2012 Central League Climax Series

2012 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chunichi Dragons (2) Morimichi Takagi 75–53–16, .586, GB: 10.5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1) Junji Ogawa 68–65–11, .511, GB: 20.0
Dates: October 13 – October 15
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Tatsunori Hara 86–43–15, .667, GA: 10.5
Chunichi Dragons (3) Morimichi Takagi 75–53–16, .586, GB: 10.5
Dates: October 17 – October 22
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2012 PLCS 2012 Japan Series

The 2012 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 2012 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2012 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 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 22.

First stage

Summary

Chunichi Dragons (2) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 13Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 6Nagoya Dome3:1131,146[1] 
2October 14Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 0Nagoya Dome3:2633,852[2] 
3October 15Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 4Nagoya Dome3:3923,264[3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2012 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
Chunichi 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 X 6 11 0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0)   LP: Masanori Ishikawa (0–1)   Sv: Daisuke Yamai (1)
Home runs:
YAK: Wladimir Balentien (1)
CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 14, 2012 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
WP: Shohei Tateyama (1–0)   LP: Soma Yamauchi (0–1)   Sv: Tony Barnette (1)
Home runs:
YAK: Wladimir Balentien (2)
CHU: None

Game 3

Monday, October 15, 2012 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 X 4 7 0
WP: Takuya Asao (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Yamamoto (0–1)
Home runs:
YAK: None
CHU: Tony Blanco (1)

Final stage

Summary

Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. Chunichi Dragons (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 17Chunichi Dragons – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 1Tokyo Dome3:2140,039[4] 
2October 18Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome3:4039,135[5] 
3October 19Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4Tokyo Dome3:4144,744[6] 
4October 20Chunichi Dragons – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome2:5746,158[7] 
5October 21Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome3:4045,897[8] 
6October 22Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4Tokyo Dome3:1844,351[9]

Game 1

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 9 0
Yomiuri 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
WP: Yudai Ono (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1)   Sv: Daisuke Yamai (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 18, 2012 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 11 0
Yomiuri 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0
WP: Junki Ito (1–0)   LP: D. J. Houlton (0–1)   Sv: Daisuke Yamai (2)
Home runs:
CHU: Yohei Oshima (1)
YOM: None

Game 3

Friday, October 19, 2012 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Chunichi 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 11 0
Yomiuri 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 0
WP: Yuta Muto (1–0)   LP: Kentaro Nishimura (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)
Home runs:
CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1)
YOM: Shuichi Murata (1), Yoshinobu Takahashi (1)

Game 4

Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 0
Yomiuri 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 X 3 6 0
WP: Hirokazu Sawamura (1–0)   LP: Kenshin Kawakami (0–1)   Sv: Kentaro Nishimura (1)

Game 5

Sunday, October 21, 2012 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 0
Yomiuri 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 0
WP: Scott Mathieson (1–0)   LP: Hitoki Iwase (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: Tony Blanco (1)
YOM: None

Game 6

Monday, October 22, 2012 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 0
Yomiuri 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 4 10 0
WP: D. J. Houlton (1–1)   LP: Junki Ito (1–1)   Sv: Kentaro Nishimura (2)
Home runs:
CHU: None
YOM: Shuichi Murata (2)

References

  1. ↑ "Saturday, October 13, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Sunday, October 14, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Monday, October 15, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Wednesday, October 17, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Thursday, October 18, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Friday, October 19, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Saturday, October 20, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Sunday, October 21, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Monday, October 22, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
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