2011 Central League Climax Series

First stage

Team (Wins)	Manager	Season
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2)	Junji Ogawa	70–59–15 (.543), 2.5 GB
Yomiuri Giants (1)	Tatsunori Hara	71–62–11 (.534), 3.5 GB

Dates

October 29–31

Final stage

Team (Wins)	Manager	Season
Chunichi Dragons (4)	Hiromitsu Ochiai	75–59–10 (.560), 2.5 GA
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2)	Junji Ogawa	70–59–15 (.543), 2.5 GB

Dates

November 2–6

MVP

Kazuki Yoshimi (Chunichi)

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CLCS

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The 2011 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 2011 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2011 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 29 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 23.

First stage

Summary

Tokyo Yakult Swallows won the series, 2–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 29	Yomiuri Giants – 2, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3	Meiji Jingu Stadium	3:28	32,339^[1]
2	October 30	Yomiuri Giants – 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2	Meiji Jingu Stadium	3:24	32,148^[2]
3	October 31	Yomiuri Giants – 1, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3	Meiji Jingu Stadium	2:51	31,687^[3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 29, 2011, 6:31 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	1
Yakult	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	X	3	8	0
WP: Kyohei Muranaka (1–0) LP: Yasunari Takagi (0–1) Sv: Lim Chang-Yong (1) Home runs: YOM: Saburo Omura (1) YAK: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 30, 2011, 6:30 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	6	9	0
Yakult	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	0
WP: Tetsuya Utsumi (1–0) LP: Masanori Ishikawa (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1) YAK: None

Game 3

Monday, October 31, 2011, 6:30 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	2
Yakult	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	X	3	7	0
WP: Katsuki Akagawa (1–0) LP: Dicky Gonzalez (0–1) Sv: Kyohei Muranaka (1) Home runs: YOM: Michihiro Ogasawara (1) YAK: Ryoji Aikawa (1)

Final stage

Summary

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 4–2*.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	November 2	Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 2	Nagoya Dome	3:05	34,689^[4]
2	November 3	Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 1	Nagoya Dome	2:53	38,414^[5]
3	November 4	Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Chunichi Dragons – 1	Nagoya Dome	3:50	37,599^[6]
4	November 5	Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 5	Nagoya Dome	3:08	38,342^[7]
5	November 6	Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 2	Nagoya Dome	2:51	38,252^[8]

* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yakult	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	0
Chunichi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	7	0
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0) LP: Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)

Game 2

Thursday, November 3, 2011, 6:01 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yakult	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	7	0
Chunichi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
WP: Masanori Ishikawa (1–0) LP: Wei-Yin Chen (0–1) Sv: Shohei Tateyama (1) Home runs: YAK: Yasushi Iihara (1) CHU: Masahiko Morino (1)

Game 3

Friday, November 4, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yakult	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
Chunichi	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
WP: Tony Barnette (1–0) LP: Daisuke Yamai (0–1) Sv: Lim Chang-Yong (1)

Game 4

Saturday, November 5, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yakult	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	2
Chunichi	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	5	8	1
WP: Yudai Kawai (1–0) LP: Katsuki Akagawa (0–1) Home runs: YAK: None CHU: Tony Blanco (1)

Game 5

Sunday, November 6, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yakult	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Chunichi	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	2	3	0
WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (2–0) LP: Shohei Tateyama (0–1) Sv: Takuya Asao (1) Home runs: YAK: None CHU: Hirokazu Ibata (1)

References

^ "Saturday, October 29, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
^ "Sunday, October 30, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
^ "Monday, October 31, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
^ "Wednesday, November 2, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
^ "Thursday, November 3, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
^ "Friday, November 4, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
^ "Saturday, November 5, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
^ "Sunday, November 6, 2011". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2012.

Central League Climax Series

Chunichi Dragons

Established in 1936
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Tokyo Yakult Swallows

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