2013 Pacific League Climax Series

2013 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Chiba Lotte Marines (2) Tsutomu Ito 74–68–2 (.521), 8.5 GB Saitama Seibu Lions (1) Hisanobu Watanabe 74–66–4 (.529), 7.5 GB
Dates	October 12–14
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (4) Senichi Hoshino 82–59–3 (.582), 7.5 GA Chiba Lotte Marines (1) Tsutomu Ito 74–68–2 (.521), 8.5 GB
Dates	October 17–21
MVP	Masahiro Tanaka (Rakuten)

The 2013 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) 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 Central League Climax Series winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The PLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 12 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 21.

First Stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 12	Chiba Lotte Marines – 11, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1	Seibu Dome	3:24	32,880
2	October 13	Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 15	Seibu Dome	3:16	33,914
3	October 14	Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1	Seibu Dome	3:01	33,832

Game 1

Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	5	0	11	16	0
Seibu	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
WP: Yuji Nishino (1–0)   LP: Takayuki Kishi (0–1) Home runs: LOT: Tadahito Iguchi (1), Saburo Omura (1), Shohei Kato (1) SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 13, 2013 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Seibu	2	2	1	3	5	0	0	2	X	15	20	0
WP: Yosuke Okamoto (1–0)   LP: Takahiro Matsunaga (0–1) Home runs: LOT: None SEI: Yasuyuki Kataoka (1), Takumi Kuriyama (1)

Game 3

Monday, October 14, 2013 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	7	0
Seibu	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	8	1
WP: Yuki Karakawa (1–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Makita (0–1)   Sv: Naoya Masuda (1) Home runs: LOT: Daichi Suzuki (1), Tadahito Iguchi (2) SEI: None

Final Stage

Summary

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles won the series, 4–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 17	Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2	Kleenex Stadium	2:55	24,332
2	October 18	Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 (10)	Kleenex Stadium	3:25	24,097
3	October 19	Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2	Kleenex Stadium	3:00	24,396
4	October 21†	Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8	Kleenex Stadium	3:33	24,264

† Postponed from October 20 due to rain

Game 1

Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
Rakuten	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	2	8	1
WP: Masahiro Tanaka (1–0)   LP: Yoshihisa Naruse (0–1) Home runs: LOT: None RAK: Ginji Akaminai (1)

Game 2

Friday, October 18, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	8	1
Rakuten	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	7	0
WP: Tatsuya Uchi (1–0)   LP: Norihito Kaneto (0–1) Home runs: LOT: Craig Brazell (1) RAK: Andruw Jones (1), Ryo Hijirisawa (1)

Game 3

Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Rakuten	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	6	0
WP: Manabu Mima (1–0)   LP: Takuya Furuya (0–1)

Game 4

Monday, October 21, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	10	1
Rakuten	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	X	8	10	0
WP: Takashi Saito (1–0)   LP: Carlos Rosa (0–1)   Sv: Masahiro Tanaka (1) Home runs: LOT: G.G. Sato (1) RAK: Andruw Jones (2), Casey McGehee (1)