2007 Central League Climax Series

The 2007 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) consisted of two consecutive series of baseball games, in which Stage 1 was a best-of-three series and Stage 2 was a best-of-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2007 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2007 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began with the first game of Stage 1 on October 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 20.

2007 Central League Climax Series
First Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chunichi Dragons (2) Hiromitsu Ochiai 78–64–2 (.549), 1.5 GB
Hanshin Tigers (0) Akinobu Okada 74–66–4 (.529), 4.5 GB
DatesOctober 13–14
Final Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chunichi Dragons (3) Hiromitsu Ochiai 78–64–2 (.549), 1.5 GB
Yomiuri Giants (0) Tatsunori Hara 80–63–1 (.559), 1.5 GA
DatesOctober 18–20

First Stage

Summary

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 2–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 13Hanshin Tigers – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 7Nagoya Dome3:2538,385[1] 
2October 14Hanshin Tigers – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 5Nagoya Dome3:1438,275[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2007, 6:01 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Hanshin000000000051
Chunichi30000400X7130
WP: Kenshin Kawakami (1–0)   LP: Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi (0–1)
Home runs:
HAN: None
CHU: Tyrone Woods (1), Masahiko Morino (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 14, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Hanshin000100020380
Chunichi50000000X580
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0)   LP: Keiji Uezono (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)
Home runs:
HAN: None
CHU: Lee Byung-Kyu (1)

Second Stage

The Yomiuri Giants hosted the Chunichi Dragons for all three Stage-2 games in the Tokyo Dome.

Summary

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 3–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 18Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome3:4844,232[3] 
2October 19Chunichi Dragons – 7, Yomiuri Giants – 4Tokyo Dome3:4945,074[4] 
3October 20Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome3:1746,081[5]

Game 1

Thursday, October 18, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team123456789RHE
Chunichi002200010590
Yomiuri000011000282
WP: Takashi Ogasawara (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)
Home runs:
CHU: Tyrone Woods (1)
YOM: Yoshitomo Tani (1)

Game 2

Friday, October 19, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team123456789RHE
Chunichi0102003017141
Yomiuri100000300470
WP: Kenshin Kawakami (1–0)   LP: Hiroshi Kisanuki (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (2)
Home runs:
CHU: Lee Byung-Kyu (1)
YOM: Damon Hollins (1)

Game 3

Saturday, October 20, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team123456789RHE
Chunichi000300100460
Yomiuri010100000270
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0)   LP: Hisanori Takahashi (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (3)
Home runs:
CHU: Tyrone Woods (2), Motonobu Tanishige (1)
YOM: Tomohiro Nioka (1)
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References

  1. 2007年10月13日 (土) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  2. 2007年10月14日 (日) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  3. 2007年10月18日 (木) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  4. 2007年10月19日 (金) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  5. 2007年10月20日 (土) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
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