2013 Pacific League Climax Series

Japanese baseball series 2013 Chiba Lotte Marines (2) Tsutomu Ito 74–68–2 (.521), 8½ GB Games back Saitama Seibu Lions (1) Hisanobu Watanabe 74–66–4 (.529), 7½ GB Games back October 12–14 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (4) Senichi Hoshino 82–59–3 (.582), 7½ GA Games ahead Chiba Lotte Marines (1) Tsutomu Ito 74–68–2 (.521), 8½ GB Games back October 17–21 Masahiro Tanaka (Rakuten) 2012 Pacific League Climax Series 2012 2014 Pacific League Climax Series 2014 The 2013 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 2013 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2013 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 12 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 21. First stage Summary Chiba Lotte Marines 2–1 October 12 Chiba Lotte Marines – 11, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Dome 3:24 32,880 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101201750.html Saturday, October 12, 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 October 13 Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 15 Seibu Dome 3:16 33,914 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101301753.html Sunday, October 13, 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 October 14 Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Dome 3:01 33,832 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101401754.html Monday, October 14, 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 Game 1 Saturday, October 12, 2013 Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Lotte LOT 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 5 0 11 16 0 Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 Yuji Nishino (1–0) Takayuki Kishi (0–1) Takeya Nakamura (1) Tadahito Iguchi (1), Saburo Omura (1), Shohei Kato (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 13, 2013 Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Seibu SEI 2 2 1 3 5 0 0 2 X 15 20 0 Yosuke Okamoto (1–0) Takahiro Matsunaga (0–1) Yasuyuki Kataoka (1), Takumi Kuriyama (1) Game 3 Monday, October 14, 2013 Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 7 0 Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 1 Yuki Karakawa (1–0) Kazuhisa Makita (0–1) Naoya Masuda (1) Daichi Suzuki (1), Tadahito Iguchi (2) Final stage Summary Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4–1* October 17 Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 Kleenex Stadium 2:55 24,332 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101701757.html Thursday, October 17, 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 October 18 Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 (10) Kleenex Stadium 3:25 24,097 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101801759.html Friday, October 18, 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 October 19 Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 Kleenex Stadium 3:00 24,396 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101901760.html Saturday, October 19, 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 October 21 Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8 Kleenex Stadium 3:33 24,264 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013102101762.html Monday, October 21, 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 * The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the final stage. The game scheduled for October 20th was cancelled because of rain and was not rescheduled because the Eagles won the series on October 21.https://www.rakuteneagles.jp/news/detail/3608.html 10月20日（日）千葉ロッテマリーンズ戦（『mobcast クライマックスシリーズ パ』ファイナルステージ) 雨天中止のお知らせ October 20th (Sunday) Chiba Lotte Marines game ("mobcast Climax Series Pacific final stage") rain cancellation notice ja Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles October 20, 2013 March 13, 2025 Game 1 Thursday, October 17, 2013 Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 Rakuten RAK 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2 8 1 Masahiro Tanaka (1–0) Yoshihisa Naruse (0–1) Ginji Akaminai (1) Game 2 Friday, October 18, 2013 Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 8 1 Rakuten RAK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 0 Tatsuya Uchi (1–0) Norihito Kaneto (0–1) Andruw Jones (1), Ryo Hijirisawa (1) Craig Brazell (1) Game 3 Saturday, October 19, 2013 Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Rakuten RAK 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 6 0 Manabu Mima (1–0) Takuya Furuya (0–1) Game 4 Monday, October 21, 2013 Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture Lotte LOT 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 10 1 Rakuten RAK 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 X 8 10 0 Takashi Saito (1–0) Carlos Rosa (0–1) Masahiro Tanaka (1) Andruw Jones (2), Casey McGehee (1) G.G. Sato (1) References 2013 Category:2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles postseason Category:Chiba Lotte Marines postseason Category:Saitama Seibu Lions postseason Category:October 2013 sports events in Japan