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2022 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Hiroshi Fujimoto 76–65–2 (.539), 0 GB
Saitama Seibu Lions (0) Hatsuhiko Tsuji 72–68–3 (.514), 3½ GB
DatesOctober 8–9
TelevisionSports Live+ (CS)
TV Asahi (BS, Game 1)
NHK (BS, Game 2)
RadioKBC
RKB
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Orix Buffaloes (4) Satoshi Nakajima 76–65–2 (.539), 0 GA
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (1) Hiroshi Fujimoto 76–65–2 (.539), 0 GB
DatesOctober 12–15
MVPMasataka Yoshida (Orix)
TelevisionJSports 3 (CS)
NHK (BS)
RadioKBC
NHK Radio 1 (Game 1)
RKB
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2022 CLCS               2022 Japan Series

The 2022 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) was a set of two consecutive playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The first stage began on October 8 and the final stage concluded on October 15. The first stage was a best-of-three series between the second-place Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and the third-place Saitama Seibu Lions. The final stage was a best-of-six with the Orix Buffaloes, the Pacific League champion, being awarded a one-win advantage against the Hawks, the winner of the first stage. The Buffaloes advanced to the 2022 Japan Series to compete against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, the 2022 Central League Climax Series winner.

The first stage in Fukuoka marked the final games for Hatsuhiko Tsuji as a manager, as he would step down and be replaced by former Lions shortstop Kazuo Matsui.

First stage

Summary

SoftBank won the series, 2–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 8 Saitama Seibu Lions – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 PayPay Dome 3:01 32,134 
2 October 9 Saitama Seibu Lions – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8 PayPay Dome 3:07 39,354

Game 1

Saturday, October 8, 2022, 2:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seibu 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 6 2
SoftBank 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 X 5 7 1
WP: Kodai Senga (1–0)   LP: Kona Takahashi (0–1)   Sv: Liván Moinelo (1)
Home runs:
SEI: Tomoya Mori (1)
SBH: Yuki Yanagita (1)
Attendance: 32,134
Boxscore

Game 2

Sunday, October 9, 2022, 2:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seibu 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 0
SoftBank 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 X 8 11 1
WP: Nao Higashihama (1–0)   LP: Tatsuya Imai (0–1)
Home runs:
SEI: Hotaka Yamakawa (1)
SBH: Yuki Yanagita (2)
Attendance: 39,354
Boxscore

Final stage

Summary

Orix won the series, 4–1*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 12 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Orix Buffaloes – 5 Kyocera Dome 3:08 24,509 
2 October 13 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Orix Buffaloes – 4 Kyocera Dome 3:27 18,572 
3 October 14 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Orix Buffaloes – 0 Kyocera Dome 3:05 27,526 
4 October 15 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 3 Kyocera Dome 3:12 33,717
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the final stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 6:02 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Orix 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 X 5 8 0
WP: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1–0)   LP: Shuta Ishikawa (0–1)
Home runs:
SBH: None
ORX: Masataka Yoshida (1)
Attendance: 24,509
Boxscore

Game 2

Thursday, October 13, 2022, 6:02 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 0
Orix 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 4 11 0
WP: Hiroya Miyagi (1–0)   LP: Tomohisa Ohzeki (0–1)   Sv: Shota Abe (1)
Home runs:
SBH: None
ORX: Yutaro Sugimoto (1)
Attendance: 18,572
Boxscore

Game 3

Friday, October 14, 2022, 6:01 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 1
Orix 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
WP: Kodai Senga (1–0)   LP: Daiki Tajima (0–1)   Sv: Liván Moinelo (1)
Home runs:
SBH: Isami Nomura (1)
ORX: None
Attendance: 27,526
Boxscore

Game 4

Saturday, October 15, 2022, 6:01 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 1
Orix 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1X 3 6 0
WP: Shota Abe (1–0)   LP: Liván Moinelo (0–1)
Home runs:
SBH: Alfredo Despaigne (1)
ORX: Masataka Yoshida (2)
Attendance: 33,717
Boxscore

References

  1. "Saturday, October 8, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. "Sunday, October 9, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. "Wednesday, October 12, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  4. "Thursday, October 13, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  5. "Friday, October 14, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  6. "Saturday, October 15, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
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