2012 Pacific League Climax Series

Japanese baseball series 2012 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Koji Akiyama 67–65–12 (.508), 6½ GB Games back Saitama Seibu Lions (1) Hisanobu Watanabe 72–63–9 (.533), 3 GB Games back October 13–15 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) Hideki Kuriyama 74–59–11 (.556), 3 GA Games ahead Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0) Koji Akiyama 67–65–12 (.508), 6½ GB Games back October 17–19 Yoshio Itoi (Nippon-Ham) 2011 Pacific League Climax Series 2011 2013 Pacific League Climax Series 2013 The 2012 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 2012 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2012 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 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 19. First stage Summary Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2–1 October 13 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Dome 2:54 32,074 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101301765.html Saturday, October 13, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball October 29, 2012 October 14 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 8 Seibu Dome 3:23 33,918 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101401767.html Sunday, October 14, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball October 29, 2012 October 15 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2 Seibu Dome 3:23 25,002 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101501769.html Monday, October 15, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball October 29, 2012 Game 1 Saturday, October 13, 2012 Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture SoftBank SOF 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 Tadashi Settsu (1–0) Kazuhisa Makita (0–1) Masahiko Morifuku (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 14, 2012 Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture SoftBank SOF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 Seibu SEI 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 X 8 9 1 Takayuki Kishi (1–0) Shota Takeda (0–1) Game 3 Monday, October 15, 2012 Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture SoftBank SOF 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 0 Seibu SEI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 Kenji Otonari (1–0) Kazuhisa Ishii (0–1) Hideki Okajima (1) Takeya Nakamura (1), José Ortiz (1) Final stage Summary Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4–0* October 17 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 2:56 31,022 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101701771.html Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball October 29, 2012 October 18 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 3:17 23,610 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101801773.html Thursday, October 18, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball October 29, 2012 October 19 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:16 37,166 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101901775.html Friday, October 19, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball October 29, 2012 * The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage. Game 1 Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido SoftBank SOF 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 0 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 X 3 6 0 Mitsuo Yoshikawa (1–0) Yoshiaki Fujioka (0–1) Hisashi Takeda (1) Yoshio Itoi (1) Game 2 Thursday, October 18, 2012 Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido SoftBank SOF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 Nippon-Ham NIP 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 3 5 0 Masaru Takeda (1–0) Nagisa Arakaki (0–1) Hisashi Takeda (2) Yoshio Itoi (2) Game 3 Friday, October 19, 2012 Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido SoftBank SOF 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 1 Nippon-Ham NIP 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 8 0 Brian Wolfe (1–0) Tadashi Settsu (0–1) Hisashi Takeda (3) Wily Mo Peña (1) References 2012 Category:2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters postseason Category:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks postseason Category:Saitama Seibu Lions postseason Category:October 2012 sports events in Japan