# 2008 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2008 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 2008 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2008 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 11 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 22.

## First stage
### Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 2–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 11 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 1 | Kyocera Dome | 3:16 | 25,532 |
| 2 | October 12 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7, Orix Buffaloes – 2 | Kyocera Dome | 3:24 | 26,703 |

### Game 1

Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Orix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Yu Darvish (1–0) LP: Kazuki Kondo (0–1) Home runs: NIP: Terrmel Sledge (1) ORX: None |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Sunday, October 12, 2008 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Orix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| WP: Shugo Fujii (1–0) LP: Satoshi Komatsu (0–1) Home runs: NIP: Jason Botts (1) ORX: None |||||||||||||

## Second stage
### Summary

Saitama Seibu Lions won the series, 4–2*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 17 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 10 | Omiya Stadium | 3:23 | 20,500 |
| 2 | October 18 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Saitama Seibu Lions – 0 | Seibu Dome | 2:56 | 30,918 |
| 3 | October 19 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4 | Seibu Dome | 3:25 | 33,078 |
| 4 | October 21 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 9 | Seibu Dome | 3:07 | 18,704 |
| 5 | October 22 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 9 | Seibu Dome | 2:52 | 21,731 |
    * The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Second Stage.

### Game 1

Friday, October 17, 2008 at Omiya Park Baseball Stadium in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Seibu | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 10 | 13 | 1 |
| WP: Hideaki Wakui (1–0) LP: Ryan Glynn (0–1) Home runs: NIP: Terrmel Sledge (1) SEI: Hiroyuki Nakajima (2), Taketoshi Goto (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| WP: Yu Darvish (1–0) LP: Takayuki Kishi (0–1) Home runs: NIP: Makoto Kaneko (1) SEI: None |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Sunday, October 19, 2008 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Masaru Takeda (1–0) LP: Kazuyuki Hoashi (0–1) Home runs: NIP: Terrmel Sledge (2) SEI: None |||||||||||||

### Game 4

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Seibu | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 9 | 15 | 1 |
| WP: Kazuhisa Ishii (1–0) LP: Brian Sweeney (0–1) Home runs: NIP: Jason Botts (1) SEI: Toru Hosokawa (1), Shogo Akada (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 5

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Seibu | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | X | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| WP: Hideaki Wakui (2–0) LP: Ryan Glynn (0–2) Home runs: NIP: None SEI: Taketoshi Goto (2) |||||||||||||