# 2022 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2022 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) 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 15. The first stage was a best-of-three series between the second-place Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and the third-place Saitama Seibu Lions. The final stage was a best-of-six with the Orix Buffaloes, the Pacific League champion, being awarded a one-win advantage against the Hawks, the winner of the first stage. The Buffaloes advanced to the 2022 Japan Series to compete against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, the 2022 Central League Climax Series winner.
The first stage in Fukuoka marked the final games for Hatsuhiko Tsuji as a manager, as he would step down and be replaced by former Lions shortstop Kazuo Matsui.

## First stage
### Summary

SoftBank won the series, 2–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 8 | Saitama Seibu Lions – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 | PayPay Dome | 3:01 | 32,134 |
| 2 | October 9 | Saitama Seibu Lions – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8 | PayPay Dome | 3:07 | 39,354 |

### Game 1

Saturday, October 8, 2022, 2:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Kodai Senga (1–0) LP: Kona Takahashi (0–1) Sv: Liván Moinelo (1) Home runs: SEI: Tomoya Mori (1) SBH: Yuki Yanagita (1) Attendance: 32,134 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Sunday, October 9, 2022, 2:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| WP: Nao Higashihama (1–0) LP: Tatsuya Imai (0–1) Home runs: SEI: Hotaka Yamakawa (1) SBH: Yuki Yanagita (2) Attendance: 39,354 Boxscore |||||||||||||

## Final stage
### Summary

Orix won the series, 4–1*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 12 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Orix Buffaloes – 5 | Kyocera Dome | 3:08 | 24,509 |
| 2 | October 13 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Orix Buffaloes – 4 | Kyocera Dome | 3:27 | 18,572 |
| 3 | October 14 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Orix Buffaloes – 0 | Kyocera Dome | 3:05 | 27,526 |
| 4 | October 15 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 3 | Kyocera Dome | 3:12 | 33,717 |
    * The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the final stage.

### Game 1

Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 6:02 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka 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 | 6 | 0 |
| Orix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1–0) LP: Shuta Ishikawa (0–1) Home runs: SBH: None ORX: Masataka Yoshida (1) Attendance: 24,509 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Thursday, October 13, 2022, 6:02 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| SoftBank | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Orix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| WP: Hiroya Miyagi (1–0) LP: Tomohisa Ohzeki (0–1) Sv: Shota Abe (1) Home runs: SBH: None ORX: Yutaro Sugimoto (1) Attendance: 18,572 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Friday, October 14, 2022, 6:01 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| SoftBank | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Orix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| WP: Kodai Senga (1–0) LP: Daiki Tajima (0–1) Sv: Liván Moinelo (1) Home runs: SBH: Isami Nomura (1) ORX: None Attendance: 27,526 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Game 4

Saturday, October 15, 2022, 6:01 pm (JST) at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Orix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1X | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Shota Abe (1–0) LP: Liván Moinelo (0–1) Home runs: SBH: Alfredo Despaigne (1) ORX: Masataka Yoshida (2) Attendance: 33,717 Boxscore |||||||||||||