twice prior to this year, with each team winning one series apiece (Carp winning the final stage of the 2016 CLCS and Baystars winning the final stage of the 2017 CLCS).

Summary

Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series, 2–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1 October 14Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 2, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3 (11) Mazda Stadium 3:5231,041 [2]  
2 October 15Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 2, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 4Mazda Stadium3:3231,059 [3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 14, 2023, 1:00 pm (JST) at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
Team1234567891011 R H E
DeNA000002000002120
Hiroshima00000101001X390
WP: Nik Turley (1–0)   LP: J. B. Wendelken (0–1)
Home runs:
DNA: Toshiro Miyazaki (1)
HIR: None
Attendance: 31,041
Boxscore

Game 2

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:01 pm (JST) at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
Team123456789 R H E
DeNA000000200270
Hiroshima10000102X470
WP: Sotaro Shimauchi (1–0)   LP: Taiga Kamichatani (0–1)   Sv: Ryoji Kuribayashi (1)
Home runs:
DNA: None
HIR: Ryoma Nishikawa (1), Shota Suekane (1)
Attendance: 31,059
Boxscore

Final stage

The championship advanced the Tigers directly to the final stage of the Climax Series to host the Carp, the eventual winner of the first stage. In the season series, Hanshin came out on top 15–9–1 and finished 11.5  games ahead of Hiroshima. [1] The series is the third time the two teams have met in the Climax Series, with their previous two meetings being a series win for each team.

Summary

Hanshin Tigers won the series, 4-0*.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 18Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1, Hanshin Tigers – 4 Koshien Stadium 2:5242,641 [4]  
2October 19Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1, Hanshin Tigers – 2Koshien Stadium3:1342,630 [5]  
3October 20Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 4Koshien Stadium3:4142,642 [6]
* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the final stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 1:00 pm JST at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team123456789 R H E
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Hanshin00013000X450
WP: Shoki Murakami (1–0)   LP: Aren Kuri (0–1)   Sv: Suguru Iwazaki (1)
Home runs:
HIR: None
HAN: Shōta Morishita (1)
Attendance: 42,641
Boxscore

Game 2

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 6:01 pm JST at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team123456789 R H E
Hiroshima100000000171
Hanshin010000001X250
WP: Suguru Iwazaki (1–0)   LP: Ryoji Kuribayashi (0–1)
Attendance: 42,630
Boxscore

Game 3

Friday, October 20, 2023, 6:00 pm JST at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team123456789 R H E
Hiroshima0001100002100
Hanshin00020110X471
WP: Takuma Kirishiki (1–0)   LP: Hiroki Tokoda (0–1)   Sv: Suguru Iwazaki (2)
Attendance: 42,642
Boxscore

References

  1. 1 2 "2023 Central League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  2. "Saturday, October 14, 2023". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  3. "Sunday, October 15, 2023". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  4. "Wednesday, October 18, 2023". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  5. "Thursday, October 19, 2023". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  6. "Friday, October 20, 2023". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 20, 2023.