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2012 Central League Climax Series

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2012 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chunichi Dragons (2) Morimichi Takagi 75–53–16 (.586), 10.5 GB
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1) Junji Ogawa 68–65–11 (.511), 20 GB
DatesOctober 13–15
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Tatsunori Hara 86–43–15 (.667), 10.5 GA
Chunichi Dragons (3) Morimichi Takagi 75–53–16 (.586), 10.5 GB
DatesOctober 17–22
MVPYoshihito Ishii (Yomiuri)
← 2011 Climax Series 2013 →

2012 PLCS               2012 Japan Series

The 2012 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 2012 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2012 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 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 22.

First stage

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Summary

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Chunichi Dragons won the series, 2–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 13 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 6 Nagoya Dome 3:11 31,146[1] 
2 October 14 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 0 Nagoya Dome 3:26 33,852[2] 
3 October 15 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 4 Nagoya Dome 3:39 23,264[3]

Game 1

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Saturday, October 13, 2012, 2:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
Chunichi 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 X 6 11 0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0)   LP: Masanori Ishikawa (0–1)   Sv: Daisuke Yamai (1)
Home runs:
YAK: Wladimir Balentien (1)
CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1)

Game 2

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Sunday, October 14, 2012, 2:01 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
WP: Shohei Tateyama (1–0)   LP: Soma Yamauchi (0–1)   Sv: Tony Barnette (1)
Home runs:
YAK: Wladimir Balentien (2)
CHU: None

Game 3

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Monday, October 15, 2012, 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 X 4 7 0
WP: Takuya Asao (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Yamamoto (0–1)
Home runs:
YAK: None
CHU: Tony Blanco (1)

Final stage

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Summary

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Yomiuri Giants won the series, 4–3*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 17 Chunichi Dragons – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 3:21 40,039[4] 
2 October 18 Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:40 39,135[5] 
3 October 19 Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4 (10) Tokyo Dome 3:41 44,744[6] 
4 October 20 Chunichi Dragons – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 2:57 46,158[7] 
5 October 21 Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 3:40 45,897[8] 
6 October 22 Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:18 44,351[9]
* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 9 0
Yomiuri 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
WP: Yudai Ono (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1)   Sv: Daisuke Yamai (1)

Game 2

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Thursday, October 18, 2012, 6:01 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 11 0
Yomiuri 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0
WP: Junki Ito (1–0)   LP: D. J. Houlton (0–1)   Sv: Daisuke Yamai (2)
Home runs:
CHU: Yohei Oshima (1)
YOM: None

Game 3

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Friday, October 19, 2012, 6:01 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Chunichi 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 11 0
Yomiuri 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 0
WP: Yuta Muto (1–0)   LP: Kentaro Nishimura (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)
Home runs:
CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1)
YOM: Shuichi Murata (1), Yoshinobu Takahashi (1)

Game 4

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Saturday, October 20, 2012, 6:01 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 0
Yomiuri 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 X 3 6 0
WP: Hirokazu Sawamura (1–0)   LP: Kenshin Kawakami (0–1)   Sv: Kentaro Nishimura (1)

Game 5

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Sunday, October 21, 2012, 6:01 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 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 0
Yomiuri 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 0
WP: Scott Mathieson (1–0)   LP: Hitoki Iwase (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: Tony Blanco (1)
YOM: None

Game 6

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Monday, October 22, 2012, 6:01 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 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 0
Yomiuri 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 4 10 0
WP: D. J. Houlton (1–1)   LP: Junki Ito (1–1)   Sv: Kentaro Nishimura (2)
Home runs:
CHU: None
YOM: Shuichi Murata (2)

References

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  1. ^ "Saturday, October 13, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  2. ^ "Sunday, October 14, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  3. ^ "Monday, October 15, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  4. ^ "Wednesday, October 17, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  5. ^ "Thursday, October 18, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  6. ^ "Friday, October 19, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  7. ^ "Saturday, October 20, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  8. ^ "Sunday, October 21, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  9. ^ "Monday, October 22, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
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