| 2025 Central League Climax Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 11–13 | ||||||||||||
| Final stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 15–20 | ||||||||||||
The 2025 Central League Climax Series is an upcoming set of two consecutive playoff series between the three top-placing teams in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League (CL). The first stage will start on October 11 and the final stage will conclude by October 20. The first stage will be a best-of-three series between the second-place Yokohama DeNA BayStars and the third-place Yomiuri Giants. The final stage will be a best-of-six series with the Hanshin Tigers, the CL champion, being awarded a one-win advantage against the eventual winner of the first stage. The winner of the final stage will advance to the 2025 Japan Series to compete against the eventual winner of the 2025 Pacific League Climax Series.
For the fifth year in a row, JERA is sponsoring the naming rights for the Central League Climax Series, and it is officially known as the "2025 JERA Climax Series SE". [1]
Intra-league teams play 25 games against each other during the regular season. The Yomiuri Giants won the season series against the Yokohama DeNA BayStars 15–9–1, however the BayStars finished two games ahead of the Giants. [2] The two teams have only met in the postseason two times prior to this year, with DeNA winning both series. A best-of-three series, all games in the first stage will be hosted by DeNA, the higher-seeded team, at their home ballpark, Yokohama Stadium.
Series tied, 0–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 11 | Yomiuri Giants at Yokohama DeNA BayStars | Yokohama Stadium | 2:00 pm (JST) | - |
| 2 | October 12 | Yomiuri Giants at Yokohama DeNA BayStars | Yokohama Stadium | 2:00 pm (JST) | - |
| 3 | October 13† | Yomiuri Giants at Yokohama DeNA BayStars | Yokohama Stadium | 2:00 pm (JST) | - |
Hanshin leads the series, 1–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 15 | TBD at Hanshin Tigers | Koshien Stadium | 6:00 pm (JST) | - |
| 2 | October 16 | TBD at Hanshin Tigers | Koshien Stadium | 6:00 pm (JST) | - |
| 3 | October 17 | TBD at Hanshin Tigers | Koshien Stadium | 6:00 pm (JST) | - |
| 4 | October 18† | TBD at Hanshin Tigers | Koshien Stadium | 2:00 pm (JST) | - |
| 5 | October 19† | TBD at Hanshin Tigers | Koshien Stadium | 2:00 pm (JST) | - |
| 6 | October 20† | TBD at Hanshin Tigers | Koshien Stadium | 6:00 pm (JST) | - |