2011 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2011 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 2011 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2011 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 29 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on November 5.

2011 Pacific League Climax Series
First Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Saitama Seibu Lions (2) Hisanobu Watanabe 68–67–9 (.504), 20.5 GB
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (0) Masataka Nashida 72–65–7 (.526), 17.5 GB
DatesOctober 29–30
Final Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) Koji Akiyama 88–46–10 (.657), 17.5 GA
Saitama Seibu Lions (0) Hisanobu Watanabe 68–67–9 (.504), 20.5 GB
DatesNovember 3–5
MVPSeiichi Uchikawa (SoftBank)

First Stage

Summary

Saitama Seibu Lions won the series, 2–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 29Saitama Seibu Lions – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2 (11)Sapporo Dome3:5542,063[1] 
2October 30Saitama Seibu Lions – 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1Sapporo Dome3:1541,926[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 29, 2011 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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WP: Kazuhisa Makita (1–0)   LP: Ryo Sakakibara (0–1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 30, 2011 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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WP: Fumiya Nishiguchi (1–0)   LP: Yuya Ishii (0–1)
Home runs:
SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1)
NIP: Micah Hoffpauir (1)

Final Stage

Summary

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–0*.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1November 3Saitama Seibu Lions – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Yahoo Dome2:5737,025[3] 
2November 4Saitama Seibu Lions – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7Yahoo Dome3:1035,021[4] 
3November 5Saitama Seibu Lions – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 (12)Yahoo Dome4:0037,025[5]
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Thursday, November 3, 2011 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
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WP: Tsuyoshi Wada (1–0)   LP: Kazuyuki Hoashi (0–1)   Sv: Takahiro Mahara (1)
Home runs:
SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1)
SOF: None

Game 2

Friday, November 4, 2011 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
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WP: Tadashi Settsu (1–0)   LP: Takayuki Kishi (0–1)
Home runs:
SEI: None
SOF: Nobuhiro Matsuda (1), Nobuhiko Matsunaka (1)

Game 3

Saturday, November, 2011 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
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WP: Takahiro Mahara (1–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Makita (0–1)

Having won the previous two games and along with the one-game advantage, the Hawks needed a win or a tie to advance to the Japan Series. After the Lions' did not score in the top half of the 12th inning, the Hawks secured a tie game, which ensured that they would advance, however the bottom half of the inning was played anyway. When this situation occurred again in the First Stage of the 2014 Central League Climax Series, the decision was made to not play the bottom half of the last inning.[6]

References

  1. "Saturday, October 29, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  2. "Sunday, October 30, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  3. "Thursday, November 3, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  4. "Friday, November 4, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  5. "Saturday, November 5, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  6. Graczyk, Wayne (November 1, 2014). "NPB's quirky playoff rules recipe for confusion". The Japan Times. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
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