2010 Central League Climax Series

Summary

The 2010 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 2010 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2010 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 16 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 23.

2010 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yomiuri Giants (2) Tatsunori Hara 79–64–1 (.552), 1 GB
Hanshin Tigers (0) Akinobu Mayumi 78–63–3 (.553), 1 GB
DatesOctober 16–17
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chunichi Dragons (4) Hiromitsu Ochiai 79–62–3 (.560), 1 GA
Yomiuri Giants (1) Tatsunori Hara 79–64–1 (.552), 1 GB
DatesOctober 20–23
MVPKazuhiro Wada (Chunichi)
← 2009 CLCS 2011 →

First stage edit

Summary edit

Yomiuri Giants won the series, 2–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 16 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 1 Koshien Stadium 3:09 46,868[1] 
2 October 17 Yomiuri Giants – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 6 Koshien Stadium 3:46 46,875[2]

Game 1 edit

Saturday, October 16, 2010, 2:00 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 10 0
Hanshin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
WP: Shun Tono (1–0)   LP: Atsushi Nomi (0–1)   Sv: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Hayato Sakamoto (1)
HAN: Craig Brazell (1)

Game 2 edit

Sunday, October 17, 2010, 2:00 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 7 14 1
Hanshin 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 10 2
WP: Daisuke Ochi (1–0)   LP: Kyuji Fujikawa (0–1)   Sv: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (2)
Home runs:
YOM: Yoshinobu Takahashi (1)
HAN: None

Final stage edit

Summary edit

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 4–1*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 20 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 5 Nagoya Dome 3:30 37,659[3] 
2 October 21 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 2 Nagoya Dome 2:53 37,298[4] 
3 October 22 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 2 Nagoya Dome 3:03 38,432[5] 
4 October 23 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 4 Nagoya Dome 3:57 38,432[6]
* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1 edit

Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Chunichi 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 12 1
WP: Wei-Yin Chen (1–0)   LP: Shun Tono (0–1)

Game 2 edit

Thursday, October 21, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Chunichi 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 6 0
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1)   Sv: Takuya Asao (1)

Game 3 edit

Friday, October 22, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 8 0
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 2
WP: Daisuke Ochi (1–0)   LP: Hitoki Iwase (0–1)   Sv: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1)
CHU: Kei Nomoto (1)

Game 4 edit

Saturday, October 23, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 11 0
Chunichi 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1X 4 8 0
WP: Takuya Asao (1–0)   LP: Yuya Kubo (0–1)

References edit

  1. ^ "Saturday, October 16, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
  2. ^ "Sunday, October 17, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
  3. ^ "Wednesday, October 20, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  4. ^ "Thursday, October 21, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  5. ^ "Friday, October 22, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  6. ^ "Saturday, October 23, 2010". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.