2011 Central League Climax Series | |||||||||||||
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First stage | |||||||||||||
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Dates | October 29–31 | ||||||||||||
Final stage | |||||||||||||
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Dates | November 2–6 | ||||||||||||
MVP | Kazuki Yoshimi (Chunichi) | ||||||||||||
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.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows won the series, 2–1.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 29 | Yomiuri Giants – 2, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:28 | 32,339 [1] |
2 | October 30 | Yomiuri Giants – 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:24 | 32,148 [2] |
3 | October 31 | Yomiuri Giants – 1, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 2:51 | 31,687 [3] |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP:
Kyohei Muranaka (1–0)
LP:
Yasunari Takagi (0–1)
Sv:
Lim Chang-Yong (1) Home runs: YOM: Saburo Omura (1) YAK: None |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP:
Tetsuya Utsumi (1–0)
LP:
Masanori Ishikawa (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1) YAK: None |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yakult | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP:
Katsuki Akagawa (1–0)
LP:
Dicky Gonzalez (0–1)
Sv:
Kyohei Muranaka (1) Home runs: YOM: Michihiro Ogasawara (1) YAK: Ryoji Aikawa (1) |
Chunichi Dragons won the series, 4–2*.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | November 2 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 2 | Nagoya Dome | 3:05 | 34,689 [4] |
2 | November 3 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 1 | Nagoya Dome | 2:53 | 38,414 [5] |
3 | November 4 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Chunichi Dragons – 1 | Nagoya Dome | 3:50 | 37,599 [6] |
4 | November 5 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 5 | Nagoya Dome | 3:08 | 38,342 [7] |
5 | November 6 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 2 | Nagoya Dome | 2:51 | 38,252 [8] |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chunichi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0) LP: Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yakult | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Tony Barnette (1–0) LP: Daisuke Yamai (0–1) Sv: Lim Chang-Yong (1) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yakult | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chunichi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP:
Yudai Kawai (1–0)
LP:
Katsuki Akagawa (0–1) Home runs: YAK: None CHU: Tony Blanco (1) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP:
Kazuki Yoshimi (2–0)
LP:
Shohei Tateyama (0–1)
Sv:
Takuya Asao (1) Home runs: YAK: None CHU: Hirokazu Ibata (1) |