2022 Pacific League Climax Series

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
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Hiroshi Fujimoto 76–65–2 (.539), 0 GB
Saitama Seibu Lions (0) Hatsuhiko Tsuji 72–68–3 (.514), 3.5 GB
DatesOctober 8–9
TelevisionSports Live+ (CS)
TV Asahi (BS, Game 1)
NHK (BS, Game 2)
RadioKBC
RKB
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Orix Buffaloes (4) Satoshi Nakajima 76–65–2 (.539), 0 GA
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (1) Hiroshi Fujimoto 76–65–2 (.539), 0 GB
DatesOctober 12–15
MVPMasataka Yoshida (Orix)
TelevisionJSports 3 (CS)
NHK (BS)
RadioKBC
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

Summary

SoftBank won the series, 2–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 8Saitama Seibu Lions – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5PayPay Dome3:0132,134[1] 
2October 9Saitama Seibu Lions – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8PayPay Dome3:0739,354[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 8, 2022, 2:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Seibu000021000362
SoftBank00400100X571
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

Sunday, October 9, 2022, 2:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
Seibu000010001260
SoftBank00410021X8111
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

Summary

Orix won the series, 4–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 12Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Orix Buffaloes – 5Kyocera Dome3:0824,509[3] 
2October 13Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Orix Buffaloes – 4Kyocera Dome3:2718,572[4] 
3October 14Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Orix Buffaloes – 0Kyocera Dome3:0527,526[5] 
4October 15Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 3Kyocera Dome3:1233,717[6]

Game 1

Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 6:02 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
SoftBank000000000060
Orix00013010X580
WP: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1–0)   LP: Shuta Ishikawa (0–1)
Home runs:
SBH: None
ORX: Masataka Yoshida (1)
Attendance: 24,509
Boxscore

Game 2

Thursday, October 13, 2022, 6:02 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
SoftBank101000001390
Orix10102000X4110
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

Friday, October 14, 2022, 6:01 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
SoftBank200000010381
Orix000030000061
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

Saturday, October 15, 2022, 6:01 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team123456789RHE
SoftBank000000200241
Orix000200001X360
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

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