2014 Pacific League Climax Series
2014 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins)Manager Season Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2)Hideki Kuriyama 73–68–3 (.518), 6½ GBOrix Buffaloes (1)Hiroshi Moriwaki 80–62–2 (.563), 0 GB
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) Hideki Kuriyama 73–68–3 (.518), 6½ GB
Orix Buffaloes (1) Hiroshi Moriwaki 80–62–2 (.563), 0 GB
Dates October 11–14
Final stage
Team (Wins)Manager Season Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)Koji Akiyama 78–60–6 (.565), 0 GAHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3)Hideki Kuriyama73–68–3 (.518), 6½ GB
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) Koji Akiyama 78–60–6 (.565), 0 GA
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3) Hideki Kuriyama 73–68–3 (.518), 6½ GB
Dates October 15–20
MVP Yuki Yoshimura (SoftBank)← 2013 Climax Series 2015 → 2014 CLCS 2014 Japan Series
The 2014 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 2014 Japan Series , where they competed against the 2014 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 11 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 20.
First stage Summary Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 2–1.
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 11 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Orix Buffaloes – 3Kyocera Dome Osaka 4:01 35,889 2 October 12 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 6 Kyocera Dome Osaka 3:32 36,012 3 October 14† Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 1 (10)Kyocera Dome Osaka 4:17 32,588
† This game was originally scheduled to be played on Monday, October 13, but was postponed one day due to Typhoon Vongfong .
Game 1 Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 6 10 1 Orix 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 0 WP: Shohei Ohtani (1–0) LP: Mamoru Kishida (0–1) Sv :Hirotoshi Masui (1)
Game 2 Sunday, October 12, 2014 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Nippon-Ham 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 10 0 Orix 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 X 6 5 1 WP: Takahiro Mahara (1–0) LP: Keisuke Tanimoto (0–1) Sv :Yoshihisa Hirano (1) Home runs :Juan Miranda (1) ORX: Takahiro Okada (1)
Game 3 Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 9 1 Orix 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 WP: Michael Crotta (1–0) LP: Yoshihisa Hirano (0–1) Sv :Hirotoshi Masui (2) Home runs :Sho Nakata (1) ORX: Shunta Goto (1)
Final stage Summary Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–3*.
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 15 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 Yafuoku Dome 3:19 28,087 2 October 16 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1Yafuoku Dome 3:30 29,775 3 October 17 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 12, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Yafuoku Dome 3:13 31,176 4 October 18 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 Yafuoku Dome 4:20 31,647 5 October 19 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 (11)Yafuoku Dome 4:26 34,070 6 October 20 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Yafuoku Dome 3:24 38,561
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.
Game 1 Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 SoftBank 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2X 3 9 0 WP: Ryota Igarashi (1–0) LP: Hiroshi Urano (0–1) Home runs :Sho Nakata (1) SOF: None
Game 2 Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 5 6 0 SoftBank 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 WP: Yohei Kagiya (1–0) LP: Shota Takeda (0–1) Home runs :Sho Nakata (2) SOF: Seiichi Uchikawa (1)
Game 3 Friday, October 17, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Nippon-Ham 4 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 12 12 0 SoftBank 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 14 1 WP: Mitsuo Yoshikawa (1–0) LP: Tadashi Settsu (0–1) Home runs :Dai-Kang Yang 2 (2), Eiichi Koyano (1), Sho Nakata (3) SOF: Seiichi Uchikawa (2)
Game 4 Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Nippon-Ham 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 SoftBank 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 13 0 WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0) LP: Hiroshi Kisanuki (0–1) Sv :Dennis Sarfate (1) Home runs :Yuki Yanagita (1)
Game 5 Sunday, October 19, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 6 12 0 SoftBank 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 WP: Yohei Kagiya (2–0) LP: Dennis Sarfate (0–1) Sv :Hirotoshi Masui (1) Home runs :Sho Nakata (4) SOF: None
Game 6 Monday, October 20, 2014 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 SoftBank 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 X 4 8 1 WP: Kenji Otonari (1–0) LP: Naoyuki Uwasawa (0–1) Home runs :Toru Hosokawa (1)