2011 Central League Climax Series

2011 Central League Climax Series

First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2) Junji Ogawa 70–59–15, .543, GB: 2.5 Yomiuri Giants (1) Tatsunori Hara 71–62–11, .534, GB: 3.5
Dates:	October 29 – October 31
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Chunichi Dragons (4) Hiromitsu Ochiai 75–59–10, .560, GA: 2.5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2) Junji Ogawa 70–59–15, .543, GB: 2.5
Dates:	November 2 – November 6
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2011 PLCS	2011 Japan Series

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.

First stage

Summary

Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2) vs. Yomiuri Giants (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

Saturday, October 29, 2011 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 Ohmura (1) YAK: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 30, 2011 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

Monday, October 31, 2011 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

Summary

Chunichi Dragons (4) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (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]

Game 1

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 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

Thursday, November 3, 2011 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

Friday, November 4, 2011 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

Saturday, November 5, 2011 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

Sunday, November 6, 2011 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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7. "Saturday, November 5, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
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