2015 Pacific League Climax Series

Japanese baseball series 2015 Chiba Lotte Marines (2) Tsutomu Ito 73–69–1 (.514), 18½ GB Games back Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1) Hideki Kuriyama 79–62–2 (.560), 12 GB Games back October 10–12 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) Kimiyasu Kudo 90–49–4 (.647), 12 GA Games ahead Chiba Lotte Marines (0) Tsutomu Ito 73–69–1 (.514), 18½ GB Games back October 14–16 Seiichi Uchikawa (Hawks) 2014 Pacific League Climax Series 2014 2016 Pacific League Climax Series 2016 The 2015 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 2015 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2015 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. First stage Summary Chiba Lotte Marines 2–1 October 10 Chiba Lotte Marines – 9, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 3:28 41,138 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2015/games/s2015101001777.html Saturday, October 10, 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball November 3, 2017 October 11 Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:06 41,138 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2015/games/s2015101101779.html Sunday, October 11, 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball November 3, 2017 October 12 Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1 Sapporo Dome 3:42 32,201 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2015/games/s2015101201781.html Monday, October 12, 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball November 3, 2017 Game 1 Saturday, October 10, 2015 Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido Lotte LOT 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 9 11 0 Nippon-Ham NIP 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 0 Ayumu Ishikawa (1–0) Shohei Ohtani (0–1) Ikuhiro Kiyota (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 11, 2015 Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido Lotte LOT 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 8 1 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 X 4 9 0 Kohei Arihara (1–0) Tomohisa Otani (0–1) Hirotoshi Masui (1) Game 3 Monday, October 12, 2015 Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido Lotte LOT 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 0 Nippon-Ham NIP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 Hideaki Wakui (1–0) Kohei Arihara (1–1) Tatsuya Uchi (1) Tadahito Iguchi (1), Alfredo Despaigne (1) Final stage Summary Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4–0* October 14 Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 (10) Yafuoku Dome 3:43 37,360 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2015/games/s2015101401783.html Wednesday, October 14, 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball November 3, 2017 October 15 Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6 Yafuoku Dome 2:59 37,603 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2015/games/s2015101501785.html Thursday, October 15, 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball November 3, 2017 October 16 Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 Yafuoku Dome 2:53 37,235 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2015/games/s2015101601787.html Friday, October 16, 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball November 3, 2017 * The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage. Game 1 Wednesday, October 14, 2015 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 SoftBank SOF 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1X 3 9 0 Ryota Igarashi (1–0) Tatsuya Uchi (0–1) Yuki Yanagita (1) Game 2 Thursday, October 15, 2015 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 SoftBank SOF 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 X 6 9 0 Rick van den Hurk (1–0) Takuya Furuya (0–1) Dae-ho Lee (1) Game 3 Friday, October 16, 2015 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 SoftBank SOF 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 8 0 Kenichi Nakata (1–0) Ayumu Ishikawa (0–1) Dennis Sarfate (1) Dae-ho Lee (2) References 2015 Category:2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Chiba Lotte Marines postseason Category:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks postseason Category:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters postseason Category:October 2015 sports events in Japan