# 2012 Central League Climax Series

The 2012 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 2012 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2012 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 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 22.

## First stage
### Summary

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 2–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 13 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 6 | Nagoya Dome | 3:11 | 31,146 |
| 2 | October 14 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 0 | Nagoya Dome | 3:26 | 33,852 |
| 3 | October 15 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 4 | Nagoya Dome | 3:39 | 23,264 |

### Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2012, 2:00 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0) LP: Masanori Ishikawa (0–1) Sv: Daisuke Yamai (1) Home runs: YAK: Wladimir Balentien (1) CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Sunday, October 14, 2012, 2:01 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: Shohei Tateyama (1–0) LP: Soma Yamauchi (0–1) Sv: Tony Barnette (1) Home runs: YAK: Wladimir Balentien (2) CHU: None |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Monday, October 15, 2012, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Takuya Asao (1–0) LP: Tetsuya Yamamoto (0–1) Home runs: YAK: None CHU: Tony Blanco (1) |||||||||||||

## Final stage
### Summary

Yomiuri Giants won the series, 4–3*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 17 | Chunichi Dragons – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 1 | Tokyo Dome | 3:21 | 40,039 |
| 2 | October 18 | Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Tokyo Dome | 3:40 | 39,135 |
| 3 | October 19 | Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4 (10) | Tokyo Dome | 3:41 | 44,744 |
| 4 | October 20 | Chunichi Dragons – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Tokyo Dome | 2:57 | 46,158 |
| 5 | October 21 | Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Tokyo Dome | 3:40 | 45,897 |
| 6 | October 22 | Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4 | Tokyo Dome | 3:18 | 44,351 |
    * The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

### Game 1

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Yudai Ono (1–0) LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1) Sv: Daisuke Yamai (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Thursday, October 18, 2012, 6:01 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chunichi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Junki Ito (1–0) LP: D. J. Houlton (0–1) Sv: Daisuke Yamai (2) Home runs: CHU: Yohei Oshima (1) YOM: None |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Friday, October 19, 2012, 6:01 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Chunichi | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Yuta Muto (1–0) LP: Kentaro Nishimura (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1) Home runs: CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1) YOM: Shuichi Murata (1), Yoshinobu Takahashi (1) ||||||||||||||

### Game 4

Saturday, October 20, 2012, 6:01 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Hirokazu Sawamura (1–0) LP: Kenshin Kawakami (0–1) Sv: Kentaro Nishimura (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 5

Sunday, October 21, 2012, 6:01 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Scott Mathieson (1–0) LP: Hitoki Iwase (0–1) Home runs: CHU: Tony Blanco (1) YOM: None |||||||||||||

### Game 6

Monday, October 22, 2012, 6:01 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: D. J. Houlton (1–1) LP: Junki Ito (1–1) Sv: Kentaro Nishimura (2) Home runs: CHU: None YOM: Shuichi Murata (2) |||||||||||||