2011 Pacific League Climax Series

Japanese baseball series 2011 Saitama Seibu Lions (2) Hisanobu Watanabe 68–67–9 (.504), 20½ GB Games back Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (0) Masataka Nashida 72–65–7 (.526), 17½ GB Games back October 29–30 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) Koji Akiyama 88–46–10 (.657), 17½ GA Games ahead Saitama Seibu Lions (0) Hisanobu Watanabe 68–67–9 (.504), 20½ GB Games back November 3–5 Seiichi Uchikawa (SoftBank) 2010 Pacific League Climax Series 2010 2012 Pacific League Climax Series 2012 The 2011 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 2011 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2011 Central League Climax Series winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The PLCS began with the first game of Stage 1 on October 29 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on November 5. First stage Summary Saitama Seibu Lions 2–0 October 29 Saitama Seibu Lions – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2 (11) Sapporo Dome 3:55 42,063 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2011/games/s2011102901794.html Saturday, October 29, 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2012 October 30 Saitama Seibu Lions – 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1 Sapporo Dome 3:15 41,926 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2011/games/s2011103001796.html Sunday, October 30, 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2012 Game 1 Saturday, October 29, 2011 Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 5 9 1 Nippon-Ham NIP 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 6 1 Kazuhisa Makita (1–0) Ryo Sakakibara (0–1) Game 2 Sunday, October 30, 2011 Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 8 13 1 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 Fumiya Nishiguchi (1–0) Yuya Ishii (0–1) Takeya Nakamura (1) Micah Hoffpauir (1) Final stage Summary Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4–0* November 3 Saitama Seibu Lions – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Yahoo Dome 2:57 37,025 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2011/games/s2011110301800.html Thursday, November 3, 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2012 November 4 Saitama Seibu Lions – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7 Yahoo Dome 3:10 35,021 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2011/games/s2011110401802.html Friday, November 4, 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2012 November 5 Saitama Seibu Lions – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 (12) Yahoo Dome 4:00 37,025 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2011/games/s2011110501804.html Saturday, November 5, 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2012 * The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage. Game 1 Thursday, November 3, 2011 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 SoftBank SOF 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 X 4 7 0 Tsuyoshi Wada (1–0) Kazuyuki Hoashi (0–1) Takahiro Mahara (1) Takeya Nakamura (1) Game 2 Friday, November 4, 2011 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Seibu SEI 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 SoftBank SOF 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 X 7 9 0 Tadashi Settsu (1–0) Takayuki Kishi (0–1) Nobuhiro Matsuda (1), Nobuhiko Matsunaka (1) Game 3 Saturday, November, 2011 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 SoftBank SOF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1X 2 10 0 Takahiro Mahara (1–0) Kazuhisa Makita (0–1) Having won the previous two games and along with the one-game advantage, the Hawks needed a win or a tie to advance to the Japan Series. After the Lions' did not score in the top half of the 12th inning, the Hawks secured a tie game, which ensured that they would advance, however the bottom half of the inning was played anyway. When this situation occurred again in the First Stage of the 2014 Central League Climax Series, the decision was made to not play the bottom half of the last inning.https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/11/01/baseball/npbs-quirky-playoff-rules-recipe-confusion/ NPB's quirky playoff rules recipe for confusion November 1, 2014 October 18, 2020 The Japan Times Graczyk, Wayne References 2011 Category:2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters postseason Category:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks postseason Category:Saitama Seibu Lions postseason Category:October 2011 sports events in Japan Category:November 2011 sports events in Japan