2009 Central League Climax Series

2009 Central League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Chunichi Dragons (2) Hiromitsu Ochiai 81–61–1 (.556), 12 GB Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1) Shigeru Takada 71–72–1 (.497), 22 GB
Dates	October 17–19
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Yomiuri Giants (4) Tatsunori Hara 89–46–9 (.659), 12 GA Chunichi Dragons (1) Hiromitsu Ochiai 81–61–1 (.556), 12 GB
Dates	October 21–24
MVP	Ryota Wakiya (Yomiuri)

The 2009 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 2009 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2009 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 17 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 24.

First stage

Summary

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 2–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 17	Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 2	Nagoya Dome	3:24	38,391
2	October 18	Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Chunichi Dragons – 3	Nagoya Dome	3:18	38,171
3	October 19	Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 4, Chunichi Dragons – 7	Nagoya Dome	4:03	32,897

Game 1

Saturday, October 17, 2009, 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	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	5	0
Chunichi	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
WP: Masanori Ishikawa (1–0)   LP: Chen Wei-Yin (0–1)   Sv: Lim Chang-Yong (1) Home runs: YAK: Jamie D'Antona (1) CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 18, 2009, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yakult	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	2
Chunichi	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	3	7	1
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0)   LP: Shohei Tateyama (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1) Home runs: YAK: Ryohei Kawamoto (1) CHU: Motonobu Tanishige (1)

Game 3

Monday, October 19, 2009, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yakult	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	11	0
Chunichi	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	X	7	16	0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0)   LP: Yoshinori Sato (0–1) Home runs: YAK: None CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (2)

Second stage

Summary

Yomiuri Giants won the series, 4–1*.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 21	Chunichi Dragons – 7, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Tokyo Dome	3:11	41,259
2	October 22	Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 6	Tokyo Dome	3:53	40,452
3	October 23	Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 5	Tokyo Dome	3:33	45,409
4	October 24	Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8	Tokyo Dome	3:37	46,535

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

Game 1

Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	10	0
Yomiuri	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	0
WP: Takashi Ogasawara (1–0)   LP: Dicky Gonzalez (0–1) Home runs: CHU: Kei Nomoto (1), Tony Blanco (1) YOM: None

Game 2

Thursday, October 22, 2009, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	8	0
Yomiuri	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	X	6	15	0
WP: Wirfin Obispo (1–0)   LP: Chen Wei-Yin (0–1)   Sv: Marc Kroon (1) Home runs: CHU: Masahiko Morino (1), Atsushi Fujii (1) YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 23, 2009, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	8	1
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	X	5	10	0
WP: Kiyoshi Toyoda (1–0)   LP: Takuya Asao (0–1)   Sv: Marc Kroon (2) Home runs: CHU: Masahiko Morino (2) YOM: Alex Ramírez (1), Yoshiyuki Kamei (1)

Game 4

Saturday, October 24, 2009, 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	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
Yomiuri	2	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	X	8	9	1
WP: Daisuke Ochi (1–0)   LP: Kenichi Nakata (0–1) Home runs: CHU: Tony Blanco (2) YOM: Yoshitomo Tani (1)