2014 Pacific League Climax Series

Japanese baseball series 2014 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) Hideki Kuriyama 73–68–3 (.518), 6½ GB Games back Orix Buffaloes (1) Hiroshi Moriwaki 80–62–2 (.563), 0 GB Games back October 11–14 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) Koji Akiyama 78–60–6 (.565), 0 GA Games ahead Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3) Hideki Kuriyama 73–68–3 (.518), 6½ GB Games back October 15–20 Yuki Yoshimura (SoftBank) 2013 Pacific League Climax Series 2013 2015 Pacific League Climax Series 2015 The 2014 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 2014 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2014 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 20. First stage Summary Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2–1 October 11 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Orix Buffaloes – 3 Kyocera Dome Osaka 4:01 35,889 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101101755.html Saturday, October 11, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 October 12 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 6 Kyocera Dome Osaka 3:32 36,012 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101201757.html Sunday, October 12, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 October 14 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 1 (10) Kyocera Dome Osaka 4:17 32,588 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101401759.html Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 This game was originally scheduled to be played on Monday, October 13, but was postponed one day due to Typhoon Vongfong.http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101301758.html Monday, October 13, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 Game 1 Saturday, October 11, 2014 Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 6 10 1 Orix ORX 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 0 Shohei Ohtani (1–0) Mamoru Kishida (0–1) Hirotoshi Masui (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 12, 2014 Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 10 0 Orix ORX 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 X 6 5 1 Takahiro Mahara (1–0) Keisuke Tanimoto (0–1) Yoshihisa Hirano (1) Juan Miranda (1) Takahiro Okada (1) Game 3 Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 9 1 Orix ORX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 Michael Crotta (1–0) Yoshihisa Hirano (0–1) Hirotoshi Masui (2) Sho Nakata (1) Shunta Goto (1) Final stage Summary Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4–3* October 15 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 Yafuoku Dome 3:19 28,087 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101501761.html Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 October 16 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 Yafuoku Dome 3:30 29,775 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101601763.html Thursday, October 16, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 October 17 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 12, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Yafuoku Dome 3:13 31,176 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101701765.html Friday, October 17, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 October 18 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 Yafuoku Dome 4:20 31,647 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101801767.html Saturday, October 18, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 October 19 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 (11) Yafuoku Dome 4:26 34,070 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101901768.html Sunday, October 19, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 October 20 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Yafuoku Dome 3:24 38,561 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014102001769.html Monday, October 20, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 * The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage. Game 1 Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 SoftBank SOF 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2X 3 9 0 Ryota Igarashi (1–0) Hiroshi Urano (0–1) Sho Nakata (1) Game 2 Thursday, October 16, 2014 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 5 6 0 SoftBank SOF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 Yohei Kagiya (1–0) Shota Takeda (0–1) Sho Nakata (2) Seiichi Uchikawa (1) Game 3 Friday, October 17, 2014 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 4 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 12 12 0 SoftBank SOF 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 14 1 Mitsuo Yoshikawa (1–0) Tadashi Settsu (0–1) Dai-Kang Yang 2 (2), Eiichi Koyano (1), Sho Nakata (3) Seiichi Uchikawa (2) Game 4 Saturday, October 18, 2014 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 SoftBank SOF 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 13 0 Kenichi Nakata (1–0) Hiroshi Kisanuki (0–1) Dennis Sarfate (1) Yuki Yanagita (1) Game 5 Sunday, October 19, 2014 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 6 12 0 SoftBank SOF 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 Yohei Kagiya (2–0) Dennis Sarfate (0–1) Hirotoshi Masui (1) Sho Nakata (4) Game 6 Monday, October 20, 2014 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 SoftBank SOF 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 X 4 8 1 Kenji Otonari (1–0) Naoyuki Uwasawa (0–1) Toru Hosokawa (1) References 2014 Category:2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Orix Buffaloes postseason Category:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks postseason Category:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters postseason Category:October 2014 sports events in Japan