2013 Central League Climax Series

2013 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2) Kenjiro Nomura 69–72–3 (.489), 17 GB
Hanshin Tigers (0) Yutaka Wada 73–67–4 (.521), 12.5 GB
DatesOctober 12–13
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Tatsunori Hara 84–53–7 (.613), 12.5 GA
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0) Kenjiro Nomura 69–72–3 (.489), 17 GB
DatesOctober 16–18
MVPTomoyuki Sugano (Yomiuri)
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2013 PLCS               2013 Japan Series

The 2013 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 2013 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2013 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 12 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 18.

First stage

Summary

Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series, 2–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 12 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8, Hanshin Tigers – 1 Koshien Stadium 3:34 46,923[1] 
2 October 13 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 4 Koshien Stadium 3:02 46,902[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 12, 2013, 2:00 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hiroshima 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 8 13 0
Hanshin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
WP: Kenta Maeda (1–0)   LP: Shintaro Fujinami (0–1)
Home runs:
HIR: Kila Ka'aihue (1), Yoshihiro Maru (1), Takahiro Iwamoto (1)
HAN: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 13, 2013, 2:00 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hiroshima 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 7 11 0
Hanshin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 6 2
WP: Bryan Bullington (1–0)   LP: Randy Messenger (0–1)
Home runs:
HIR: None
HAN: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1), Shinjiro Hiyama (1)

Final stage

Summary

Yomiuri Giants won the series, 4–0*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 16 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 3:27 45,107[3] 
2 October 17 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 2:26 45,316[4] 
3 October 18 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 2:32 46,081[5]
* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hiroshima 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 1
Yomiuri 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 3 6 1
WP: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1–0)   LP: Ryuji Yokoyama (0–1)   Sv: Kentaro Nishimura (1)
Home runs:
HIR: None
YOM: Hayato Sakamoto (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 17, 2013, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hiroshima 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Yomiuri 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 6 0
WP: Tomoyuki Sugano (1–0)   LP: Kenta Maeda (0–1)
Home runs:
HIR: None
YOM: Takayuki Terauchi (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 18, 2013, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hiroshima 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Yomiuri 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 X 3 7 0
WP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1–0)   LP: Yusuke Nomura (0–1)   Sv: Kentaro Nishimura (2)

References

  1. ^ "Saturday, October 12, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  2. ^ "Sunday, October 13, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  3. ^ "Wednesday, October 16, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  4. ^ "Thursday, October 17, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  5. ^ "Friday, October 18, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 27, 2013.