2012 Central League Climax Series

The 2012 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 2012 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2012 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 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 22.

2012 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Chunichi Dragons (2) Morimichi Takagi 75–53–16 (.586), 10.5 GB Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1) Junji Ogawa 68–65–11 (.511), 20 GB
Dates	October 13–15
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Yomiuri Giants (4) Tatsunori Hara 86–43–15 (.667), 10.5 GA Chunichi Dragons (3) Morimichi Takagi 75–53–16 (.586), 10.5 GB
Dates	October 17–22
MVP	Yoshihito Ishii (Yomiuri)
← 2011 Climax Series 2013 → 2012 PLCS               2012 Japan Series

First stage

Summary

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 2–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 13	Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 6	Nagoya Dome	3:11	31,146[1]
2	October 14	Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 0	Nagoya Dome	3:26	33,852[2]
3	October 15	Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 4	Nagoya Dome	3:39	23,264[3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2012, 2:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yakult	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0
Chunichi	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	X	6	11	0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0)   LP: Masanori Ishikawa (0–1)   Sv: Daisuke Yamai (1) Home runs: YAK: Wladimir Balentien (1) CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 14, 2012, 2:01 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yakult	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Chunichi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
WP: Shohei Tateyama (1–0)   LP: Soma Yamauchi (0–1)   Sv: Tony Barnette (1) Home runs: YAK: Wladimir Balentien (2) CHU: None

Game 3

Monday, October 15, 2012, 6:01 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yakult	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
Chunichi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	X	4	7	0
WP: Takuya Asao (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Yamamoto (0–1) Home runs: YAK: None CHU: Tony Blanco (1)

Final stage

Summary

Yomiuri Giants won the series, 4–3*.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 17	Chunichi Dragons – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 1	Tokyo Dome	3:21	40,039[4]
2	October 18	Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Tokyo Dome	3:40	39,135[5]
3	October 19	Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4 (10)	Tokyo Dome	3:41	44,744[6]
4	October 20	Chunichi Dragons – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Tokyo Dome	2:57	46,158[7]
5	October 21	Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Tokyo Dome	3:40	45,897[8]
6	October 22	Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4	Tokyo Dome	3:18	44,351[9]

* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	9	0
Yomiuri	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
WP: Yudai Ono (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1)   Sv: Daisuke Yamai (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 18, 2012, 6:01 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	11	0
Yomiuri	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	0
WP: Junki Ito (1–0)   LP: D. J. Houlton (0–1)   Sv: Daisuke Yamai (2) Home runs: CHU: Yohei Oshima (1) YOM: None

Game 3

Friday, October 19, 2012, 6:01 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Chunichi	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	11	0
Yomiuri	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	7	0
WP: Yuta Muto (1–0)   LP: Kentaro Nishimura (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1) Home runs: CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1) YOM: Shuichi Murata (1), Yoshinobu Takahashi (1)

Game 4

Saturday, October 20, 2012, 6:01 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	0
Yomiuri	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	X	3	6	0
WP: Hirokazu Sawamura (1–0)   LP: Kenshin Kawakami (0–1)   Sv: Kentaro Nishimura (1)

Game 5

Sunday, October 21, 2012, 6:01 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
Yomiuri	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10	0
WP: Scott Mathieson (1–0)   LP: Hitoki Iwase (0–1) Home runs: CHU: Tony Blanco (1) YOM: None

Game 6

Monday, October 22, 2012, 6:01 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	8	0
Yomiuri	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	4	10	0
WP: D. J. Houlton (1–1)   LP: Junki Ito (1–1)   Sv: Kentaro Nishimura (2) Home runs: CHU: None YOM: Shuichi Murata (2)

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