2007 Central League Climax Series

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2007 Central League Climax Series

First stage

Team (Wins)	Manager	Season
Chunichi Dragons (2)	Hiromitsu Ochiai	78–64–2 (.549), 1.5 GB
Hanshin Tigers (0)	Akinobu Okada	74–66–4 (.529), 4.5 GB

Dates

October 13–14

Second stage

Team (Wins)	Manager	Season
Chunichi Dragons (3)	Hiromitsu Ochiai	78–64–2 (.549), 1.5 GB
Yomiuri Giants (0)	Tatsunori Hara	80–63–1 (.559), 1.5 GA

Dates

October 18–20

Climax Series

2008 →

2007 PLCS 2007 Japan Series

The 2007 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) consisted of two consecutive series of baseball games, in which Stage 1 was a best-of-three series and Stage 2 was a best-of-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2007 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2007 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began with the first game of Stage 1 on October 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 20.

First stage

Summary

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 2–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 13	Hanshin Tigers – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 7	Nagoya Dome	3:25	38,385^[1]
2	October 14	Hanshin Tigers – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 5	Nagoya Dome	3:14	38,275^[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2007, 6:01 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Chunichi	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	X	7	13	0
WP: Kenshin Kawakami (1–0) LP: Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi (0–1) Home runs: HAN: None CHU: Tyrone Woods (1), Masahiko Morino (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 14, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	8	0
Chunichi	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	5	8	0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0) LP: Keiji Uezono (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1) Home runs: HAN: None CHU: Lee Byung-Kyu (1)

Second stage

Summary

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 3–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 18	Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Tokyo Dome	3:48	44,232^[3]
2	October 19	Chunichi Dragons – 7, Yomiuri Giants – 4	Tokyo Dome	3:49	45,074^[4]
3	October 20	Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Tokyo Dome	3:17	46,081^[5]

Game 1

Thursday, October 18, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	9	0
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	8	2
WP: Takashi Ogasawara (1–0) LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1) Home runs: CHU: Tyrone Woods (1) YOM: Yoshitomo Tani (1)

Game 2

Friday, October 19, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	7	14	1
Yomiuri	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	7	0
WP: Kenshin Kawakami (1–0) LP: Hiroshi Kisanuki (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (2) Home runs: CHU: Lee Byung-Kyu (1) YOM: Damon Hollins (1)

Game 3

Saturday, October 20, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	0
Yomiuri	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0) LP: Hisanori Takahashi (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (3) Home runs: CHU: Tyrone Woods (2), Motonobu Tanishige (1) YOM: Tomohiro Nioka (1)

References

^ 2007年10月13日 (土) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
^ 2007年10月14日 (日) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
^ 2007年10月18日 (木) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
^ 2007年10月19日 (金) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
^ 2007年10月20日 (土) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.

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Chunichi Dragons

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Hanshin Tigers

Established in 1935
Formerly the Osaka Tigers and the Hanshin Club
Based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

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Ballparks

Koshien Stadium

Culture

Curse of the Colonel

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Yomiuri Giants

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Owner: Takaoki Fujiwara
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Yomiuri Giants

Established in 1934
Formerly the Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club and the Tokyo Giants
Based in Bunkyō, Tokyo

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Ballparks

Korakuen Stadium
Tokyo Dome
Trainings: Sun Marine Stadium
Yomiuri Giants Stadium

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Hanshin Tigers

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Key personnel

Owner: Toshikazu Yamaguchi
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Japanese Baseball League championships (9)

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