2010 Pacific League Climax Series

2010 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chiba Lotte Marines (2) Norifumi Nishimura 75–67–2 (.528), 2½ GB
Saitama Seibu Lions (0) Hisanobu Watanabe 78–65–1 (.545), 0 GB
DatesOctober 9–10
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chiba Lotte Marines (4) Norifumi Nishimura 75–67–2 (.528), 2½ GB
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (3) Koji Akiyama 76–63–5 (.547), 0 GA
DatesOctober 14–19
MVPFirst Stage: Tomoya Satozaki (Lotte)
Final Stage: Yoshihisa Naruse (Lotte)
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2010 CLCS               2010 Japan Series

The 2010 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 2010 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2010 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 9 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 19.

First stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 9 Chiba Lotte Marines – 6, Saitama Seibu Lions – 5 (11) Seibu Dome 4:23 33,918[1] 
2 October 10 Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4 (11) Seibu Dome 4:19 33,911[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 9, 2010 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 6 11 2
Seibu 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 13 0
WP: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1–0)   LP: Yoshihiro Doi (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1), Kazuya Fukuura (1)
SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 10, 2010 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Lotte 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 12 0
Seibu 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 1
WP: Tatsuya Uchi (1–0)   LP: Chikara Onodera (0–1)   Sv: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1)
Home runs:
LOT: Toshiaki Imae (1), Tomoya Satozaki (1)
SEI: None

Final stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 4–3*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 14 Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 Yahoo Dome 3:21 35,118[3] 
2 October 15 Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 Yahoo Dome 2:30 35,876[4] 
3 October 16 Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 Yahoo Dome 2:56 36,664[5] 
4 October 17 Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 Yahoo Dome 3:23 36,235[6] 
5 October 18 Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 Yahoo Dome 3:17 33,108[7] 
6 October 19 Chiba Lotte Marines – 7, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0 Yahoo Dome 2:47 33,515[8]
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Thursday, October 14, 2010 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
SoftBank 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (1–0)   LP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: Shoitsu Omatsu (1)
SOF: None

Game 2

Friday, October 15, 2010 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
SoftBank 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 4 0
WP: Tsuyoshi Wada (1–0)   LP: Hayden Penn (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (1)
SOF: None

Game 3

Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
SoftBank 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 4 0
WP: Dennis Houlton (1–0)   LP: Bill Murphy (0–1)   Sv: Takahiro Mahara (1)

Game 4

Sunday, October 17, 2010 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 8 0
SoftBank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0
WP: Shunsuke Watanabe (1–0)   LP: Yao-Hsun Yang (0–1)   Sv: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1)
Home runs:
LOT: Makoto Imaoka (1)
SOF: None

Game 5

Monday, October 18, 2010 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 11 0
SoftBank 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 0
WP: Tatsuya Uchi (1–0)   LP: Brian Falkenborg (0–1)   Sv: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (2)
Home runs:
LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (2)
SOF: None

Game 6

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 7 10 1
SoftBank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (2–0)   LP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–2)
Home runs:
LOT: Shoitsu Omatsu (2)
SOF: None

References

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  4. ^ "Friday, October 15, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
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  6. ^ "Sunday, October 17, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
  7. ^ "Monday, October 18, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  8. ^ "Tuesday, October 19, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 31, 2010.