2016 Pacific League Climax Series

Japanese baseball series 2016 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Kimiyasu Kudo 83–54–6 (.606), 2½ GB Games back Chiba Lotte Marines (0) Tsutomu Ito 72–68–3 (.514), 15 GB Games back October 8–9 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) Hideki Kuriyama 87–53–3 (.621), 2½ GA Games ahead Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Kimiyasu Kudo 83–54–6 (.606), 2½ GB Games back October 12–16 Sho Nakata (Nippon-Ham) 2015 Pacific League Climax Series 2015 2017 Pacific League Climax Series 2017 The 2016 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 2016 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2016 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 10 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 16. First stage Summary Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2–0 October 8 Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Yafuoku Dome 3:10 36,077 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2016/games/s2016100801806.html Saturday, October 8, 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball November 3, 2017 October 9 Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Yafuoku Dome 3:16 38,500 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2016/games/s2016100901807.html Sunday, October 9, 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball November 3, 2017 Game 1 Saturday, October 8, 2016, 1:00 pm (JST) Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Lotte LOT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 SoftBank SOF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X 4 8 0 Robert Suárez (1–0) Tatsuya Uchi (0–1) Dennis Sarfate (1) Seiichi Uchikawa (1) Ikuhiro Kiyota (1), Alfredo Despaigne 2 (2) Game 2 Sunday, October 9, 2016, 1:01 pm (JST) Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Lotte LOT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 SoftBank SOF 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 X 4 8 0 Rick van den Hurk (1–0) Ayumu Ishikawa (0–1) Dennis Sarfate (2) Ikuhiro Kiyota (2) Final stage Summary Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4–2* October 12 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6 Sapporo Dome 2:55 36,633 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2016/games/s2016101201808.html Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball November 4, 2017 October 13 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:40 26,548 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2016/games/s2016101301809.html Thursday, October 13, 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball November 4, 2017 October 14 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:17 39,456 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2016/games/s2016101401810.html Friday, October 14, 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball November 4, 2017 October 15 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2 Sapporo Dome 3:07 41,138 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2016/games/s2016101501811.html Saturday, October 15, 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball November 4, 2017 October 16 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7 Sapporo Dome 3:15 41,138 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2016/games/s2016101601812.html Sunday, October 16, 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball November 4, 2017 * The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage. Game 1 Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido SoftBank SOF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 X 6 9 0 Shohei Ohtani (1–0) Shota Takeda (0–1) Sho Nakata (1) Game 2 Thursday, October 13, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido SoftBank SOF 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 11 0 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 8 0 Sho Iwasaki (1–0) Chris Martin (0–1) Dennis Sarfate (1) Nobuhiro Matsuda (1) Brandon Laird (1) Game 3 Friday, October 14, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido SoftBank SOF 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 Nippon-Ham NIP 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 7 0 Kohei Arihara (1–0) Kodai Senga (0–1) Anthony Bass (1) Akira Nakamura (1) Brandon Laird (2) Game 4 Saturday, October 15, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido SoftBank SOF 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 12 0 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 2 Rick van den Hurk (1–0) Hirotoshi Takanashi (0–1) Dennis Sarfate (2) Yuya Hasegawa (1), Kenta Imamiya (1), Nobuhiro Matsuda (2) Game 5 Sunday, October 16, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido SoftBank SOF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 X 7 8 1 Anthony Bass (1–0) Nao Higashihama (0–1) Shohei Ohtani (1) Nobuhiro Matsuda (3) Sho Nakata (2) References 2016 Category:2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Chiba Lotte Marines postseason Category:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks postseason Category:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters postseason Category:October 2016 sports events in Japan