2012 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2012 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 2012 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2012 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 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 19.

2012 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Koji Akiyama 67–65–12 (.508), 6½ GB Saitama Seibu Lions (1) Hisanobu Watanabe 72–63–9 (.533), 3 GB
Dates	October 13–15
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) Hideki Kuriyama 74–59–11 (.556), 3 GA Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0) Koji Akiyama 67–65–12 (.508), 6½ GB
Dates	October 17–19
MVP	Yoshio Itoi (Nippon-Ham)

First stage

Summary

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 2–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 13	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1	Seibu Dome	2:54	32,074
2	October 14	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 8	Seibu Dome	3:23	33,918
3	October 15	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2	Seibu Dome	3:23	25,002

Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2012 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	1
Seibu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
WP: Tadashi Settsu (1–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Makita (0–1)   Sv: Masahiko Morifuku (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 14, 2012 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
Seibu	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	X	8	9	1
WP: Takayuki Kishi (1–0)   LP: Shota Takeda (0–1)

Game 3

Monday, October 15, 2012 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	0
Seibu	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0
WP: Kenji Otonari (1–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Ishii (0–1)   Sv: Hideki Okajima (1) Home runs: SOF: None SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1), José Ortiz (1)

Final stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 4–0*.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 17	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3	Sapporo Dome	2:56	31,022
2	October 18	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3	Sapporo Dome	3:17	23,610
3	October 19	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4	Sapporo Dome	3:16	37,166

* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 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	2	0	0	2	9	0
Nippon-Ham	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	3	6	0
WP: Mitsuo Yoshikawa (1–0)   LP: Yoshiaki Fujioka (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (1) Home runs: SOF: None NIP: Yoshio Itoi (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 18, 2012 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	6	1
Nippon-Ham	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	3	5	0
WP: Masaru Takeda (1–0)   LP: Nagisa Arakaki (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (2) Home runs: SOF: None NIP: Yoshio Itoi (2)

Game 3

Friday, October 19, 2012 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	1	1	0	2	5	1
Nippon-Ham	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	4	8	0
WP: Brian Wolfe (1–0)   LP: Tadashi Settsu (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (3) Home runs: SOF: Wily Mo Peña (1) NIP: None