2011 Central League Climax 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.

2011 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2) Junji Ogawa 70–59–15 (.543), 2.5 GB
Yomiuri Giants (1) Tatsunori Hara 71–62–11 (.534), 3.5 GB
DatesOctober 29–31
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chunichi Dragons (4) Hiromitsu Ochiai 75–59–10 (.560), 2.5 GA
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2) Junji Ogawa 70–59–15 (.543), 2.5 GB
DatesNovember 2–6
MVPKazuki Yoshimi (Chunichi)

First stage

Summary

Tokyo Yakult Swallows won the series, 2–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 29Yomiuri Giants – 2, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3Meiji Jingu Stadium3:2832,339[1] 
2October 30Yomiuri Giants – 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2Meiji Jingu Stadium3:2432,148[2] 
3October 31Yomiuri Giants – 1, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3Meiji Jingu Stadium2:5131,687[3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 29, 2011, 6:31 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo
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WP: Kyohei Muranaka (1–0)   LP: Yasunari Takagi (0–1)   Sv: Lim Chang-Yong (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Saburo Omura (1)
YAK: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 30, 2011, 6:30 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo
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WP: Tetsuya Utsumi (1–0)   LP: Masanori Ishikawa (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1)
YAK: None

Game 3

Monday, October 31, 2011, 6:30 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo
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Yomiuri000000001162
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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 won the series, 4–2*.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1November 2Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 2Nagoya Dome3:0534,689[4] 
2November 3Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 1Nagoya Dome2:5338,414[5] 
3November 4Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Chunichi Dragons – 1Nagoya Dome3:5037,599[6] 
4November 5Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 5Nagoya Dome3:0838,342[7] 
5November 6Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 2Nagoya Dome2:5138,252[8]
* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
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Chunichi10100000X270
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0)   LP: Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)

Game 2

Thursday, November 3, 2011, 6:01 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
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Chunichi000000001120
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, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
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Chunichi000100000150
WP: Tony Barnette (1–0)   LP: Daisuke Yamai (0–1)   Sv: Lim Chang-Yong (1)

Game 4

Saturday, November 5, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
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Chunichi40001000X581
WP: Yudai Kawai (1–0)   LP: Katsuki Akagawa (0–1)
Home runs:
YAK: None
CHU: Tony Blanco (1)

Game 5

Sunday, November 6, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
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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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