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.
First stage
Summary
Yomiuri Giants won the series, 2–0.
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 16
Yomiuri Giants – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 1Koshien Stadium 3:09
46,868[ 1]
2
October 17
Yomiuri Giants – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 6Koshien Stadium
3:46
46,875[ 2]
Game 1
Game 2
Final stage
Summary
Chunichi Dragons won the series, 4–1*.
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
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 – 2Nagoya 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
Game 2
Thursday, October 21, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R H E
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
Game 4
Saturday, October 23, 2010, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R H E
Yomiuri
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
11
0
Chunichi 0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1X
4
8
0
WP :Takuya Asao (1–0) LP :Yuya Kubo (0–1)
References
^ "Saturday, October 16, 2010" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 17, 2010 .^ "Sunday, October 17, 2010" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 17, 2010 .^ "Wednesday, October 20, 2010" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 25, 2012 .^ "Thursday, October 21, 2010" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 25, 2012 .^ "Friday, October 22, 2010" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 25, 2012 .^ "Saturday, October 23, 2010" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 25, 2012 .
