2014 Central League Climax Series

The 2014 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 2014 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2014 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 11 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 18.

2014 Central League Climax Series
First Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hanshin Tigers (1) Yutaka Wada 75–68–1 (.524), 7 GB
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0) Kenjiro Nomura 74–68–2 (.521), 7.5 GB
DatesOctober 11–12
Final Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hanshin Tigers (4) Yutaka Wada 75–68–1, (.524), 7 GB
Yomiuri Giants (1) Tatsunori Hara 82–61–1 (.573), 7 GA
DatesOctober 15–18
MVPSeung-hwan Oh (Hanshin)

First Stage

Summary

Hanshin Tigers won the series, 1–0–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 11Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 1Koshien Stadium2:5246,721[1] 
2October 12Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 0 (12)Koshien Stadium3:3546,815[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 11, 2014, 2:02 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Hiroshima000000000041
Hanshin00000100X180
WP: Randy Messenger (1–0)   LP: Kenta Maeda (0–1)   Sv: Oh Seung-hwan (1)
Home runs:
HIR: None
HAN: Kosuke Fukudome (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 12, 2014, 2:00 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team123456789101112RHE
Hiroshima000000000000080
Hanshin00000000000X070

Final Stage

Summary

Hanshin Tigers won the series, 4–1*.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 15Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1Tokyo Dome2:5944,871[3] 
2October 16Hanshin Tigers – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome3:1944,728[4] 
3October 17Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome3:4446,025[5] 
4October 18Hanshin Tigers – 8, Yomiuri Giants – 4Tokyo Dome3:4246,311[6]
* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 15, 2014, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team123456789RHE
Hanshin301000000490
Yomiuri000000100170
WP: Shintaro Fujinami (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1)   Sv: Oh Seung-hwan (1)
Home runs:
HAN: Mauro Gómez (1)
YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 16, 2014, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team123456789RHE
Hanshin0020300005102
Yomiuri000000200270
WP: Minoru Iwata (1–0)   LP: Hirokazu Sawamura (0–1)   Sv: Oh Seung-hwan (2)
Home runs:
HAN: None
YOM: Hirokazu Ibata (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 17, 2014, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team123456789RHE
Hanshin0000022004110
Yomiuri101000000260
WP: Yuya Ando (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (0–1)   Sv: Oh Seung-hwan (3)
Home runs:
HAN: None
YOM: Yoshiyuki Kamei (1)

Game 4

Saturday, October 18, 2014, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team123456789RHE
Hanshin4200002008110
Yomiuri0110000024130
WP: Atsushi Nomi (1–0)   LP: Yuki Koyama (0–1)
Home runs:
HAN: Matt Murton (1), Kosuke Fukudome (1), Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1)
YOM: Yoshiyuki Kamei (2), Frederich Cepeda (1), Hayato Sakamoto (1)
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