2010 Pacific 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
Second 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)

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.

First stage

Summary

Yomiuri Giants won the series, 2–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 16Yomiuri Giants – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 1Koshien Stadium3:0946,868[1] 
2October 17Yomiuri Giants – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 6Koshien Stadium3:4646,875[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 16, 2010, 2:00 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri0020100003100
Hanshin010000000151
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

Sunday, October 17, 2010, 2:00 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri0000203207141
Hanshin2010120006102
WP: Daisuke Ochi (1–0)   LP: Kyuji Fujikawa (0–1)   Sv: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (2)
Home runs:
YOM: Yoshinobu Takahashi (1)
HAN: None

Final stage

Summary

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 4–1*.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 20Yomiuri Giants – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 5Nagoya Dome3:3037,659[3] 
2October 21Yomiuri Giants – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 2Nagoya Dome2:5337,298[4] 
3October 22Yomiuri Giants – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 2Nagoya Dome3:0338,432[5] 
4October 23Yomiuri Giants – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 4Nagoya Dome3:5738,432[6]
* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri000000000080
Chunichi40000010X5121
WP: Wei-Yin Chen (1–0)   LP: Shun Tono (0–1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 21, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri000000000050
Chunichi01100000X260
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1)   Sv: Takuya Asao (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 22, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri000011001380
Chunichi000000020262
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

Saturday, October 23, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri0000000123110
Chunichi000200011X480
WP: Takuya Asao (1–0)   LP: Yuya Kubo (0–1)

References

  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.
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