# 2022 Central League Climax Series

The 2022 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) was a set of two consecutive playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The First Stage began on October 8 and the Final Stage concluded on October 14. The First Stage was a best-of-three series between the second-place Yokohama DeNA BayStars and the third-place Hanshin Tigers. The Final Series was a best-of-six with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, the Central League champion, being awarded a one-win advantage against the Tigers, the winner of the First Stage. The Tokyo Yakult Swallows advanced to face the 2022 Pacific League Climax Series winner in the 2022 Japan Series with a 4-0 sweep of the Tigers.

## First stage
### Summary

Hanshin won the series, 2–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 8 | Hanshin Tigers – 2, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0 | Yokohama Stadium | 3:34 | 33,033 |
| 2 | October 9 | Hanshin Tigers – 0, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1 | Yokohama Stadium | 2:48 | 33,037 |
| 3 | October 10 | Hanshin Tigers – 3, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 2 | Yokohama Stadium | 3:19 | 32,977 |

### Game 1

Saturday, October 8, 2022, 2:01 pm (JST) at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| DeNA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Koyo Aoyagi (1–0) LP: Shota Imanaga (0–1) Sv: Atsuki Yuasa (1) Attendance: 33,033 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Sunday, October 9, 2022, 2:01 pm (JST) at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa 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 | 2 | 0 |
| DeNA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Shinichi Ohnuki (1–0) LP: Masashi Ito (0–1) Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (1) Attendance: 33,037 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Monday, October 10, 2022, 2:00 pm (JST) at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| DeNA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Yuta Iwasada (1–0) LP: Haruhiro Hamaguchi (0–1) Sv: Atsuki Yuasa (2) Home runs: HAN: Teruaki Sato (1) YDB: Toshiro Miyazaki (1) Attendance: 32,977 Boxscore |||||||||||||

## Final stage
### Summary

Yakult won the series, 4–0*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 12 | Hanshin Tigers – 1, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 7 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:03 | 26,499 |
| 2 | October 13 | Hanshin Tigers – 3, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 5 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:49 | 26,071 |
| 3 | October 14 | Hanshin Tigers – 3, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 6 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:39 | 29,343 |
    * The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the final stage.

### Game 1

Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 6:00 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Yakult | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Yasuhiro Ogawa (1–0) LP: Yuki Nishi (0–1) Home runs: HAN: None YAK: José Osuna (1), Domingo Santana (1) Attendance: 26,499 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Thursday, October 13, 2022, 6:01 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Hanshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Yakult | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Cy Sneed (1–0) LP: Shintaro Fujinami (0–1) Sv: Scott McGough (1) Home runs: HAN: None YAK: Munetaka Murakami (1), Hideki Nagaoka (1), José Osuna (2) Attendance: 26,071 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Friday, October 14, 2022, 6:01 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | X | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Kazuto Taguchi (1–0) LP: Koyo Aoyagi (0–1) Sv: Scott McGough (2) Attendance: 29,343 Boxscore |||||||||||||