# 2011 Central League Climax Series

The 2011 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 2011 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2011 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 29 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 23.

## First stage
### Summary

Tokyo Yakult Swallows won the series, 2–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 29 | Yomiuri Giants – 2, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:28 | 32,339 |
| 2 | October 30 | Yomiuri Giants – 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:24 | 32,148 |
| 3 | October 31 | Yomiuri Giants – 1, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 2:51 | 31,687 |

### Game 1

Saturday, October 29, 2011, 6:31 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Kyohei Muranaka (1–0) LP: Yasunari Takagi (0–1) Sv: Lim Chang-Yong (1) Home runs: YOM: Saburo Omura (1) YAK: None |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Sunday, October 30, 2011, 6:30 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Tetsuya Utsumi (1–0) LP: Masanori Ishikawa (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1) YAK: None |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Monday, October 31, 2011, 6:30 pm (JST) at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Yakult | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Katsuki Akagawa (1–0) LP: Dicky Gonzalez (0–1) Sv: Kyohei Muranaka (1) Home runs: YOM: Michihiro Ogasawara (1) YAK: Ryoji Aikawa (1) |||||||||||||

## Final stage
### Summary

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 4–2*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | November 2 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 2 | Nagoya Dome | 3:05 | 34,689 |
| 2 | November 3 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 1 | Nagoya Dome | 2:53 | 38,414 |
| 3 | November 4 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Chunichi Dragons – 1 | Nagoya Dome | 3:50 | 37,599 |
| 4 | November 5 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 5 | Nagoya Dome | 3:08 | 38,342 |
| 5 | November 6 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 2 | Nagoya Dome | 2:51 | 38,252 |
    * The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

### Game 1

Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 6:00 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Chunichi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0) LP: Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Thursday, November 3, 2011, 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| WP: Masanori Ishikawa (1–0) LP: Wei-Yin Chen (0–1) Sv: Shohei Tateyama (1) Home runs: YAK: Yasushi Iihara (1) CHU: Masahiko Morino (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Friday, November 4, 2011, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Yakult | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Tony Barnette (1–0) LP: Daisuke Yamai (0–1) Sv: Lim Chang-Yong (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 4

Saturday, November 5, 2011, 6:00 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Chunichi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: Yudai Kawai (1–0) LP: Katsuki Akagawa (0–1) Home runs: YAK: None CHU: Tony Blanco (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 5

Sunday, November 6, 2011, 6:00 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| WP: Kazuki Yoshimi (2–0) LP: Shohei Tateyama (0–1) Sv: Takuya Asao (1) Home runs: YAK: None CHU: Hirokazu Ibata (1) |||||||||||||