2008 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2008 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) 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 Central League Climax Series winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The PLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 11 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 22.

2008 Pacific League Climax Series
First Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) Masataka Nashida 73–69–2 (.514), 4  GB
Orix Buffaloes (0) Daijiro Oishi 75–68–1 (.524), 2.5 GB
DatesOctober 11–12
Second Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Saitama Seibu Lions (4) Hisanobu Watanabe 76–64–4, .543, 2.5 GA
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) Masataka Nashida 73–69–2, .514, 4 GB
DatesOctober 17–22
MVPHideaki Wakui (Seibu)

First Stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 2–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 11Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 1Kyocera Dome3:1625,532[1] 
2October 12Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7, Orix Buffaloes – 2Kyocera Dome3:2426,703[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
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WP: Yu Darvish (1–0)   LP: Kazuki Kondo (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Terrmel Sledge (1)
ORX: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 12, 2008 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
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WP: Shugo Fujii (1–0)   LP: Satoshi Komatsu (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Jason Botts (1)
ORX: None

Second Stage

Summary

Saitama Seibu Lions won the series, 4–2*.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 17Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 10Omiya Park Baseball Stadium3:2320,500[3] 
2October 18Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Saitama Seibu Lions – 0Seibu Dome2:5630,918[4] 
3October 19Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4Seibu Dome3:2533,078[5] 
4October 21Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 9Seibu Dome3:0718,704[6] 
5October 22Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 9Seibu Dome2:5221,731[7]
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Second Stage.

Game 1

Friday, October 17, 2008 at Omiya Park Baseball Stadium in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
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WP: Hideaki Wakui (1–0)   LP: Ryan Glynn (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Terrmel Sledge (1)
SEI: Hiroyuki Nakajima (2), Taketoshi Goto (1)

Game 2

Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
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WP: Yu Darvish (1–0)   LP: Takayuki Kishi (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Makoto Kaneko (1)
SEI: None

Game 3

Sunday, October 19, 2008 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
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WP: Masaru Takeda (1–0)   LP: Kazuyuki Hoashi (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Terrmel Sledge (2)
SEI: None

Game 4

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
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WP: Kazuhisa Ishii (1–0)   LP: Brian Sweeney (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Jason Botts (1)
SEI: Toru Hosokawa (1), Shogo Akada (1)

Game 5

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
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WP: Hideaki Wakui (2–0)   LP: Ryan Glynn (0–2)
Home runs:
NIP: None
SEI: Taketoshi Goto (2)

References

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