2010 Central League Climax Series

yes 2010 Yomiuri Giants (2) Tatsunori Hara 79–64–1 (.552), 1 GB Hanshin Tigers (0) Akinobu Mayumi 78–63–3 (.553), 1 GB October 16–17 Chunichi Dragons (4) Hiromitsu Ochiai 79–62–3 (.560), 1 GA Yomiuri Giants (1) Tatsunori Hara 79–64–1 (.552), 1 GB October 20–23 Kazuhiro Wada (Chunichi) 2009 Central League Climax Series 2009 2011 Central League Climax Series 2011 The 2010 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) 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 2010 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2010 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 16 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 23. First stage Summary Yomiuri Giants 2–0 October 16 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 1 Koshien Stadium 3:09 46,868 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2010/games/s2010101601745.html Saturday, October 16, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball October 17, 2010 October 17 Yomiuri Giants – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 6 Koshien Stadium 3:46 46,875 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2010/games/s2010101701747.html Sunday, October 17, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball October 17, 2010 Game 1 Saturday, October 16, 2010, 2:00 pm (JST) Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 Hanshin HAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 Shun Tono (1–0) Atsushi Nomi (0–1) Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1) Hayato Sakamoto (1) Craig Brazell (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 17, 2010, 2:00 pm (JST) Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 7 14 1 Hanshin HAN 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 10 2 Daisuke Ochi (1–0) Kyuji Fujikawa (0–1) Tetsuya Yamaguchi (2) Yoshinobu Takahashi (1) Final stage Summary Chunichi Dragons 4–1* October 20 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 5 Nagoya Dome 3:30 37,659 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2010/games/s2010102001751.html Wednesday, October 20, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball October 25, 2012 October 21 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 2 Nagoya Dome 2:53 37,298 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2010/games/s2010102101752.html Thursday, October 21, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball October 25, 2012 October 22 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 2 Nagoya Dome 3:03 38,432 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2010/games/s2010102201753.html Friday, October 22, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball October 25, 2012 October 23 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 4 Nagoya Dome 3:57 38,432 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2010/games/s2010102301754.html Saturday, October 23, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball October 25, 2012 * The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage. Game 1 Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 Chunichi CHU 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 12 1 Wei-Yin Chen (1–0) Shun Tono (0–1) Game 2 Thursday, October 21, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Chunichi CHU 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 6 0 Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0) Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1) Takuya Asao (1) Game 3 Friday, October 22, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 8 0 Chunichi CHU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 2 Daisuke Ochi (1–0) Hitoki Iwase (0–1) Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1) Shinnosuke Abe (1) Kei Nomoto (1) Game 4 Saturday, October 23, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 11 0 Chunichi CHU 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1X 4 8 0 Takuya Asao (1–0) Yuya Kubo (0–1) References 2010 Category:2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Hanshin Tigers postseason Category:Chunichi Dragons postseason Category:Yomiuri Giants postseason Category:October 2010 sports events in Japan