2011 Central League Climax Series

yes 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2) Junji Ogawa 70–59–15 (.543), 2.5 GB Yomiuri Giants (1) Tatsunori Hara 71–62–11 (.534), 3.5 GB October 29–31 Chunichi Dragons (4) Hiromitsu Ochiai 75–59–10 (.560), 2.5 GA Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2) Junji Ogawa 70–59–15 (.543), 2.5 GB November 2–6 Kazuki Yoshimi (Chunichi) 2010 Central League Climax Series 2010 2012 Central League Climax Series 2012 The 2011 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 2011 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2011 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 29 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 23. First stage Summary Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2–1 October 29 Yomiuri Giants – 2, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:28 32,339 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2011/games/s2011102901793.html Saturday, October 29, 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball October 25, 2012 October 30 Yomiuri Giants – 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:24 32,148 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2011/games/s2011103001795.html Sunday, October 30, 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball October 25, 2012 October 31 Yomiuri Giants – 1, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3 Meiji Jingu Stadium 2:51 31,687 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2011/games/s2011103101797.html Monday, October 31, 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball October 25, 2012 Game 1 Saturday, October 29, 2011, 6:31 pm (JST) Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 1 Yakult YAK 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 X 3 8 0 Kyohei Muranaka (1–0) Yasunari Takagi (0–1) Lim Chang-Yong (1) Saburo Omura (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 30, 2011, 6:30 pm (JST) Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 6 9 0 Yakult YAK 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 Tetsuya Utsumi (1–0) Masanori Ishikawa (0–1) Shinnosuke Abe (1) Game 3 Monday, October 31, 2011, 6:30 pm (JST) Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 2 Yakult YAK 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 X 3 7 0 Katsuki Akagawa (1–0) Dicky Gonzalez (0–1) Kyohei Muranaka (1) Michihiro Ogasawara (1) Ryoji Aikawa (1) Final stage Summary Chunichi Dragons 4–2* November 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 2 Nagoya Dome 3:05 34,689 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2011/games/s2011110201798.html Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball October 25, 2012 November 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 1 Nagoya Dome 2:53 38,414 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2011/games/s2011110301799.html Thursday, November 3, 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball October 25, 2012 November 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Chunichi Dragons – 1 Nagoya Dome 3:50 37,599 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2011/games/s2011110401801.html Friday, November 4, 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball October 25, 2012 November 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 5 Nagoya Dome 3:08 38,342 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2011/games/s2011110501803.html Saturday, November 5, 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball October 25, 2012 November 6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 2 Nagoya Dome 2:51 38,252 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2011/games/s2011110601805.html Sunday, November 6, 2011 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, November 2, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Yakult YAK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 Chunichi CHU 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 7 0 Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0) Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi (0–1) Hitoki Iwase (1) Game 2 Thursday, November 3, 2011, 6:01 pm (JST) Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Yakult YAK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 7 0 Chunichi CHU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Masanori Ishikawa (1–0) Wei-Yin Chen (0–1) Shohei Tateyama (1) Yasushi Iihara (1) Masahiko Morino (1) Game 3 Friday, November 4, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Yakult YAK 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 Chunichi CHU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 Tony Barnette (1–0) Daisuke Yamai (0–1) Lim Chang-Yong (1) Game 4 Saturday, November 5, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Yakult YAK 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 Chunichi CHU 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 5 8 1 Yudai Kawai (1–0) Katsuki Akagawa (0–1) Tony Blanco (1) Game 5 Sunday, November 6, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Yakult YAK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 Chunichi CHU 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 2 3 0 Kazuki Yoshimi (2–0) Shohei Tateyama (0–1) Takuya Asao (1) Hirokazu Ibata (1) References 2011 Category:2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Chunichi Dragons postseason Category:Tokyo Yakult Swallows postseason Category:Yomiuri Giants postseason Category:October 2011 sports events in Japan Category:November 2011 sports events in Japan