# 2016 Central League Climax Series

The 2016 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) was a post-season playoff consisting of two consecutive series that determined who would represent the Central League in the Japan Series. The First Stage was a best-of-three series and the Final Stage was a best-of-six with the top seed being awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the series advanced to the 2016 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2016 Pacific League Climax Series winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began with the first game of the First Stage on October 8 and ended with the final game of the Final Stage on October 16.

## First stage
### Summary

Yokohama DeNA BayStars won the series, 2–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 8 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Tokyo Dome | 3:19 | 45,633 |
| 2 | October 9 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Tokyo Dome | 2:47 | 45,683 |
| 3 | October 10 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 (11) | Tokyo Dome | 4:21 | 45,477 |

### Game 1

Saturday, October 8, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| DeNA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Shoichi Ino (1–0) LP: Miles Mikolas (0–1) Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (1) Home runs: DEN: Takayuki Kajitani (1), Yoshitomo Tsutsugo (1), José López(1) YOM: Hayato Sakamoto (1) Attendance: 45,633 |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Sunday, October 9, 2016, 2:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| DeNA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| WP: Scott Mathieson (1–0) LP: Tomoya Mikami (0–1) Home runs: DEN: None YOM: Hayato Sakamoto (2) Attendance: 45,683 |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Monday, October 10, 2016, 2:01 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
| DeNA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Kenjiro Tanaka (1–0) LP: Hirokazu Sawamura (0–1) Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (2) Home runs: DEN: José López (2) YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1), Shuichi Murata (1) Attendance: 45,477 |||||||||||||||

## Final stage
### Summary

Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series, 4–1*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 12 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5 | Mazda Stadium | 2:48 | 31,276 |
| 2 | October 13 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3 | Mazda Stadium | 2:58 | 31,264 |
| 3 | October 14 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0 | Mazda Stadium | 3:19 | 31,291 |
| 4 | October 15 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 7, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8 | Mazda Stadium | 3:26 | 31,313 |
    * The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

### Game 1

Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 6:02 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| DeNA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Hiroshima | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Kris Johnson (1–0) LP: Guillermo Moscoso (0–1) Attendance: 31,276 |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Thursday, October 13, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| DeNA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Hiroshima | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| WP: Yusuke Nomura (1–0) LP: Kazuki Mishima (0–1) Sv: Shota Nakazaki (1) Home runs: DEN: None HIR: Kosuke Tanaka (1) Attendance: 31,264 |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Friday, October 14, 2016, 6:00 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| DeNA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Hiroshima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: Shoichi Ino (1–0) LP: Hiroki Kuroda (0–1) Sv: Yasuaki Yamasaki (1) Home runs: DEN: Elián Herrera (1) HIR: None Attendance: 31,291 |||||||||||||

### Game 4

Saturday, October 15, 2016, 1:31 pm (JST) at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| DeNA | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Hiroshima | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| WP: Akitake Okada (1–0) LP: Shota Imanaga (0–1) Sv: Shota Nakazaki (2) Home runs: DEN: Takayuki Kajitani (1), José López (1) HIR: Brad Eldred (1) Attendance: 31,313 |||||||||||||