# 2013 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2013 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) 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 2013 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2013 Central League Climax Series winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The PLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 12 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 21.

## First stage
### Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 12 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 11, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 | Seibu Dome | 3:24 | 32,880 |
| 2 | October 13 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 15 | Seibu Dome | 3:16 | 33,914 |
| 3 | October 14 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 | Seibu Dome | 3:01 | 33,832 |

### Game 1

Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Lotte | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 0 |
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Yuji Nishino (1–0) LP: Takayuki Kishi (0–1) Home runs: LOT: Tadahito Iguchi (1), Saburo Omura (1), Shohei Kato (1) SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Sunday, October 13, 2013 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Seibu | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 15 | 20 | 0 |
| WP: Yosuke Okamoto (1–0) LP: Takahiro Matsunaga (0–1) Home runs: LOT: None SEI: Yasuyuki Kataoka (1), Takumi Kuriyama (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Monday, October 14, 2013 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: Yuki Karakawa (1–0) LP: Kazuhisa Makita (0–1) Sv: Naoya Masuda (1) Home runs: LOT: Daichi Suzuki (1), Tadahito Iguchi (2) SEI: None |||||||||||||

## Final stage
### Summary

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles won the series, 4–1*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 17 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 | Kleenex Stadium | 2:55 | 24,332 |
| 2 | October 18 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 (10) | Kleenex Stadium | 3:25 | 24,097 |
| 3 | October 19 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 | Kleenex Stadium | 3:00 | 24,396 |
| 4 | October 21$^†$ | Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8 | Kleenex Stadium | 3:33 | 24,264 |
    * The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the final stage.
    † The game scheduled for October 20th was cancelled because of rain and was not rescheduled because the Eagles won the series on October 21.

### Game 1

Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Rakuten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: Masahiro Tanaka (1–0) LP: Yoshihisa Naruse (0–1) Home runs: LOT: None RAK: Ginji Akaminai (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Friday, October 18, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Rakuten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Tatsuya Uchi (1–0) LP: Norihito Kaneto (0–1) Home runs: LOT: Craig Brazell (1) RAK: Andruw Jones (1), Ryo Hijirisawa (1) ||||||||||||||

### Game 3

Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Rakuten | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Manabu Mima (1–0) LP: Takuya Furuya (0–1) |||||||||||||

### Game 4

Monday, October 21, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| Rakuten | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Takashi Saito (1–0) LP: Carlos Rosa (0–1) Sv: Masahiro Tanaka (1) Home runs: LOT: G.G. Sato (1) RAK: Andruw Jones (2), Casey McGehee (1) |||||||||||||