2013 Central League Climax Series

The 2013 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 2013 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2013 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 12 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 18.

2013 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2) Kenjiro Nomura 69–72–3 (.489), 17 GB Hanshin Tigers (0) Yutaka Wada 73–67–4 (.521), 12.5 GB
Dates	October 12–13
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Yomiuri Giants (4) Tatsunori Hara 84–53–7 (.613), 12.5 GA Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0) Kenjiro Nomura 69–72–3 (.489), 17 GB
Dates	October 16–18
MVP	Tomoyuki Sugano (Yomiuri)

First stage

Summary

Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series, 2–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 12	Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8, Hanshin Tigers – 1	Koshien Stadium	3:34	46,923
2	October 13	Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 4	Koshien Stadium	3:02	46,902

Game 1

Saturday, October 12, 2013, 2:00 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hiroshima	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	8	13	0
Hanshin	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
WP: Kenta Maeda (1–0)   LP: Shintaro Fujinami (0–1) Home runs: HIR: Kila Ka'aihue (1), Yoshihiro Maru (1), Takahiro Iwamoto (1) HAN: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 13, 2013, 2:00 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hiroshima	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	7	11	0
Hanshin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	6	2
WP: Bryan Bullington (1–0)   LP: Randy Messenger (0–1) Home runs: HIR: None HAN: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1), Shinjiro Hiyama (1)

Final stage

Summary

Yomiuri Giants won the series, 4–0*.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 16	Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Tokyo Dome	3:27	45,107
2	October 17	Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Tokyo Dome	2:26	45,316
3	October 18	Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Tokyo Dome	2:32	46,081

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

Game 1

Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hiroshima	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	1
Yomiuri	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	3	6	1
WP: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1–0)   LP: Ryuji Yokoyama (0–1)   Sv: Kentaro Nishimura (1) Home runs: HIR: None YOM: Hayato Sakamoto (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 17, 2013, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hiroshima	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Yomiuri	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	6	0
WP: Tomoyuki Sugano (1–0)   LP: Kenta Maeda (0–1) Home runs: HIR: None YOM: Takayuki Terauchi (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 18, 2013, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hiroshima	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Yomiuri	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	X	3	7	0
WP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1–0)   LP: Yusuke Nomura (0–1)   Sv: Kentaro Nishimura (2)