2007 Central League Climax Series

yes yes 2007 Chunichi Dragons (2) Hiromitsu Ochiai 78–64–2 (.549), 1.5 GB Hanshin Tigers (0) Akinobu Okada 74–66–4 (.529), 4.5 GB October 13–14 Chunichi Dragons (3) Hiromitsu Ochiai 78–64–2 (.549), 1.5 GB Yomiuri Giants (0) Tatsunori Hara 80–63–1 (.559), 1.5 GA October 18–20 2008 Central League Climax Series 2008 The 2007 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) was the opening round of the Central League side of the 2007 NPB postseason to end the 2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season. The inaugural edition consisted of two consecutive series of baseball games, in which Stage 1 was a best-of-three series and Stage 2 was a best-of-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2007 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2007 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 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 20. The following year saw the institution of a one-win advantage for the regular season champion that meant the First Stage winner would need to win four of six games to advance to the Japan Series.https://web.archive.org/web/20180529055344/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2008/10/26/sports/taking-a-look-at-the-one-game-advantage-in-the-climax-series/#.Wwzq6r3P32c May 29, 2018 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2008/10/26/sports/taking-a-look-at-the-one-game-advantage-in-the-climax-series/ Taking a look at the one-game advantage in the Climax Series October 26, 2008 November 11, 2009 The Japan Times Graczyk Wayne dead First stage Summary Chunichi Dragons 2–0 October 13 Hanshin Tigers – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 7 Nagoya Dome 3:25 38,385 http://bis.npb.or.jp/2007/games/s2007101301654.html ja:2007年10月13日 (土) Nippon Professional Baseball November 18, 2009 ja October 14 Hanshin Tigers – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 5 Nagoya Dome 3:14 38,275 http://bis.npb.or.jp/2007/games/s2007101401656.html ja:2007年10月14日 (日) Nippon Professional Baseball November 18, 2009 ja Game 1 Saturday, October 13, 2007, 6:01 pm (JST) Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Hanshin HAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 Chunichi CHU 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 X 7 13 0 Kenshin Kawakami (1–0) Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi (0–1) Tyrone Woods (1), Masahiko Morino (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 14, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) Nagoya Dome in Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Hanshin HAN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 0 Chunichi CHU 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 8 0 Kenichi Nakata (1–0) Keiji Uezono (0–1) Hitoki Iwase (1) Lee Byung-Kyu (1) Second stage thumb|right|alt=|The Yomiuri Giants hosted the Chunichi Dragons for all three Stage-2 games in the Tokyo Dome. Summary Chunichi Dragons 3–0 October 18 Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:48 44,232 http://bis.npb.or.jp/2007/games/s2007101801660.html ja:2007年10月18日 (木) Nippon Professional Baseball November 18, 2009 ja October 19 Chunichi Dragons – 7, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:49 45,074 http://bis.npb.or.jp/2007/games/s2007101901662.html ja:2007年10月19日 (金) Nippon Professional Baseball November 18, 2009 ja October 20 Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:17 46,081 http://bis.npb.or.jp/2007/games/s2007102001663.html ja:2007年10月20日 (土) Nippon Professional Baseball November 18, 2009 ja Game 1 Thursday, October 18, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo Chunichi CHU 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 9 0 Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 8 2 Takashi Ogasawara (1–0) Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1) Hitoki Iwase (1) Tyrone Woods (1) Yoshitomo Tani (1) Game 2 Friday, October 19, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo Chunichi CHU 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 7 14 1 Yomiuri YOM 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 7 0 Kenshin Kawakami (1–0) Hiroshi Kisanuki (0–1) Hitoki Iwase (2) Lee Byung-Kyu (1) Damon Hollins (1) Game 3 Saturday, October 20, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo Chunichi CHU 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 0 Yomiuri YOM 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 Kenichi Nakata (1–0) Hisanori Takahashi (0–1) Hitoki Iwase (3) Tyrone Woods (2), Motonobu Tanishige (1) Tomohiro Nioka (1) References 2007 Category:2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Hanshin Tigers postseason Category:Chunichi Dragons postseason Category:Yomiuri Giants postseason Category:Events at Tokyo Dome Category:October 2007 sports events in Japan