2009 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chunichi Dragons (2) Hiromitsu Ochiai 81–61–1 (.556), 12 GB
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1) Shigeru Takada 71–72–1 (.497), 22 GB
DatesOctober 17–19
Second stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Tatsunori Hara 89–46–9 (.659), 12 GA
Chunichi Dragons (1) Hiromitsu Ochiai 81–61–1 (.556), 12 GB
DatesOctober 21–24
MVPRyota Wakiya (Yomiuri)
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The 2009 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 2009 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2009 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 17 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 24.

First stage

Summary

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 2–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 17 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 2 Nagoya Dome 3:24 38,391[1] 
2 October 18 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Chunichi Dragons – 3 Nagoya Dome 3:18 38,171[2] 
3 October 19 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 4, Chunichi Dragons – 7 Nagoya Dome 4:03 32,897[3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 17, 2009, 6:01 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 0
Chunichi 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0
WP: Masanori Ishikawa (1–0)   LP: Chen Wei-Yin (0–1)   Sv: Lim Chang-Yong (1)
Home runs:
YAK: Jamie D'Antona (1)
CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 18, 2009, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 2
Chunichi 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 7 1
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0)   LP: Shohei Tateyama (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)
Home runs:
YAK: Ryohei Kawamoto (1)
CHU: Motonobu Tanishige (1)

Game 3

Monday, October 19, 2009, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 11 0
Chunichi 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 X 7 16 0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0)   LP: Yoshinori Sato (0–1)
Home runs:
YAK: None
CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (2)

Second stage

Summary

Yomiuri Giants won the series, 4–1*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 21 Chunichi Dragons – 7, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:11 41,259[4] 
2 October 22 Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 6 Tokyo Dome 3:53 40,452[5] 
3 October 23 Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 5 Tokyo Dome 3:33 45,409[6] 
4 October 24 Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8 Tokyo Dome 3:37 46,535[7]
* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Second Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 10 0
Yomiuri 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 0
WP: Takashi Ogasawara (1–0)   LP: Dicky Gonzalez (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: Kei Nomoto (1), Tony Blanco (1)
YOM: None

Game 2

Thursday, October 22, 2009, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 0
Yomiuri 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 X 6 15 0
WP: Wirfin Obispo (1–0)   LP: Chen Wei-Yin (0–1)   Sv: Marc Kroon (1)
Home runs:
CHU: Masahiko Morino (1), Atsushi Fujii (1)
YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 23, 2009, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 1
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 X 5 10 0
WP: Kiyoshi Toyoda (1–0)   LP: Takuya Asao (0–1)   Sv: Marc Kroon (2)
Home runs:
CHU: Masahiko Morino (2)
YOM: Alex Ramírez (1), Yoshiyuki Kamei (1)

Game 4

Saturday, October 24, 2009, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
Yomiuri 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 X 8 9 1
WP: Daisuke Ochi (1–0)   LP: Kenichi Nakata (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: Tony Blanco (2)
YOM: Yoshitomo Tani (1)

References

  1. ^ "Saturday, October 17, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  2. ^ "Sunday, October 18, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  3. ^ "Monday, October 19, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  4. ^ "Wednesday, October 21, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  5. ^ "Thursday, October 22, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  6. ^ "Friday, October 23, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  7. ^ "Saturday, October 24, 2009". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
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