2022 Pacific League Climax Series

2022 Pacific League Climax Series
2022 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2)
Saitama Seibu Lions (0)
Dates	October 8–9
Television	Sports Live+ (CS); TV Asahi (BS, Game 1); NHK (BS, Game 2)
Radio	KBC; RKB
Final stage
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
Orix Buffaloes (4)
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (1)
Dates	October 12–15
MVP	Masataka Yoshida (Orix)
Television	JSports 3 (CS); NHK (BS)
Radio	KBC; NHK Radio 1 (Game 1); RKB

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.

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.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 8	Saitama Seibu Lions – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5	PayPay Dome	3:01	32,134^[1]
2	October 9	Saitama Seibu Lions – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8	PayPay Dome	3:07	39,354^[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 8, 2022, 2:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seibu	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	6	2
SoftBank	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	X	5	7	1
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
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seibu	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	6	0
SoftBank	0	0	4	1	0	0	2	1	X	8	11	1
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*.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 12	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Orix Buffaloes – 5	Kyocera Dome	3:08	24,509^[3]
2	October 13	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Orix Buffaloes – 4	Kyocera Dome	3:27	18,572^[4]
3	October 14	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Orix Buffaloes – 0	Kyocera Dome	3:05	27,526^[5]
4	October 15	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 3	Kyocera Dome	3:12	33,717^[6]

* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the final stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 6:02 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Orix	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	X	5	8	0
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
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	0
Orix	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	4	11	0
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
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	1
Orix	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
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
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	1
Orix	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1X	3	6	0
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

^ "Saturday, October 8, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ "Sunday, October 9, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ "Wednesday, October 12, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ "Thursday, October 13, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
^ "Friday, October 14, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^ "Saturday, October 15, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

[1] "Saturday, October 8, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 12, 2022.

[2] "Sunday, October 9, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 12, 2022.

[3] "Wednesday, October 12, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 12, 2022.

[4] "Thursday, October 13, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 13, 2022.

[5] "Friday, October 14, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2022.

[6] "Saturday, October 15, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

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