# 2012 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2012 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 2012 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2012 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 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 19.

## First stage
### Summary

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 2–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 13 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 | Seibu Dome | 2:54 | 32,074 |
| 2 | October 14 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 8 | Seibu Dome | 3:23 | 33,918 |
| 3 | October 15 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2 | Seibu Dome | 3:23 | 25,002 |

### Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2012 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| SoftBank | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Tadashi Settsu (1–0) LP: Kazuhisa Makita (0–1) Sv: Masahiko Morifuku (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Sunday, October 14, 2012 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| WP: Takayuki Kishi (1–0) LP: Shota Takeda (0–1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Monday, October 15, 2012 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Kenji Otonari (1–0) LP: Kazuhisa Ishii (0–1) Sv: Hideki Okajima (1) Home runs: SOF: None SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1), José Ortiz (1) |||||||||||||

## Final stage
### Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 4–0*.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 17 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 | Sapporo Dome | 2:56 | 31,022 |
| 2 | October 18 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 | Sapporo Dome | 3:17 | 23,610 |
| 3 | October 19 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 | Sapporo Dome | 3:16 | 37,166 |
    * The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

### Game 1

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Mitsuo Yoshikawa (1–0) LP: Yoshiaki Fujioka (0–1) Sv: Hisashi Takeda (1) Home runs: SOF: None NIP: Yoshio Itoi (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

Thursday, October 18, 2012 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Nippon-Ham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Masaru Takeda (1–0) LP: Nagisa Arakaki (0–1) Sv: Hisashi Takeda (2) Home runs: SOF: None NIP: Yoshio Itoi (2) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Friday, October 19, 2012 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| SoftBank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Nippon-Ham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Brian Wolfe (1–0) LP: Tadashi Settsu (0–1) Sv: Hisashi Takeda (3) Home runs: SOF: Wily Mo Peña (1) NIP: None |||||||||||||