2010 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2010 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 2010 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2010 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 9 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 19.

2010 Pacific League Climax Series
First Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chiba Lotte Marines (2) Norifumi Nishimura 75–67–2 (.528), 2.5 GB
Saitama Seibu Lions (0) Hisanobu Watanabe 78–65–1 (.545), 0 GB
DatesOctober 9–10
Final Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chiba Lotte Marines (4) Norifumi Nishimura 75–67–2 (.528), 2.5 GB
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (3) Koji Akiyama 76–63–5 (.547), 0 GA
DatesOctober 14–19
MVPFirst Stage: Tomoya Satozaki (Lotte)
Final Stage: Yoshihisa Naruse (Lotte)

First Stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 9Chiba Lotte Marines – 6, Saitama Seibu Lions – 5Seibu Dome4:2333,918[1] 
2October 10Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4Seibu Dome4:1933,911[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 9, 2010 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
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WP: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1–0)   LP: Yoshihiro Doi (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1), Kazuya Fukuura (1)
SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 10, 2010 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
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WP: Tatsuya Uchi (1–0)   LP: Chikara Onodera (0–1)   Sv: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1)
Home runs:
LOT: Toshiaki Imae (1), Tomoya Satozaki (1)
SEI: None

Final Stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 4–3*.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 14Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1Yahoo Dome3:2135,118[3] 
2October 15Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3Yahoo Dome2:3035,876[4] 
3October 16Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1Yahoo Dome2:5636,664[5] 
4October 17Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2Yahoo Dome3:2336,235[6] 
5October 18Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2Yahoo Dome3:1733,108[7] 
6October 19Chiba Lotte Marines – 7, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0Yahoo Dome2:4733,515[8]
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Thursday, October 14, 2010 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
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WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (1–0)   LP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: Shoitsu Omatsu (1)
SOF: None

Game 2

Friday, October 15, 2010 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
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WP: Tsuyoshi Wada (1–0)   LP: Hayden Penn (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (1)
SOF: None

Game 3

Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
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WP: Dennis Houlton (1–0)   LP: Bill Murphy (0–1)   Sv: Takahiro Mahara (1)

Game 4

Sunday, October 17, 2010 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
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WP: Shunsuke Watanabe (1–0)   LP: Yao-Hsun Yang (0–1)   Sv: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1)
Home runs:
LOT: Makoto Imaoka (1)
SOF: None

Game 5

Monday, October 18, 2010 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
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WP: Tatsuya Uchi (1–0)   LP: Brian Falkenborg (0–1)   Sv: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (2)
Home runs:
LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (2)
SOF: None

Game 6

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
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WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (2–0)   LP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–2)
Home runs:
LOT: Shoitsu Omatsu (2)
SOF: None

References

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