2007 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2007 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-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2007 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2007 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 8 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 18.

2007 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chiba Lotte Marines (2) Bobby Valentine 76–61–7 (.555), 2 GB
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (1) Sadaharu Oh 73–66–5 (.525), 6 GB
DatesOctober 8–10
Second stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3) Trey Hillman 79–60–5 (.568), 2 GA
Chiba Lotte Marines (2) Bobby Valentine 76–61–7 (.555), 2 GB
DatesOctober 13–18
MVPFirst Stage: Saburo Omura (Lotte)
Second Stage: Yu Darvish (Nippon-Ham)

First stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 8Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Chiba Lotte Marines – 8Chiba Marine Stadium3:3030,010[1] 
2October 9Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8, Chiba Lotte Marines – 3Chiba Marine Stadium3:1329,411[2] 
3October 10Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Chiba Lotte Marines – 4Chiba Marine Stadium3:0730,011[3]

Game 1

Monday, October 8, 2007 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture
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Lotte00321101X891
WP: Shunsuke Watanabe (1–0)   LP: Kazumi Saito (0–1)
Home runs:
SOF: None
LOT: José Ortiz (1)

Game 2

Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture
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SoftBank2401100008150
Lotte001000200370
WP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1–0)   LP: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (0–1)
Home runs:
SOF: Nobuhiko Matsunaka (1), Brian Buchanan (1)
LOT: Kazuya Fukuura (1)

Game 3

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture
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Lotte00000400X460
WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (1–0)   LP: Jason Standridge (0–1)

Second stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 3–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 13Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5Sapporo Dome3:0642,222[4] 
2October 14Chiba Lotte Marines – 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1Sapporo Dome3:4042,222[5] 
3October 15Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7Sapporo Dome3:1242,222[6] 
4October 16Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1Sapporo Dome3:5942,222[7] 
5October 18Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6Sapporo Dome3:0942,222[8]

Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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Lotte011000000250
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WP: Yu Darvish (1–0)   LP: Yasutomo Kubo (0–1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 14, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team123456789RHE
Lotte0400100128131
Nippon-Ham100000000140
WP: Koji Takagi (1–0)   LP: Masaru Takeda (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: Tomoya Satozaki (2), José Ortiz (1), Saburo Omura (1), Daisuke Hayakawa (1)
NIP: None

Game 3

Monday, October 15, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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Lotte000000000060
Nippon-Ham00010060X7130
WP: Ryan Glynn (1–0)   LP: Shunsuke Watanabe (0–1)

Game 4

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team123456789RHE
Lotte0000020035140
Nippon-Ham0000100001110
WP: Yusuke Kawasaki (1–0)   LP: Masaru Takeda (0–2)
Home runs:
LOT: Tomoya Satozaki (3)
NIP: None

Game 5

Thursday, October 18, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team123456789RHE
Lotte000001001280
Nippon-Ham00312000X6110
WP: Yu Darvish (2–0)   LP: Yoshihisa Naruse (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: None
NIP: Fernando Seguignol (1)

References

  1. 2007年10月8日 (月) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  2. 2007年10月9日 (火) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  3. 2007年10月10日 (水) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  4. 2007年10月13日 (土) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  5. 2007年10月14日 (日) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  6. 2007年10月15日 (月) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  7. 2007年10月16日 (火) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  8. 2007年10月18日 (木) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
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