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2014 Central League Climax Series 
Summary
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.
| 2014 Central League Climax Series | |||||||||||||
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| First stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 11–12 | ||||||||||||
| Final stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 15–18 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Seung-hwan Oh (Hanshin) | ||||||||||||
First stage edit
Summary edit
Hanshin Tigers won the series, 1–0–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 11 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 1 | Koshien Stadium | 2:52 | 46,721[1] |
| 2 | October 12 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 0 (12) | Koshien Stadium | 3:35 | 46,815[2] |
Game 1 edit
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 edit
| 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 edit
Summary edit
Hanshin Tigers won the series, 4–1*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 15 | Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1 | Tokyo Dome | 2:59 | 44,871[3] |
| 2 | October 16 | Hanshin Tigers – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Tokyo Dome | 3:19 | 44,728[4] |
| 3 | October 17 | Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Tokyo Dome | 3:44 | 46,025[5] |
| 4 | October 18 | Hanshin Tigers – 8, Yomiuri Giants – 4 | Tokyo Dome | 3:42 | 46,311[6] |
- * The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.
Game 1 edit
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 edit
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 edit
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 edit
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 edit
- ^ "Saturday, October 11, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ "Sunday, October 12, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ "Wednesday, October 15, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ "Thursday, October 16, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ^ "Friday, October 17, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ^ "Saturday, October 18, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.