2010 Central League Climax Series

The 2010 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) 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 2010 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2010 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 16 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 23.

2010 Central League Climax Series
First Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yomiuri Giants (2) Tatsunori Hara 79–64–1 (.552), 1 GB
Hanshin Tigers (0) Akinobu Mayumi 78–63–3 (.553), 1 GB
DatesOctober 16–17
Final Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chunichi Dragons (4) Hiromitsu Ochiai 79–62–3 (.560), 1 GA
Yomiuri Giants (1) Tatsunori Hara 79–64–1 (.552), 1 GB
DatesOctober 20–23
MVPKazuhiro Wada (Chunichi)

First Stage

Summary

Yomiuri Giants won the series, 2–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 16Yomiuri Giants – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 1Koshien Stadium3:0946,868[1] 
2October 17Yomiuri Giants – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 6Koshien Stadium3:4646,875[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 16, 2010, 2:00 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri0020100003100
Hanshin010000000151
WP: Shun Tono (1–0)   LP: Atsushi Nomi (0–1)   Sv: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Hayato Sakamoto (1)
HAN: Craig Brazell (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 17, 2010, 2:00 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri0000203207141
Hanshin2010120006102
WP: Daisuke Ochi (1–0)   LP: Kyuji Fujikawa (0–1)   Sv: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (2)
Home runs:
YOM: Yoshinobu Takahashi (1)
HAN: None

Final Stage

Summary

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 4–1*.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 20Yomiuri Giants – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 5Nagoya Dome3:3037,659[3] 
2October 21Yomiuri Giants – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 2Nagoya Dome2:5337,298[4] 
3October 22Yomiuri Giants – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 2Nagoya Dome3:0338,432[5] 
4October 23Yomiuri Giants – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 4Nagoya Dome3:5738,432[6]
* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
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Yomiuri000000000080
Chunichi40000010X5121
WP: Wei-Yin Chen (1–0)   LP: Shun Tono (0–1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 21, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
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Yomiuri000000000050
Chunichi01100000X260
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1)   Sv: Takuya Asao (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 22, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri000011001380
Chunichi000000020262
WP: Daisuke Ochi (1–0)   LP: Hitoki Iwase (0–1)   Sv: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1)
CHU: Kei Nomoto (1)

Game 4

Saturday, October 23, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
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Yomiuri0000000123110
Chunichi000200011X480
WP: Takuya Asao (1–0)   LP: Yuya Kubo (0–1)

References

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