2016 Central League Climax Series

The 2016 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) was a post-season playoff consisting of two consecutive series that determined who would represent the Central League in the Japan Series. The First Stage was a best-of-three series and the Final Stage was a best-of-six with the top seed being awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the series advanced to the 2016 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2016 Pacific League Climax Series winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began with the first game of the First Stage on October 8 and ended with the final game of the Final Stage on October 16.

2016 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2) Alex Ramírez 69–71–3 (.493), 19.5 GB
Yomiuri Giants (1) Yoshinobu Takahashi 71–69–3 (.507), 17.5 GB
DatesOctober 8–10
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (4) Koichi Ogata 89–52–2 (.631), 17.5 GA
Yokohama DeNA BayStars (1) Alex Ramírez 69–71–3 (.493), 19.5 GB
DatesOctober 12–16
MVPKosuke Tanaka (Hiroshima)

First stage

Summary

Yokohama DeNA BayStars won the series, 2–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 8Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome3:1945,633[1] 
2October 9Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome2:4745,683[2] 
3October 10Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 (11)Tokyo Dome4:2145,477[3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 8, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
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WP: Shoichi Ino (1–0)   LP: Miles Mikolas (0–1)   Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (1)
Home runs:
DEN: Takayuki Kajitani (1), Yoshitomo Tsutsugo (1), José López(1)
YOM: Hayato Sakamoto (1)
Attendance: 45,633

Game 2

Sunday, October 9, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
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WP: Scott Mathieson (1–0)   LP: Tomoya Mikami (0–1)
Home runs:
DEN: None
YOM: Hayato Sakamoto (2)
Attendance: 45,683

Game 3

Monday, October 10, 2016, 2:01 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
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WP: Kenjiro Tanaka (1–0)   LP: Hirokazu Sawamura (0–1)   Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (2)
Home runs:
DEN: José López (2)
YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1), Shuichi Murata (1)
Attendance: 45,477

Final stage

Summary

Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series, 4–1*.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 12Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5Mazda Stadium2:4831,276[4] 
2October 13Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3Mazda Stadium2:5831,264[5] 
3October 14Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0Mazda Stadium3:1931,291[6] 
4October 15Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 7, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8Mazda Stadium3:2631,313[7]
* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 6:02 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
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WP: Kris Johnson (1–0)   LP: Guillermo Moscoso (0–1)
Attendance: 31,276

Game 2

Thursday, October 13, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
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WP: Yusuke Nomura (1–0)   LP: Kazuki Mishima (0–1)   Sv: Shota Nakazaki (1)
Home runs:
DEN: None
HIR: Kosuke Tanaka (1)
Attendance: 31,264

Game 3

Friday, October 14, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
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WP: Shoichi Ino (1–0)   LP: Hiroki Kuroda (0–1)   Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (1)
Home runs:
DEN: Elián Herrera (1)
HIR: None
Attendance: 31,291

Game 4

Saturday, October 15, 2016, 1:31 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
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WP: Akitake Okada (1–0)   LP: Shota Imanaga (0–1)   Sv: Shota Nakazaki (2)
Home runs:
DEN: Takayuki Kajitani (1), José López (1)
HIR: Brad Eldred (1)
Attendance: 31,313

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