2016 Pacific League Climax Series

2016 Pacific League Climax Series
First Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Kimiyasu Kudo 83–54–6 (.606), 2.5 GB
Chiba Lotte Marines (0) Tsutomu Ito 72–68–3 (.514), 15 GB
Dates October 8–9
Final Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) Hideki Kuriyama 87–53–3 (.621), 2.5 GA
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Kimiyasu Kudo 83–54–6 (.606), 2.5 GB
Dates October 12–16
MVP Sho Nakata (Nippon-Ham)

The 2016 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 2016 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2016 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 10 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 16.

First Stage

Summary

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 2–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 8Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Dome3:1036,077[1] 
2October 9Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Dome3:1638,500[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 8, 2016, 1:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
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WP: Robert Suárez (1–0)   LP: Tatsuya Uchi (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (1)
Home runs:
LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (1), Alfredo Despaigne 2 (2)
SOF: Seiichi Uchikawa (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 9, 2016, 1:01 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
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WP: Rick van den Hurk (1–0)   LP: Ayumu Ishikawa (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (2)
Home runs:
LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (2)
SOF: None

Final Stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 4–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 12Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6Sapporo Dome2:5536,633[3] 
2October 13Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4Sapporo Dome3:4026,548[4] 
3October 14Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4Sapporo Dome3:1739,456[5] 
4October 15Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2Sapporo Dome3:0741,138[6] 
5October 16Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7Sapporo Dome3:1541,138[7]

References

  1. "Saturday, October 8, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  2. "Sunday, October 9, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  3. "Wednesday, October 12, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  4. "Thursday, October 13, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  5. "Friday, October 14, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  6. "Saturday, October 15, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  7. "Sunday, October 16, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
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