2016 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2016 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 2016 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2016 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 10 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 16.

2016 Pacific League Climax Series
First Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Kimiyasu Kudo 83–54–6 (.606), 2.5 GB
Chiba Lotte Marines (0) Tsutomu Ito 72–68–3 (.514), 15 GB
DatesOctober 8–9
Final Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) Hideki Kuriyama 87–53–3 (.621), 2.5 GA
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Kimiyasu Kudo 83–54–6 (.606), 2.5 GB
DatesOctober 12–16
MVPSho Nakata (Nippon-Ham)

First Stage

Summary

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 2–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 8Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Yafuoku Dome3:1036,077[1] 
2October 9Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Yafuoku Dome3:1638,500[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 8, 2016, 1:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
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WP: Robert Suárez (1–0)   LP: Tatsuya Uchi (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (1)
Home runs:
LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (1), Alfredo Despaigne 2 (2)
SOF: Seiichi Uchikawa (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 9, 2016, 1:01 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
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WP: Rick van den Hurk (1–0)   LP: Ayumu Ishikawa (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (2)
Home runs:
LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (2)
SOF: None

Final Stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 4–2*.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 12Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6Sapporo Dome2:5536,633[3] 
2October 13Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4Sapporo Dome3:4026,548[4] 
3October 14Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4Sapporo Dome3:1739,456[5] 
4October 15Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2Sapporo Dome3:0741,138[6] 
5October 16Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7Sapporo Dome3:1541,138[7]
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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WP: Shohei Otani (1–0)   LP: Shota Takeda (0–1)
Home runs:
SOF: None
NIP: Sho Nakata (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 13, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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WP: Sho Iwasaki (1–0)   LP: Chris Martin (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (1)
Home runs:
SOF: Nobuhiro Matsuda (1)
NIP: Brandon Laird (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 14, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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WP: Kohei Arihara (1–0)   LP: Kodai Senga (0–1)   Sv: Anthony Bass (1)
Home runs:
SOF: Akira Nakamura (1)
NIP: Brandon Laird (2)

Game 4

Saturday, October 15, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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WP: Rick van den Hurk (1–0)   LP: Hirotoshi Takanashi (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (2)
Home runs:
SOF: Yuya Hasegawa (1), Kenta Imamiya (1), Nobuhiro Matsuda (2)
NIP: None

Game 5

Sunday, October 16, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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WP: Anthony Bass (1–0)   LP: Nao Higashihama (0–1)   Sv: Shohei Otani (1)
Home runs:
SOF: Nobuhiro Matsuda (3)
NIP: Sho Nakata (2)

References

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