2010 Pacific League Climax Series

Japanese baseball series 2010 Chiba Lotte Marines (2) Norifumi Nishimura 75–67–2 (.528), 2½ GB Games back Saitama Seibu Lions (0) Hisanobu Watanabe 78–65–1 (.545), 0 GB Games back October 9–10 Chiba Lotte Marines (4) Norifumi Nishimura 75–67–2 (.528), 2½ GB Games back Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (3) Koji Akiyama 76–63–5 (.547), 0 GA Games ahead October 14–19 First Stage: Tomoya Satozaki (Lotte)Final Stage: Yoshihisa Naruse (Lotte) 2009 Pacific League Climax Series 2009 2011 Pacific League Climax Series 2011 The 2010 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 2010 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2010 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 9 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 19. First stage Summary Chiba Lotte Marines 2–0 October 9 Chiba Lotte Marines – 6, Saitama Seibu Lions – 5 (11) Seibu Dome 4:23 33,918 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2010/games/s2010100901740.html Saturday, October 9, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2010 October 10 Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4 (11) Seibu Dome 4:19 33,911 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2010/games/s2010101001742.html Sunday, October 10, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2010 Game 1 Saturday, October 9, 2010 Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 6 11 2 Seibu SEI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 13 0 Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1–0) Yoshihiro Doi (0–1) Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1), Kazuya Fukuura (1) Takeya Nakamura (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 10, 2010 Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 12 0 Seibu SEI 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 1 Tatsuya Uchi (1–0) Chikara Onodera (0–1) Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1) Toshiaki Imae (1), Tomoya Satozaki (1) Final stage Summary Chiba Lotte Marines 4–3* October 14 Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 Yahoo Dome 3:21 35,118 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2010/games/s2010101401743.html Thursday, October 14, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball October 16, 2010 October 15 Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 Yahoo Dome 2:30 35,876 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2010/games/s2010101501744.html Friday, October 15, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball October 16, 2010 October 16 Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 Yahoo Dome 2:56 36,664 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2010/games/s2010101601746.html Saturday, October 16, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball October 16, 2010 October 17 Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 Yahoo Dome 3:23 36,235 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2010/games/s2010101701748.html Sunday, October 17, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball October 17, 2010 October 18 Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 Yahoo Dome 3:17 33,108 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2010/games/s2010101801749.html Monday, October 18, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball October 31, 2010 October 19 Chiba Lotte Marines – 7, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0 Yahoo Dome 2:47 33,515 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2010/games/s2010101901750.html Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball October 31, 2010 * The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage. Game 1 Thursday, October 14, 2010 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 SoftBank SOF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Yoshihisa Naruse (1–0) Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–1) Shoitsu Omatsu (1) Game 2 Friday, October 15, 2010 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Lotte LOT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 SoftBank SOF 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 4 0 Tsuyoshi Wada (1–0) Hayden Penn (0–1) Ikuhiro Kiyota (1) Game 3 Saturday, October 16, 2010 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 SoftBank SOF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 4 0 Dennis Houlton (1–0) Bill Murphy (0–1) Takahiro Mahara (1) Game 4 Sunday, October 17, 2010 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 8 0 SoftBank SOF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0 Shunsuke Watanabe (1–0) Yao-Hsun Yang (0–1) Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1) Makoto Imaoka (1) Game 5 Monday, October 18, 2010 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 11 0 SoftBank SOF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 0 Tatsuya Uchi (1–0) Brian Falkenborg (0–1) Hiroyuki Kobayashi (2) Ikuhiro Kiyota (2) Game 6 Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 7 10 1 SoftBank SOF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Yoshihisa Naruse (2–0) Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–2) Shoitsu Omatsu (2) References 2010 Category:2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Chiba Lotte Marines postseason Category:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks postseason Category:Saitama Seibu Lions postseason Category:October 2010 sports events in Japan