2012 Central League Climax Series

First stage

Team (Wins)	Manager	Season
Chunichi Dragons (2)	Morimichi Takagi	75–53–16 (.586), 10.5 GB
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1)	Junji Ogawa	68–65–11 (.511), 20 GB

Dates

October 13–15

Final stage

Team (Wins)	Manager	Season
Yomiuri Giants (4)	Tatsunori Hara	86–43–15 (.667), 10.5 GA
Chunichi Dragons (3)	Morimichi Takagi	75–53–16 (.586), 10.5 GB

Dates

October 17–22

MVP

Yoshihito Ishii (Yomiuri)

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CLCS

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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 won the series, 2–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 13	Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 6	Nagoya Dome	3:11	31,146^[1]
2	October 14	Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 0	Nagoya Dome	3:26	33,852^[2]
3	October 15	Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 4	Nagoya Dome	3:39	23,264^[3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2012, 2:00 pm (JST) 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, 2:01 pm (JST) 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, 6:01 pm (JST) 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 won the series, 4–3*.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 17	Chunichi Dragons – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 1	Tokyo Dome	3:21	40,039^[4]
2	October 18	Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Tokyo Dome	3:40	39,135^[5]
3	October 19	Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4 (10)	Tokyo Dome	3:41	44,744^[6]
4	October 20	Chunichi Dragons – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Tokyo Dome	2:57	46,158^[7]
5	October 21	Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Tokyo Dome	3:40	45,897^[8]
6	October 22	Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4	Tokyo Dome	3:18	44,351^[9]

* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 6:00 pm (JST) 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, 6:01 pm (JST) 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, 6:01 pm (JST) 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, 6:01 pm (JST) 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, 6:01 pm (JST) 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, 6:01 pm (JST) 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

^ "Saturday, October 13, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
^ "Sunday, October 14, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
^ "Monday, October 15, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
^ "Wednesday, October 17, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
^ "Thursday, October 18, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
^ "Friday, October 19, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
^ "Saturday, October 20, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
^ "Sunday, October 21, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
^ "Monday, October 22, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.

Central League Climax Series

Chunichi Dragons

Established in 1936
Formerly the Nagoya Club, the Sangyo Club, the Chubu Nippon, the Chubu Nippon Dragons, and the Nagoya Dragons
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Owner: Uichirō Ōshima
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Manager: Kazuyoshi Tatsunami

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Tokyo Yakult Swallows

Established in 1950
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Yomiuri Giants

Established in 1934
Formerly the Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club and the Tokyo Giants
Based in Bunkyō, Tokyo

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Owner: Toshikazu Yamaguchi
Management: Yomiuri Group
Manager: Tatsunori Hara

Japanese Baseball League championships (9)

Japan Series championships (22)

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