# 2015 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2015 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 2015 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2015 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 10 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 16.

## First stage
### Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 10 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 9, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 | Sapporo Dome | 3:28 | 41,138 |
| 2 | October 11 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 | Sapporo Dome | 3:06 | 41,138 |
| 3 | October 12 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1 | Sapporo Dome | 3:42 | 32,201 |

### Game 1

Saturday, October 10, 2015 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Lotte | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| Nippon-Ham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Ayumu Ishikawa (1–0) LP: Shohei Ohtani (0–1) Home runs: LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (1) NIP: None |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Lotte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Kohei Arihara (1–0) LP: Tomohisa Otani (0–1) Sv: Hirotoshi Masui (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Monday, October 12, 2015 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Lotte | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Nippon-Ham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Hideaki Wakui (1–0) LP: Kohei Arihara (1–1) Sv: Tatsuya Uchi (1) Home runs: LOT: Tadahito Iguchi (1), Alfredo Despaigne (1) NIP: None |||||||||||||

## Final stage
### Summary

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–0*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 14 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 (10) | Yafuoku Dome | 3:43 | 37,360 |
| 2 | October 15 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6 | Yafuoku Dome | 2:59 | 37,603 |
| 3 | October 16 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 | Yafuoku Dome | 2:53 | 37,235 |
    * The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

### Game 1

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Lotte | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1X | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Ryota Igarashi (1–0) LP: Tatsuya Uchi (0–1) Home runs: LOT: None SOF: Yuki Yanagita (1) ||||||||||||||

### Game 2

Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| SoftBank | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Rick van den Hurk (1–0) LP: Takuya Furuya (0–1) Home runs: LOT: None SOF: Dae-ho Lee (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Friday, October 16, 2015 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0) LP: Ayumu Ishikawa (0–1) Sv: Dennis Sarfate (1) Home runs: LOT: None SOF: Dae-ho Lee (2) |||||||||||||