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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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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 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 
2 October 12 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 0 (12) Koshien Stadium 3:35 46,815

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 
2 October 16 Hanshin Tigers – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:19 44,728 
3 October 17 Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:44 46,025 
4 October 18 Hanshin Tigers – 8, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:42 46,311
* 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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