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2013 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chiba Lotte Marines (2) Tsutomu Ito 74–68–2 (.521), 8½ GB
Saitama Seibu Lions (1) Hisanobu Watanabe 74–66–4 (.529), 7½ GB
DatesOctober 12–14
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (4) Senichi Hoshino 82–59–3 (.582), 7½ GA
Chiba Lotte Marines (1) Tsutomu Ito 74–68–2 (.521), 8½ GB
DatesOctober 17–21
MVPMasahiro Tanaka (Rakuten)
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2013 CLCS               2013 Japan Series

The 2013 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 2013 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2013 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 12 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 21.

First stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 12 Chiba Lotte Marines – 11, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Dome 3:24 32,880 
2 October 13 Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 15 Seibu Dome 3:16 33,914 
3 October 14 Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Dome 3:01 33,832

Game 1

Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 5 0 11 16 0
Seibu 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
WP: Yuji Nishino (1–0)   LP: Takayuki Kishi (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: Tadahito Iguchi (1), Saburo Omura (1), Shohei Kato (1)
SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 13, 2013 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Seibu 2 2 1 3 5 0 0 2 X 15 20 0
WP: Yosuke Okamoto (1–0)   LP: Takahiro Matsunaga (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: None
SEI: Yasuyuki Kataoka (1), Takumi Kuriyama (1)

Game 3

Monday, October 14, 2013 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 7 0
Seibu 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 1
WP: Yuki Karakawa (1–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Makita (0–1)   Sv: Naoya Masuda (1)
Home runs:
LOT: Daichi Suzuki (1), Tadahito Iguchi (2)
SEI: None

Final stage

Summary

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles won the series, 4–1*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 17 Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 Kleenex Stadium 2:55 24,332 
2 October 18 Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 (10) Kleenex Stadium 3:25 24,097 
3 October 19 Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 Kleenex Stadium 3:00 24,396 
4 October 21 Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8 Kleenex Stadium 3:33 24,264
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.
† Postponed from October 20 due to rain

Game 1

Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Rakuten 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2 8 1
WP: Masahiro Tanaka (1–0)   LP: Yoshihisa Naruse (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: None
RAK: Ginji Akaminai (1)

Game 2

Friday, October 18, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 8 1
Rakuten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 0
WP: Tatsuya Uchi (1–0)   LP: Norihito Kaneto (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: Craig Brazell (1)
RAK: Andruw Jones (1), Ryo Hijirisawa (1)


Game 3

Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Rakuten 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 6 0
WP: Manabu Mima (1–0)   LP: Takuya Furuya (0–1)


Game 4

Monday, October 21, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 10 1
Rakuten 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 X 8 10 0
WP: Takashi Saito (1–0)   LP: Carlos Rosa (0–1)   Sv: Masahiro Tanaka (1)
Home runs:
LOT: G.G. Sato (1)
RAK: Andruw Jones (2), Casey McGehee (1)

References

  1. "Saturday, October 12, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  2. "Sunday, October 13, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  3. "Monday, October 14, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  4. "Thursday, October 17, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  5. "Friday, October 18, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  6. "Saturday, October 19, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  7. "Monday, October 21, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  8. "Sunday, October 20, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
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