2009 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2009 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 2009 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2009 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 16 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 24.

2009 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2) Katsuya Nomura 77–66–1 (.538), 5.5 GB
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0) Koji Akiyama 74–65–5 (.532), 6.5 GB
DatesOctober 16–17
Second stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) Masataka Nashida 82–60–2 (.577), 5.5 GA
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (1) Katsuya Nomura 77–66–1 (.538), 5.5 GB
DatesOctober 21–24
MVPTerrmel Sledge (Nippon-Ham)

First stage

Summary

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles won the series, 2–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 16Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 11Kleenex Stadium3:0021,303[1] 
2October 17Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4Kleenex Stadium2:4721,388[2]

Game 1

Friday, October 16, 2009 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
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WP: Hisashi Iwakuma (1–0)   LP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–1)
Home runs:
SOF: None
RAK: Yosuke Takasu (1), Fernando Seguignol (1), Toshiya Nakashima (1), Takeshi Yamasaki (1)

Game 2

Saturday, October 17, 2009 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
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WP: Masahiro Tanaka (1–0)   LP: Dennis Houlton (0–1)
Home runs:
SOF: None
RAK: Takeshi Yamasaki (2)

Second stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 4–1*.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 21Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 9Sapporo Dome3:2838,235[3] 
2October 22Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3Sapporo Dome3:1932,713[4] 
3October 23Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 3, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2Sapporo Dome2:4842,328[5] 
4October 24Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 9Sapporo Dome3:4342,328[6]
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Second Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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WP: Masanori Hayashi (1–0)   LP: Kazuo Fukumori (0–1)
Home runs:
RAK: Teppei Tsuchiya (1)
NIP: Terrmel Sledge (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 22, 2009 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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WP: Keisaku Itokazu (1–0)   LP: Hisashi Iwakuma (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (1)
Home runs:
RAK: Fernando Seguignol (1)
NIP: None

Game 3

Friday, October 23, 2009 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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WP: Masahiro Tanaka (1–0)   LP: Tomoya Yagi (0–1)
Home runs:
RAK: Naoto Watanabe (1)
NIP: Shinji Takahashi (1)

Game 4

Saturday, October 24, 2009 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
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WP: Shugo Fujii (1–0)   LP: Hiromichi Fujiwara (0–1)
Home runs:
RAK: None
NIP: Hichori Morimoto (1), Terrmel Sledge (2)

References

  1. "Friday, October 16, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  2. "Saturday, October 17, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 23 October 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  3. "Wednesday, October 21, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  4. "Thursday, October 22, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  5. "Friday, October 23, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  6. "Saturday, October 24, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
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