2007 Pacific League Climax Series

2007 Pacific League Climax Series
2007 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
Chiba Lotte Marines (2)
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (1)
Dates	October 8–10
Second stage
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3)
Chiba Lotte Marines (2)
Dates	October 13–18
MVP	First Stage: Saburo Omura (Lotte); Second Stage: Yu Darvish (Nippon-Ham)

The 2007 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-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2007 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2007 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 8 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 18.

First stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 8	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Chiba Lotte Marines – 8	Chiba Marine Stadium	3:30	30,010^[1]
2	October 9	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8, Chiba Lotte Marines – 3	Chiba Marine Stadium	3:13	29,411^[2]
3	October 10	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Chiba Lotte Marines – 4	Chiba Marine Stadium	3:07	30,011^[3]

Game 1

Monday, October 8, 2007 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0
Lotte	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	X	8	9	1
WP: Shunsuke Watanabe (1–0) LP: Kazumi Saito (0–1) Home runs: SOF: None LOT: José Ortiz (1)

Game 2

Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	15	0
Lotte	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	0
WP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1–0) LP: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (0–1) Home runs: SOF: Nobuhiko Matsunaka (1), Brian Buchanan (1) LOT: Kazuya Fukuura (1)

Game 3

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	X	4	6	0
WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (1–0) LP: Jason Standridge (0–1)

Second stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 3–2.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 13	Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5	Sapporo Dome	3:06	42,222^[4]
2	October 14	Chiba Lotte Marines – 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1	Sapporo Dome	3:40	42,222^[5]
3	October 15	Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7	Sapporo Dome	3:12	42,222^[6]
4	October 16	Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1	Sapporo Dome	3:59	42,222^[7]
5	October 18	Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6	Sapporo Dome	3:09	42,222^[8]

Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
Nippon-Ham	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	5	13	0
WP: Yu Darvish (1–0) LP: Yasutomo Kubo (0–1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 14, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	8	13	1
Nippon-Ham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
WP: Koji Takagi (1–0) LP: Masaru Takeda (0–1) Home runs: LOT: Tomoya Satozaki (2), José Ortiz (1), Saburo Omura (1), Daisuke Hayakawa (1) NIP: None

Game 3

Monday, October 15, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Nippon-Ham	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	X	7	13	0
WP: Ryan Glynn (1–0) LP: Shunsuke Watanabe (0–1)

Game 4

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	14	0
Nippon-Ham	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	11	0
WP: Yusuke Kawasaki (1–0) LP: Masaru Takeda (0–2) Home runs: LOT: Tomoya Satozaki (3) NIP: None

Game 5

Thursday, October 18, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	8	0
Nippon-Ham	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	X	6	11	0
WP: Yu Darvish (2–0) LP: Yoshihisa Naruse (0–1) Home runs: LOT: None NIP: Fernando Seguignol (1)

References

^ 2007年10月8日 (月) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
^ 2007年10月9日 (火) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
^ 2007年10月10日 (水) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
^ 2007年10月13日 (土) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
^ 2007年10月14日 (日) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
^ 2007年10月15日 (月) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
^ 2007年10月16日 (火) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
^ 2007年10月18日 (木) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.

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[2] 2007年10月9日 (火) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.

[3] 2007年10月10日 (水) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.

[4] 2007年10月13日 (土) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.

[5] 2007年10月14日 (日) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.

[6] 2007年10月15日 (月) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.

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[8] 2007年10月18日 (木) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2009.

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