2014 Central League Climax Series

2014 Central League Climax Series

First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Hanshin Tigers (1) Yutaka Wada 75–68–1, .524, GB: 7.0 Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0) Kenjiro Nomura 74–68–2, .521, GB: 7.5
Dates:	October 11 – October 12
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Hanshin Tigers (4) Yutaka Wada 75–68–1, .524, GB: 7.0 Yomiuri Giants (1) Tatsunori Hara 82–61–1, .573, GA: 7.0
Dates:	October 15 – October 18
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2014 PLCS	2014 Japan Series

The 2014 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 2014 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2014 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 11 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 18.

First stage

Summary

Hanshin Tigers (1) vs. Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 11	Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 1	Koshien Stadium	2:52	46,721[1]
2	October 12	Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 0	Koshien Stadium	3:35	46,815[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 11, 2014 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	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Hanshin	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1	8	0
WP: Randy Messenger (1–0)   LP: Kenta Maeda (0–1)   Sv: Oh Seung-hwan (1) Home runs: HIR: None HAN: Kosuke Fukudome (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 12, 2014 at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Hiroshima	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Hanshin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0	7	0

Final stage

Summary

Hanshin Tigers (4) vs. Yomiuri Giants (1)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 15	Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1	Tokyo Dome	2:59	44,871[3]
2	October 16	Hanshin Tigers – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Tokyo Dome	3:19	44,728[4]
3	October 17	Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Tokyo Dome	3:44	46,025[5]
4	October 18	Hanshin Tigers – 8, Yomiuri Giants – 4	Tokyo Dome	3:42	46,311[6]

Game 1

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	0
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	0
WP: Shintaro Fujinami (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1)   Sv: Oh Seung-hwan (1) Home runs: HAN: Mauro Gómez (1) YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	10	2
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	0
WP: Minoru Iwata (1–0)   LP: Hirokazu Sawamura (0–1)   Sv: Oh Seung-hwan (2) Home runs: HAN: None YOM: Hirokazu Ibata (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 17, 2014 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	11	0
Yomiuri	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
WP: Yuya Ando (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (0–1)   Sv: Oh Seung-hwan (3) Home runs: HAN: None YOM: Yoshiyuki Kamei (1)

Game 4

Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	11	0
Yomiuri	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	13	0
WP: Atsushi Nomi (1–0)   LP: Yuki Koyama (0–1) Home runs: HAN: Matt Murton (1), Kosuke Fukudome (1), Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1) YOM: Yoshiyuki Kamei (2), Frederich Cepeda (1), Hayato Sakamoto (1)

References

1. "Saturday, October 11, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
2. "Sunday, October 12, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
3. "Wednesday, October 15, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
4. "Thursday, October 16, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
5. "Friday, October 17, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
6. "Saturday, October 18, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.