2015 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2015 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 2015 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2015 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.

2015 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Chiba Lotte Marines (2) Tsutomu Ito 73–69–1 (.514), 18½ GB Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1) Hideki Kuriyama 79–62–2 (.560), 12 GB
Dates	October 10–12
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) Kimiyasu Kudo 90–49–4 (.647), 12 GA Chiba Lotte Marines (0) Tsutomu Ito 73–69–1 (.514), 18½ GB
Dates	October 14–16
MVP	Seiichi Uchikawa (Hawks)

First stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 10	Chiba Lotte Marines – 9, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3	Sapporo Dome	3:28	41,138
2	October 11	Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4	Sapporo Dome	3:06	41,138
3	October 12	Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1	Sapporo Dome	3:42	32,201

Game 1

Saturday, October 10, 2015 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	3	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	9	11	0
Nippon-Ham	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	0
WP: Ayumu Ishikawa (1–0)   LP: Shohei Ohtani (0–1) Home runs: LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (1) NIP: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	8	1
Nippon-Ham	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	X	4	9	0
WP: Kohei Arihara (1–0)   LP: Tomohisa Otani (0–1)   Sv: Hirotoshi Masui (1)

Game 3

Monday, October 12, 2015 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	0
Nippon-Ham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0
WP: Hideaki Wakui (1–0)   LP: Kohei Arihara (1–1)   Sv: Tatsuya Uchi (1) Home runs: LOT: Tadahito Iguchi (1), Alfredo Despaigne (1) NIP: None

Final stage

Summary

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–0*.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 14	Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 (10)	Yafuoku Dome	3:43	37,360
2	October 15	Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6	Yafuoku Dome	2:59	37,603
3	October 16	Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3	Yafuoku Dome	2:53	37,235

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

Game 1

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
SoftBank	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1X	3	9	0
WP: Ryota Igarashi (1–0)   LP: Tatsuya Uchi (0–1) Home runs: LOT: None SOF: Yuki Yanagita (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
SoftBank	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	X	6	9	0
WP: Rick van den Hurk (1–0)   LP: Takuya Furuya (0–1) Home runs: LOT: None SOF: Dae-ho Lee (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 16, 2015 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
SoftBank	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	8	0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0)   LP: Ayumu Ishikawa (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (1) Home runs: LOT: None SOF: Dae-ho Lee (2)