2014 Central League Climax Series

yes 2014 Hanshin Tigers (1) Yutaka Wada 75–68–1 (.524), 7 GB Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0) Kenjiro Nomura 74–68–2 (.521), 7.5 GB October 11–12 Hanshin Tigers (4) Yutaka Wada 75–68–1, (.524), 7 GB Yomiuri Giants (1) Tatsunori Hara 82–61–1 (.573), 7 GA October 15–18 Seung-hwan Oh (Hanshin) 2013 Central League Climax Series 2013 2015 Central League Climax Series 2015 The 2014 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 2014 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2014 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began with the first game of Stage 1 on October 11 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 18. First stage Summary Hanshin Tigers 1–0–1 October 11 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 1 Koshien Stadium 2:52 46,721 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101101754.html Saturday, October 11, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 October 12 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 0 (12) Koshien Stadium 3:35 46,815 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101201756.html Sunday, October 12, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 Game 1 Saturday, October 11, 2014, 2:02 pm (JST) Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture Hiroshima HIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Hanshin HAN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1 8 0 Randy Messenger (1–0) Kenta Maeda (0–1) Oh Seung-hwan (1) Kosuke Fukudome (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 12, 2014, 2:00 pm (JST) Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture Hiroshima HIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 Hanshin HAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 7 0 Final stage Summary Hanshin Tigers 4–1* October 15 Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 2:59 44,871 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101501760.html Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 October 16 Hanshin Tigers – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:19 44,728 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101601762.html Thursday, October 16, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 October 17 Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:44 46,025 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101701764.html Friday, October 17, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 October 18 Hanshin Tigers – 8, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:42 46,311 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101801766.html Saturday, October 18, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 * The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage. Game 1 Wednesday, October 15, 2014, 6:00 pm (JST) Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo Hanshin HAN 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 Shintaro Fujinami (1–0) Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1) Oh Seung-hwan (1) Mauro Gómez (1) Shinnosuke Abe (1) Game 2 Thursday, October 16, 2014, 6:00 pm (JST) Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo Hanshin HAN 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 10 2 Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 0 Minoru Iwata (1–0) Hirokazu Sawamura (0–1) Oh Seung-hwan (2) Hirokazu Ibata (1) Game 3 Friday, October 17, 2014, 6:00 pm (JST) Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo Hanshin HAN 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 11 0 Yomiuri YOM 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 Yuya Ando (1–0) Tetsuya Yamaguchi (0–1) Oh Seung-hwan (3) Yoshiyuki Kamei (1) Game 4 Saturday, October 18, 2014, 6:00 pm (JST) Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo Hanshin HAN 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 11 0 Yomiuri YOM 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13 0 Atsushi Nomi (1–0) Yuki Koyama (0–1) Matt Murton (1), Kosuke Fukudome (1), Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1) Yoshiyuki Kamei (2), Frederich Cepeda (1), Hayato Sakamoto (1) References 2014 Category:2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Hanshin Tigers postseason Category:Hiroshima Toyo Carp postseason Category:Yomiuri Giants postseason Category:Events at Tokyo Dome Category:October 2014 sports events in Japan