2012 Central League Climax Series | |||||||||||||
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First stage | |||||||||||||
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Dates | October 13–15 | ||||||||||||
Final stage | |||||||||||||
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Dates | October 17–22 | ||||||||||||
MVP | Yoshihito Ishii (Yomiuri) | ||||||||||||
The 2012 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 2012 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2012 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 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 22.
Chunichi Dragons won the series, 2–1.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 13 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 6 | Nagoya Dome | 3:11 | 31,146 [1] |
2 | October 14 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 0 | Nagoya Dome | 3:26 | 33,852 [2] |
3 | October 15 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 4 | Nagoya Dome | 3:39 | 23,264 [3] |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | 6 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP:
Kenichi Nakata (1–0)
LP:
Masanori Ishikawa (0–1)
Sv:
Daisuke Yamai (1) Home runs: YAK: Wladimir Balentien (1) CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP:
Shohei Tateyama (1–0)
LP:
Soma Yamauchi (0–1)
Sv:
Tony Barnette (1) Home runs: YAK: Wladimir Balentien (2) CHU: None |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yakult | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP:
Takuya Asao (1–0)
LP:
Tetsuya Yamamoto (0–1) Home runs: YAK: None CHU: Tony Blanco (1) |
Yomiuri Giants won the series, 4–3*.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 17 | Chunichi Dragons – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 1 | Tokyo Dome | 3:21 | 40,039 [4] |
2 | October 18 | Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Tokyo Dome | 3:40 | 39,135 [5] |
3 | October 19 | Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4 (10) | Tokyo Dome | 3:41 | 44,744 [6] |
4 | October 20 | Chunichi Dragons – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Tokyo Dome | 2:57 | 46,158 [7] |
5 | October 21 | Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Tokyo Dome | 3:40 | 45,897 [8] |
6 | October 22 | Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4 | Tokyo Dome | 3:18 | 44,351 [9] |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Yudai Ono (1–0) LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1) Sv: Daisuke Yamai (1) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chunichi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP:
Junki Ito (1–0)
LP:
D. J. Houlton (0–1)
Sv:
Daisuke Yamai (2) Home runs: CHU: Yohei Oshima (1) YOM: None |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Chunichi | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
WP:
Yuta Muto (1–0)
LP:
Kentaro Nishimura (0–1)
Sv:
Hitoki Iwase (1) Home runs: CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1) YOM: Shuichi Murata (1), Yoshinobu Takahashi (1) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Hirokazu Sawamura (1–0) LP: Kenshin Kawakami (0–1) Sv: Kentaro Nishimura (1) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP:
Scott Mathieson (1–0)
LP:
Hitoki Iwase (0–1) Home runs: CHU: Tony Blanco (1) YOM: None |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP:
D. J. Houlton (1–1)
LP:
Junki Ito (1–1)
Sv:
Kentaro Nishimura (2) Home runs: CHU: None YOM: Shuichi Murata (2) |