# 2007 Central League Climax 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 |
| 2 | October 14 | Hanshin Tigers – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 5 | Nagoya Dome | 3:14 | 38,275 |

### 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 |
| 2 | October 19 | Chunichi Dragons – 7, Yomiuri Giants – 4 | Tokyo Dome | 3:49 | 45,074 |
| 3 | October 20 | Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Tokyo Dome | 3:17 | 46,081 |

### 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) |||||||||||||