2010 Central League Climax Series
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The 2010 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 2010 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2010 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 16 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 23.
| 2010 Central League Climax Series | |||||||||||||
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| First stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 16–17 | ||||||||||||
| Final stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 20–23 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Kazuhiro Wada (Chunichi) | ||||||||||||
First stage
Summary
Yomiuri Giants won the series, 2–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 16 | Yomiuri Giants – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 1 | Koshien Stadium | 3:09 | 46,868[1] |
| 2 | October 17 | Yomiuri Giants – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 6 | Koshien Stadium | 3:46 | 46,875[2] |
Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Shun Tono (1–0) LP: Atsushi Nomi (0–1) Sv: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1) Home runs: YOM: Hayato Sakamoto (1) HAN: Craig Brazell (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Daisuke Ochi (1–0) LP: Kyuji Fujikawa (0–1) Sv: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (2) Home runs: YOM: Yoshinobu Takahashi (1) HAN: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final stage
Summary
Chunichi Dragons won the series, 4–1*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 20 | Yomiuri Giants – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 5 | Nagoya Dome | 3:30 | 37,659[3] |
| 2 | October 21 | Yomiuri Giants – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 2 | Nagoya Dome | 2:53 | 37,298[4] |
| 3 | October 22 | Yomiuri Giants – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 2 | Nagoya Dome | 3:03 | 38,432[5] |
| 4 | October 23 | Yomiuri Giants – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 4 | Nagoya Dome | 3:57 | 38,432[6] |
- * The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.
Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chunichi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Wei-Yin Chen (1–0) LP: Shun Tono (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chunichi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0) LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1) Sv: Takuya Asao (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Daisuke Ochi (1–0) LP: Hitoki Iwase (0–1) Sv: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1) Home runs: YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1) CHU: Kei Nomoto (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||