2016 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2016 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 2016 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2016 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 10 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 16.

2016 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Kimiyasu Kudo 83–54–6 (.606), 2.5 GB
Chiba Lotte Marines (0) Tsutomu Ito 72–68–3 (.514), 15 GB
DatesOctober 8–9
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) Hideki Kuriyama 87–53–3 (.621), 2.5 GA
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Kimiyasu Kudo 83–54–6 (.606), 2.5 GB
DatesOctober 12–16
MVPSho Nakata (Nippon-Ham)
← 2015 PLCS 2017 →

First stage edit

Summary edit

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 2–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 8 Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Yafuoku Dome 3:10 36,077[1] 
2 October 9 Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Yafuoku Dome 3:16 38,500[2]

Game 1 edit

Saturday, October 8, 2016, 1:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1
SoftBank 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X 4 8 0
WP: Robert Suárez (1–0)   LP: Tatsuya Uchi (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (1)
Home runs:
LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (1), Alfredo Despaigne 2 (2)
SOF: Seiichi Uchikawa (1)

Game 2 edit

Sunday, October 9, 2016, 1:01 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
SoftBank 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 X 4 8 0
WP: Rick van den Hurk (1–0)   LP: Ayumu Ishikawa (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (2)
Home runs:
LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (2)
SOF: None

Final stage edit

Summary edit

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 4–2*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 12 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6 Sapporo Dome 2:55 36,633[3] 
2 October 13 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:40 26,548[4] 
3 October 14 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:17 39,456[5] 
4 October 15 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2 Sapporo Dome 3:07 41,138[6] 
5 October 16 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7 Sapporo Dome 3:15 41,138[7]
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1 edit

Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 X 6 9 0
WP: Shohei Ohtani (1–0)   LP: Shota Takeda (0–1)
Home runs:
SOF: None
NIP: Sho Nakata (1)

Game 2 edit

Thursday, October 13, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 11 0
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 8 0
WP: Sho Iwasaki (1–0)   LP: Chris Martin (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (1)
Home runs:
SOF: Nobuhiro Matsuda (1)
NIP: Brandon Laird (1)

Game 3 edit

Friday, October 14, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Nippon-Ham 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 7 0
WP: Kohei Arihara (1–0)   LP: Kodai Senga (0–1)   Sv: Anthony Bass (1)
Home runs:
SOF: Akira Nakamura (1)
NIP: Brandon Laird (2)

Game 4 edit

Saturday, October 15, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 12 0
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 2
WP: Rick van den Hurk (1–0)   LP: Hirotoshi Takanashi (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (2)
Home runs:
SOF: Yuya Hasegawa (1), Kenta Imamiya (1), Nobuhiro Matsuda (2)
NIP: None

Game 5 edit

Sunday, October 16, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SoftBank 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1
Nippon-Ham 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 X 7 8 1
WP: Anthony Bass (1–0)   LP: Nao Higashihama (0–1)   Sv: Shohei Ohtani (1)
Home runs:
SOF: Nobuhiro Matsuda (3)
NIP: Sho Nakata (2)

References edit

  1. ^ "Saturday, October 8, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  2. ^ "Sunday, October 9, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  3. ^ "Wednesday, October 12, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "Thursday, October 13, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "Friday, October 14, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  6. ^ "Saturday, October 15, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  7. ^ "Sunday, October 16, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2017.