2007 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2007 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-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2007 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2007 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 8 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 18.

2007 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Chiba Lotte Marines (2) Bobby Valentine 76–61–7 (.555), 2 GB Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (1) Sadaharu Oh 73–66–5 (.525), 6 GB
Dates	October 8–10
Second stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3) Trey Hillman 79–60–5 (.568), 2 GA Chiba Lotte Marines (2) Bobby Valentine 76–61–7 (.555), 2 GB
Dates	October 13–18
MVP	First Stage: Saburo Omura (Lotte) Second Stage: Yu Darvish (Nippon-Ham)
← 2006 Climax Series 2008 → 2007 CLCS               2007 Japan Series

First stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 8	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Chiba Lotte Marines – 8	Chiba Marine Stadium	3:30	30,010[1]
2	October 9	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8, Chiba Lotte Marines – 3	Chiba Marine Stadium	3:13	29,411[2]
3	October 10	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Chiba Lotte Marines – 4	Chiba Marine Stadium	3:07	30,011[3]

Game 1

Monday, October 8, 2007 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0
Lotte	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	X	8	9	1
WP: Shunsuke Watanabe (1–0)   LP: Kazumi Saito (0–1) Home runs: SOF: None LOT: José Ortiz (1)

Game 2

Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	15	0
Lotte	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	0
WP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1–0)   LP: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (0–1) Home runs: SOF: Nobuhiko Matsunaka (1), Brian Buchanan (1) LOT: Kazuya Fukuura (1)

Game 3

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba, Chiba 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	5	0
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	X	4	6	0
WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (1–0)   LP: Jason Standridge (0–1)

Second stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 3–2.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 13	Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5	Sapporo Dome	3:06	42,222[4]
2	October 14	Chiba Lotte Marines – 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1	Sapporo Dome	3:40	42,222[5]
3	October 15	Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7	Sapporo Dome	3:12	42,222[6]
4	October 16	Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1	Sapporo Dome	3:59	42,222[7]
5	October 18	Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6	Sapporo Dome	3:09	42,222[8]

Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
Nippon-Ham	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	5	13	0
WP: Yu Darvish (1–0)   LP: Yasutomo Kubo (0–1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 14, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	8	13	1
Nippon-Ham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
WP: Koji Takagi (1–0)   LP: Masaru Takeda (0–1) Home runs: LOT: Tomoya Satozaki (2), José Ortiz (1), Saburo Omura (1), Daisuke Hayakawa (1) NIP: None

Game 3

Monday, October 15, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido

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
Nippon-Ham	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	X	7	13	0
WP: Ryan Glynn (1–0)   LP: Shunsuke Watanabe (0–1)

Game 4

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	14	0
Nippon-Ham	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	11	0
WP: Yusuke Kawasaki (1–0)   LP: Masaru Takeda (0–2) Home runs: LOT: Tomoya Satozaki (3) NIP: None

Game 5

Thursday, October 18, 2007 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lotte	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	8	0
Nippon-Ham	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	X	6	11	0
WP: Yu Darvish (2–0)   LP: Yoshihisa Naruse (0–1) Home runs: LOT: None NIP: Fernando Seguignol (1)