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

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 (2) vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (1)

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

Final stage

Summary

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (4) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (1)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 17	Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	2:55	24,332[4]
2	October 18	Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	3:25	24,097[5]
3	October 19	Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	3:00	24,396[6]
4	October 21*	Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	3:33	24,264[7]

* Postponed from October 20 due to rain^[8]

References

1. "Saturday, October 12, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
2. "Sunday, October 13, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
3. "Monday, October 14, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
4. "Thursday, October 17, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
5. "Friday, October 18, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
6. "Saturday, October 19, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
7. "Monday, October 21, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
8. "Sunday, October 20, 2013". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 27, 2013.