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), 7 GB
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0) Kenjiro Nomura 74–68–2 (.521), 7.5 GB
DatesOctober 11–12
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hanshin Tigers (4) Yutaka Wada 75–68–1, (.524), 7 GB
Yomiuri Giants (1) Tatsunori Hara 82–61–1 (.573), 7 GA
DatesOctober 15–18
MVPSeung-hwan Oh (Hanshin)
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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 won the series, 1–0–1.

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 (12) Koshien Stadium 3:35 46,815[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 11, 2014, 2:02 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 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, 2:00 pm (JST) 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 won the series, 4–1*.

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

Game 1

Wednesday, October 15, 2014, 6:00 pm (JST) 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, 6:00 pm (JST) 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, 6:00 pm (JST) 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, 6:00 pm (JST) 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.
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