2008 Pacific League Climax Series

Japanese baseball series yes 2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) Masataka Nashida 73–69–2 (.514), 4 GB Games back Orix Buffaloes (0) Daijiro Oishi 75–68–1 (.524), 2½ GB Games back October 11–12 Saitama Seibu Lions (4) Hisanobu Watanabe 76–64–4, .543, 2½ GA Games ahead Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) Masataka Nashida 73–69–2, .514, 4 GB Games back October 17–22 Hideaki Wakui (Seibu) 2007 Pacific League Climax Series 2007 2009 Pacific League Climax Series 2009 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. First stage Summary Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2–0 October 11 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 1 Kyocera Dome 3:16 25,532 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008101101652.html Saturday, October 11, 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball November 15, 2009 October 12 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7, Orix Buffaloes – 2 Kyocera Dome 3:24 26,703 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008101201655.html Sunday, October 12, 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball November 15, 2009 Game 1 Saturday, October 11, 2008 Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 5 1 Orix ORX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 0 Yu Darvish (1–0) Kazuki Kondo (0–1) Terrmel Sledge (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 12, 2008 Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 7 13 0 Orix ORX 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 2 Shugo Fujii (1–0) Satoshi Komatsu (0–1) Jason Botts (1) Second stage Summary Saitama Seibu Lions 4–2* October 17 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 10 Omiya Stadium 3:23 20,500 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008101701656.html Friday, October 17, 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball November 17, 2009 October 18 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Saitama Seibu Lions – 0 Seibu Dome 2:56 30,918 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008101801658.html Saturday, October 18, 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball November 17, 2009 October 19 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4 Seibu Dome 3:25 33,078 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008101901660.html Sunday, October 19, 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball November 17, 2009 October 21 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 9 Seibu Dome 3:07 18,704 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008102101662.html Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball November 15, 2009 October 22 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 9 Seibu Dome 2:52 21,731 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008102201664.html Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball November 15, 2009 * The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Second Stage. Game 1 Friday, October 17, 2008 Omiya Park Baseball Stadium in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 10 0 Seibu SEI 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 X 10 13 1 Hideaki Wakui (1–0) Ryan Glynn (0–1) Terrmel Sledge (1) Hiroyuki Nakajima (2), Taketoshi Goto (1) Game 2 Saturday, October 18, 2008 Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 0 Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Yu Darvish (1–0) Takayuki Kishi (0–1) Makoto Kaneko (1) Game 3 Sunday, October 19, 2008 Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 9 2 Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 7 1 Masaru Takeda (1–0) Kazuyuki Hoashi (0–1) Terrmel Sledge (2) Game 4 Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 7 0 Seibu SEI 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 X 9 15 1 Kazuhisa Ishii (1–0) Brian Sweeney (0–1) Jason Botts (1) Toru Hosokawa (1), Shogo Akada (1) Game 5 Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Seibu SEI 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 3 X 9 12 0 Hideaki Wakui (2–0) Ryan Glynn (0–2) Taketoshi Goto (2) References 2008 Category:2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Orix Buffaloes postseason Category:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters postseason Category:Saitama Seibu Lions postseason Category:October 2008 sports events in Japan