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2011 Central League Climax Series

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The 2011 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 2011 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2011 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 29 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 23.

2011 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2) Junji Ogawa 70–59–15 (.543), 2.5 GB
Yomiuri Giants (1) Tatsunori Hara 71–62–11 (.534), 3.5 GB
DatesOctober 29–31
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chunichi Dragons (4) Hiromitsu Ochiai 75–59–10 (.560), 2.5 GA
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2) Junji Ogawa 70–59–15 (.543), 2.5 GB
DatesNovember 2–6
MVPKazuki Yoshimi (Chunichi)
← 2010 Climax Series 2012 →

2011 PLCS               2011 Japan Series

First stage

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Summary

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Tokyo Yakult Swallows won the series, 2–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 29 Yomiuri Giants – 2, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:28 32,339[1] 
2 October 30 Yomiuri Giants – 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:24 32,148[2] 
3 October 31 Yomiuri Giants – 1, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3 Meiji Jingu Stadium 2:51 31,687[3]

Game 1

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Saturday, October 29, 2011, 6:31 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 1
Yakult 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 X 3 8 0
WP: Kyohei Muranaka (1–0)   LP: Yasunari Takagi (0–1)   Sv: Lim Chang-Yong (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Saburo Omura (1)
YAK: None

Game 2

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Sunday, October 30, 2011, 6:30 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 6 9 0
Yakult 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 7 0
WP: Tetsuya Utsumi (1–0)   LP: Masanori Ishikawa (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1)
YAK: None

Game 3

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Monday, October 31, 2011, 6:30 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 2
Yakult 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 X 3 7 0
WP: Katsuki Akagawa (1–0)   LP: Dicky Gonzalez (0–1)   Sv: Kyohei Muranaka (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Michihiro Ogasawara (1)
YAK: Ryoji Aikawa (1)

Final stage

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Summary

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Chunichi Dragons won the series, 4–2*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 November 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 2 Nagoya Dome 3:05 34,689[4] 
2 November 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 1 Nagoya Dome 2:53 38,414[5] 
3 November 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Chunichi Dragons – 1 Nagoya Dome 3:50 37,599[6] 
4 November 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 5 Nagoya Dome 3:08 38,342[7] 
5 November 6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 2 Nagoya Dome 2:51 38,252[8]
* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0
Chunichi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 7 0
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0)   LP: Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)

Game 2

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Thursday, November 3, 2011, 6:01 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 7 0
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
WP: Masanori Ishikawa (1–0)   LP: Wei-Yin Chen (0–1)   Sv: Shohei Tateyama (1)
Home runs:
YAK: Yasushi Iihara (1)
CHU: Masahiko Morino (1)

Game 3

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Friday, November 4, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
Chunichi 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
WP: Tony Barnette (1–0)   LP: Daisuke Yamai (0–1)   Sv: Lim Chang-Yong (1)

Game 4

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Saturday, November 5, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
Chunichi 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 5 8 1
WP: Yudai Kawai (1–0)   LP: Katsuki Akagawa (0–1)
Home runs:
YAK: None
CHU: Tony Blanco (1)

Game 5

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Sunday, November 6, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yakult 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 2 3 0
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (2–0)   LP: Shohei Tateyama (0–1)   Sv: Takuya Asao (1)
Home runs:
YAK: None
CHU: Hirokazu Ibata (1)

References

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  1. ^ "Saturday, October 29, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  2. ^ "Sunday, October 30, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  3. ^ "Monday, October 31, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  4. ^ "Wednesday, November 2, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  5. ^ "Thursday, November 3, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  6. ^ "Friday, November 4, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  7. ^ "Saturday, November 5, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  8. ^ "Sunday, November 6, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
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