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2016 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2) Alex Ramírez 69–71–3 (.493), 19.5 GB
Yomiuri Giants (1) Yoshinobu Takahashi 71–69–3 (.507), 17.5 GB
DatesOctober 8–10
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (4) Koichi Ogata 89–52–2 (.631), 17.5 GA
Yokohama DeNA BayStars (1) Alex Ramírez 69–71–3 (.493), 19.5 GB
DatesOctober 12–16
MVPKosuke Tanaka (Hiroshima)
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2016 PLCS               2016 Japan Series

The 2016 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) was a post-season playoff consisting of two consecutive series that determined who would represent the Central League in the Japan Series. The First Stage was a best-of-three series and the Final Stage was a best-of-six with the top seed being awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the series advanced to the 2016 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2016 Pacific League Climax Series winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began with the first game of the First Stage on October 8 and ended with the final game of the Final Stage on October 16.

First stage

Summary

Yokohama DeNA BayStars won the series, 2–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 8 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 3:19 45,633 
2 October 9 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 2:47 45,683 
3 October 10 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 (11) Tokyo Dome 4:21 45,477

Game 1

Saturday, October 8, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DeNA 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 8 0
Yomiuri 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 9 0
WP: Shoichi Ino (1–0)   LP: Miles Mikolas (0–1)   Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (1)
Home runs:
DEN: Takayuki Kajitani (1), Yoshitomo Tsutsugo (1), José López(1)
YOM: Hayato Sakamoto (1)
Attendance: 45,633

Game 2

Sunday, October 9, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DeNA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Yomiuri 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2 4 0
WP: Scott Mathieson (1–0)   LP: Tomoya Mikami (0–1)
Home runs:
DEN: None
YOM: Hayato Sakamoto (2)
Attendance: 45,683

Game 3

Monday, October 10, 2016, 2:01 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
DeNA 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 0
Yomiuri 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
WP: Kenjiro Tanaka (1–0)   LP: Hirokazu Sawamura (0–1)   Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (2)
Home runs:
DEN: José López (2)
YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1), Shuichi Murata (1)
Attendance: 45,477

Final stage

Summary

Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series, 4–1*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 12 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5 Mazda Stadium 2:48 31,276 
2 October 13 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3 Mazda Stadium 2:58 31,264 
3 October 14 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0 Mazda Stadium 3:19 31,291 
4 October 15 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 7, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8 Mazda Stadium 3:26 31,313
* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 6:02 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DeNA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Hiroshima 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 X 5 9 0
WP: Kris Johnson (1–0)   LP: Guillermo Moscoso (0–1)
Attendance: 31,276

Game 2

Thursday, October 13, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DeNA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Hiroshima 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 3 4 1
WP: Yusuke Nomura (1–0)   LP: Kazuki Mishima (0–1)   Sv: Shota Nakazaki (1)
Home runs:
DEN: None
HIR: Kosuke Tanaka (1)
Attendance: 31,264

Game 3

Friday, October 14, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DeNA 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 0
Hiroshima 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
WP: Shoichi Ino (1–0)   LP: Hiroki Kuroda (0–1)   Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (1)
Home runs:
DEN: Elián Herrera (1)
HIR: None
Attendance: 31,291

Game 4

Saturday, October 15, 2016, 1:31 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DeNA 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 10 0
Hiroshima 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 8 11 2
WP: Akitake Okada (1–0)   LP: Shota Imanaga (0–1)   Sv: Shota Nakazaki (2)
Home runs:
DEN: Takayuki Kajitani (1), José López (1)
HIR: Brad Eldred (1)
Attendance: 31,313

References

  1. "Saturday, October 8, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  2. "Sunday, October 9, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  3. "Monday, October 10, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  4. "Wednesday, October 12, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  5. "Thursday, October 13, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  6. "Friday, October 14, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  7. "Saturday, October 15, 2016". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
Central League Climax Series
Yokohama DeNA BayStars
  • Established in 1949
  • Formerly the Taiyo Whales, the Taiyo Shochiku Robins, the Yosho Robins, the Yokohama Taiyo Whales, and the Yokohama BayStars
  • Based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
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Yomiuri Giants
  • Established in 1934
  • Formerly the Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club and the Tokyo Giants
  • Based in Bunkyō, Tokyo
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Hiroshima Toyo Carp
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  • Owner: Hajime Matsuda
  • Management: Matsuda family
  • Manager: Takahiro Arai
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