# 2013 Central League Climax Series

The 2013 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 2013 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2013 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 12 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 18.

## First stage
### Summary

Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series, 2–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 12 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8, Hanshin Tigers – 1 | Koshien Stadium | 3:34 | 46,923 |
| 2 | October 13 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 4 | Koshien Stadium | 3:02 | 46,902 |

### Game 1

Saturday, October 12, 2013, 2:00 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Hiroshima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: Kenta Maeda (1–0) LP: Shintaro Fujinami (0–1) Home runs: HIR: Kila Ka'aihue (1), Yoshihiro Maru (1), Takahiro Iwamoto (1) HAN: None |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Sunday, October 13, 2013, 2:00 pm (JST) at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Hiroshima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| Hanshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| WP: Bryan Bullington (1–0) LP: Randy Messenger (0–1) Home runs: HIR: None HAN: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1), Shinjiro Hiyama (1) |||||||||||||

## Final stage
### Summary

Yomiuri Giants won the series, 4–0*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 16 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Tokyo Dome | 3:27 | 45,107 |
| 2 | October 17 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Tokyo Dome | 2:26 | 45,316 |
| 3 | October 18 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Tokyo Dome | 2:32 | 46,081 |
    * The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

### Game 1

Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Hiroshima | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| WP: Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1–0) LP: Ryuji Yokoyama (0–1) Sv: Kentaro Nishimura (1) Home runs: HIR: None YOM: Hayato Sakamoto (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Thursday, October 17, 2013, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Hiroshima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Tomoyuki Sugano (1–0) LP: Kenta Maeda (0–1) Home runs: HIR: None YOM: Takayuki Terauchi (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Friday, October 18, 2013, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Hiroshima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1–0) LP: Yusuke Nomura (0–1) Sv: Kentaro Nishimura (2) |||||||||||||