2009 Pacific League Climax Series

Japanese baseball series yes 2009 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2) Katsuya Nomura 77–66–1 (.538), 5½ GB Games back Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0) Koji Akiyama 74–65–5 (.532), 6½ GB Games back October 16–17 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) Masataka Nashida 82–60–2 (.577), 5½ GA Games ahead Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (1) Katsuya Nomura 77–66–1 (.538), 5½ GB Games back October 21–24 Terrmel Sledge (Nippon-Ham) 2008 Pacific League Climax Series 2008 2010 Pacific League Climax Series 2010 thumb | right | alt=Terrmel Sledge, outfielder of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, at Tokyo Dome, 2009 | Terrmel Sledge, outfielder of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, at Tokyo Dome, 2009 The 2009 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 2009 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2009 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 16 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 24. First stage Summary Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2–0 October 16 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 11 Kleenex Stadium 3:00 21,303 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009101601715.html Friday, October 16, 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball November 15, 2009 June 16, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120616190557/http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009101601715.html live October 17 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4 Kleenex Stadium 2:47 21,388 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009101701717.html Saturday, October 17, 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball November 15, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091023103620/http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009101701717.html 23 October 2009 live Game 1 Friday, October 16, 2009 Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture SoftBank SOF 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 2 Rakuten RAK 3 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 X 11 12 1 Hisashi Iwakuma (1–0) Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–1) Yosuke Takasu (1), Fernando Seguignol (1), Toshiya Nakashima (1), Takeshi Yamasaki (1) Game 2 Saturday, October 17, 2009 Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture SoftBank SOF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 Rakuten RAK 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 X 4 8 1 Masahiro Tanaka (1–0) Dennis Houlton (0–1) Takeshi Yamasaki (2) Second stage Summary Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4–1* October 21 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 9 Sapporo Dome 3:28 38,235 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102101721.html Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball November 15, 2009 June 16, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120616190624/http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102101721.html live October 22 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 3:19 32,713 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102201723.html Thursday, October 22, 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball November 15, 2009 June 16, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120616190630/http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102201723.html live October 23 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 3, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2 Sapporo Dome 2:48 42,328 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102301725.html Friday, October 23, 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball November 15, 2009 June 16, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120616190635/http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102301725.html live October 24 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 9 Sapporo Dome 3:43 42,328 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102401727.html Saturday, October 24, 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball November 15, 2009 June 16, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120616190641/http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102401727.html live * The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Second Stage. Game 1 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido Rakuten RAK 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 8 12 0 Nippon-Ham NIP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 13 0 Masanori Hayashi (1–0) Kazuo Fukumori (0–1) Teppei Tsuchiya (1) Terrmel Sledge (1) Game 2 Thursday, October 22, 2009 Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido Rakuten RAK 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 9 0 Keisaku Itokazu (1–0) Hisashi Iwakuma (0–1) Hisashi Takeda (1) Fernando Seguignol (1) Game 3 Friday, October 23, 2009 Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido Rakuten RAK 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0 Masahiro Tanaka (1–0) Tomoya Yagi (0–1) Naoto Watanabe (1) Shinji Takahashi (1) Game 4 Saturday, October 24, 2009 Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido Rakuten RAK 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 0 Nippon-Ham NIP 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 X 9 14 0 Shugo Fujii (1–0) Hiromichi Fujiwara (0–1) Hichori Morimoto (1), Terrmel Sledge (2) References 2009 Category:2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters postseason Category:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks postseason Category:Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles postseason Category:October 2009 sports events in Japan