2008 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) Masataka Nashida 73–69–2 (.514), 4  GB
Orix Buffaloes (0) Daijiro Oishi 75–68–1 (.524), 2.5 GB
DatesOctober 11–12
Second stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Saitama Seibu Lions (4) Hisanobu Watanabe 76–64–4, .543, 2.5 GA
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) Masataka Nashida 73–69–2, .514, 4 GB
DatesOctober 17–22
MVPHideaki Wakui (Seibu)

The 2008 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 2008 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2008 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 11 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 22.

First stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 2–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 11Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 1Kyocera Dome3:1625,532[1] 
2October 12Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7, Orix Buffaloes – 2Kyocera Dome3:2426,703[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
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WP: Yu Darvish (1–0)   LP: Kazuki Kondo (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Terrmel Sledge (1)
ORX: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 12, 2008 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
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WP: Shugo Fujii (1–0)   LP: Satoshi Komatsu (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Jason Botts (1)
ORX: None

Second stage

Summary

Saitama Seibu Lions won the series, 4–2*.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 17Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 10Omiya Stadium3:2320,500[3] 
2October 18Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Saitama Seibu Lions – 0Seibu Dome2:5630,918[4] 
3October 19Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4Seibu Dome3:2533,078[5] 
4October 21Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 9Seibu Dome3:0718,704[6] 
5October 22Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 9Seibu Dome2:5221,731[7]
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Second Stage.

Game 1

Friday, October 17, 2008 at Omiya Park Baseball Stadium in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
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WP: Hideaki Wakui (1–0)   LP: Ryan Glynn (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Terrmel Sledge (1)
SEI: Hiroyuki Nakajima (2), Taketoshi Goto (1)

Game 2

Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
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WP: Yu Darvish (1–0)   LP: Takayuki Kishi (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Makoto Kaneko (1)
SEI: None

Game 3

Sunday, October 19, 2008 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
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WP: Masaru Takeda (1–0)   LP: Kazuyuki Hoashi (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Terrmel Sledge (2)
SEI: None

Game 4

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
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WP: Kazuhisa Ishii (1–0)   LP: Brian Sweeney (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Jason Botts (1)
SEI: Toru Hosokawa (1), Shogo Akada (1)

Game 5

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
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WP: Hideaki Wakui (2–0)   LP: Ryan Glynn (0–2)
Home runs:
NIP: None
SEI: Taketoshi Goto (2)

References

  1. "Saturday, October 11, 2008". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  2. "Sunday, October 12, 2008". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  3. "Friday, October 17, 2008". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
  4. "Saturday, October 18, 2008". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
  5. "Sunday, October 19, 2008". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
  6. "Tuesday, October 21, 2008". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  7. "Wednesday, October 22, 2008". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
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