2008 Central League Climax Series

The 2008 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 2008 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2008 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 18 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 25.

2008 Central League Climax Series
First Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chunichi Dragons (2) Hiromitsu Ochiai 71–68–5 (.511), 12 GB
Hanshin Tigers (1) Akinobu Okada 82–59–3 (.582), 2 GB
DatesOctober 18–20
Second Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yomiuri Giants (3) Tatsunori Hara 84–57–3 (.596), 2 GA
Chunichi Dragons (1) Hiromitsu Ochiai 71–68–5 (.511), 12 GB
DatesOctober 22–25
MVPAlex Ramírez (Yomiuri)

First Stage

Summary

The Hanshin Tigers were awarded home-field advantage for the entirety of Stage 1; however, all three games were played in the Orix Buffaloes' Kyocera Osaka Dome, a neutral field, as renovations to Koshien Stadium prevented postseason play.[1]

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 2–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 18Chunichi Dragons – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 0Kyocera Dome Osaka2:4933,824[2] 
2October 19Chunichi Dragons – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 7Kyocera Dome Osaka3:1633,881[3] 
3October 20Chunichi Dragons – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 0Kyocera Dome Osaka2:3833,021[4]

Game 1

Saturday, October 18, 2008, 6:00 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Chunichi100001000250
Hanshin000000000060
WP: Kenshin Kawakami (1–0)   LP: Yuya Ando (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)
Home runs:
CHU: Masahiko Morino (1)
HAN: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 19, 2008, 6:00 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Chunichi0100010103100
Hanshin40000300X7110
WP: Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi (1–0)   LP: Chen Wei-Yin (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: Masahiko Morino (2), Tyrone Woods (1)
HAN: Takashi Toritani (2)

Game 3

Monday, October 20, 2008, 6:00 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Chunichi000000002243
Hanshin000000000042
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0)   LP: Kyuji Fujikawa (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (2)
Home runs:
CHU: Tyrone Woods (2)
HAN: None

Second Stage

Summary

Yomiuri Giants won the series, 3–1–1*.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 22Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome4:0544,072[5] 
2October 23Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 11Tokyo Dome2:4543,536[6] 
3October 24Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 5 (12)Tokyo Dome4:4245,846[7] 
4October 25Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 6Tokyo Dome3:2746,797[8]
* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Second Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team123456789RHE
Chunichi200011001490
Yomiuri100110000371
WP: Masato Kobayashi (1–0)   LP: Marc Kroon (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)
Home runs:
CHU: Lee Byung-Kyu (1), Tyrone Woods (1)
YOM: Yoshitomo Tani (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 23, 2008, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team123456789RHE
Chunichi101000000250
Yomiuri24020012X11170
WP: Koji Uehara (1–0)   LP: Kenta Asakura (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: Masahiko Morino (1), Ryosuke Hirata (1)
YOM: Michihiro Ogasawara (2), Alex Ramírez (1), Lee Seung-Yeop (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 24, 2008, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team123456789101112RHE
Chunichi000300011000580
Yomiuri001004000000580
Home runs:
CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1), Tyrone Woods (2)
YOM: Kazunari Tsuruoka (1), Lee Seung-Yeop (2)

Game 4

Saturday, October 25, 2008, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team123456789RHE
Chunichi000001010270
Yomiuri00020004X6111
WP: Marc Kroon (1–1)   LP: Akifumi Takahashi (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: Tyrone Woods (3)
YOM: Alex Ramírez (2)

References

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