The 2022 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) was a set of two consecutive playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The first stage began on October 8 and the final stage concluded on October 15. The first stage was a best-of-three series between the second-place Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and the third-place Saitama Seibu Lions. The final stage was a best-of-six with the Orix Buffaloes, the Pacific League champion, being awarded a one-win advantage against the Hawks, the winner of the first stage. The Buffaloes advanced to the 2022 Japan Series to compete against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, the 2022 Central League Climax Series winner.
| 2022 Pacific League Climax Series | |||||||||||||
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| First stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 8–9 | ||||||||||||
| Television | Sports Live+ (CS) TV Asahi (BS, Game 1) NHK (BS, Game 2) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | KBC RKB | ||||||||||||
| Final stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 12–15 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Masataka Yoshida (Orix) | ||||||||||||
| Television | JSports 3 (CS) NHK (BS) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | KBC NHK Radio 1 (Game 1) RKB | ||||||||||||
The first stage in Fukuoka marked the final games for Hatsuhiko Tsuji as a manager, as he would step down and be replaced by former Lions shortstop Kazuo Matsui.
First stage
editSummary
editSoftBank won the series, 2–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 8 | Saitama Seibu Lions – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 | PayPay Dome | 3:01 | 32,134[1] |
| 2 | October 9 | Saitama Seibu Lions – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8 | PayPay Dome | 3:07 | 39,354[2] |
Game 1
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kodai Senga (1–0) LP: Kona Takahashi (0–1) Sv: Liván Moinelo (1) Home runs: SEI: Tomoya Mori (1) SBH: Yuki Yanagita (1) Attendance: 32,134 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 8 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Nao Higashihama (1–0) LP: Tatsuya Imai (0–1) Home runs: SEI: Hotaka Yamakawa (1) SBH: Yuki Yanagita (2) Attendance: 39,354 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final stage
editSummary
editOrix won the series, 4–1*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 12 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Orix Buffaloes – 5 | Kyocera Dome | 3:08 | 24,509[3] |
| 2 | October 13 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Orix Buffaloes – 4 | Kyocera Dome | 3:27 | 18,572[4] |
| 3 | October 14 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Orix Buffaloes – 0 | Kyocera Dome | 3:05 | 27,526[5] |
| 4 | October 15 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 3 | Kyocera Dome | 3:12 | 33,717[6] |
- * The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the final stage.
Game 1
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Orix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1–0) LP: Shuta Ishikawa (0–1) Home runs: SBH: None ORX: Masataka Yoshida (1) Attendance: 24,509 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| SoftBank | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Orix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Hiroya Miyagi (1–0) LP: Tomohisa Ohzeki (0–1) Sv: Shota Abe (1) Home runs: SBH: None ORX: Yutaro Sugimoto (1) Attendance: 18,572 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| SoftBank | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Orix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kodai Senga (1–0) LP: Daiki Tajima (0–1) Sv: Liván Moinelo (1) Home runs: SBH: Isami Nomura (1) ORX: None Attendance: 27,526 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Orix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1X | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Shota Abe (1–0) LP: Liván Moinelo (0–1) Home runs: SBH: Alfredo Despaigne (1) ORX: Masataka Yoshida (2) Attendance: 33,717 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Saturday, October 8, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ "Sunday, October 9, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ "Wednesday, October 12, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ "Thursday, October 13, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
- ^ "Friday, October 14, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ "Saturday, October 15, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 16, 2022.