2007_Central_League_Climax_Series Knowpia

2007 Central League Climax Series
2007 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
Chunichi Dragons (2)
Hanshin Tigers (0)
Dates	October 13–14
Final stage
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
Chunichi Dragons (3)
Yomiuri Giants (0)
Dates	October 18–20

The 2007 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) consisted of two consecutive series of baseball games, in which Stage 1 was a best-of-three series and Stage 2 was a best-of-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2007 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2007 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began with the first game of Stage 1 on October 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 20.

First stage edit

Summary edit

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 2–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 13	Hanshin Tigers – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 7	Nagoya Dome	3:25	38,385^[1]
2	October 14	Hanshin Tigers – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 5	Nagoya Dome	3:14	38,275^[2]

Game 1 edit

Saturday, October 13, 2007, 6:01 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Chunichi	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	X	7	13	0
WP: Kenshin Kawakami (1–0) LP: Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi (0–1) Home runs: HAN: None CHU: Tyrone Woods (1), Masahiko Morino (1)

Game 2 edit

Sunday, October 14, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	8	0
Chunichi	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	5	8	0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0) LP: Keiji Uezono (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1) Home runs: HAN: None CHU: Lee Byung-Kyu (1)

Second stage edit

The Yomiuri Giants hosted the Chunichi Dragons for all three Stage-2 games in the Tokyo Dome.

Summary edit

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 3–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 18	Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Tokyo Dome	3:48	44,232^[3]
2	October 19	Chunichi Dragons – 7, Yomiuri Giants – 4	Tokyo Dome	3:49	45,074^[4]
3	October 20	Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Tokyo Dome	3:17	46,081^[5]

Game 1 edit

Thursday, October 18, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	9	0
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	8	2
WP: Takashi Ogasawara (1–0) LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1) Home runs: CHU: Tyrone Woods (1) YOM: Yoshitomo Tani (1)

Game 2 edit

Friday, October 19, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	7	14	1
Yomiuri	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	7	0
WP: Kenshin Kawakami (1–0) LP: Hiroshi Kisanuki (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (2) Home runs: CHU: Lee Byung-Kyu (1) YOM: Damon Hollins (1)

Game 3 edit

Saturday, October 20, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	0
Yomiuri	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0) LP: Hisanori Takahashi (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (3) Home runs: CHU: Tyrone Woods (2), Motonobu Tanishige (1) YOM: Tomohiro Nioka (1)

References edit

^ 2007年10月13日 (土) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
^ 2007年10月14日 (日) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
^ 2007年10月18日 (木) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
^ 2007年10月19日 (金) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
^ 2007年10月20日 (土) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.

[1] 2007年10月13日 (土) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.

[2] 2007年10月14日 (日) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.

[3] 2007年10月18日 (木) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.

[4] 2007年10月19日 (金) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.

[5] 2007年10月20日 (土) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.

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