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The 2007 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) consisted of two consecutive series of baseball games, in which Stage 1 was a best-of-three series and Stage 2 was a best-of-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2007 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2007 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began with the first game of Stage 1 on October 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 20.

First stage

Summary

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 2–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 13 Hanshin Tigers – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 7 Nagoya Dome 3:25 38,385[1] 
2 October 14 Hanshin Tigers – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 5 Nagoya Dome 3:14 38,275[2]

Game 1

Saturday, October 13, 2007, 6:01 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hanshin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Chunichi 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 X 7 13 0
WP: Kenshin Kawakami (1–0)   LP: Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi (0–1)
Home runs:
HAN: None
CHU: Tyrone Woods (1), Masahiko Morino (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 14, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hanshin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 0
Chunichi 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 8 0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0)   LP: Keiji Uezono (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)
Home runs:
HAN: None
CHU: Lee Byung-Kyu (1)

Second stage

The Yomiuri Giants hosted the Chunichi Dragons for all three Stage-2 games in the Tokyo Dome.

Summary

Chunichi Dragons won the series, 3–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 18 Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:48 44,232[3] 
2 October 19 Chunichi Dragons – 7, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:49 45,074[4] 
3 October 20 Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:17 46,081[5]

Game 1

Thursday, October 18, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 9 0
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 8 2
WP: Takashi Ogasawara (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1)
Home runs:
CHU: Tyrone Woods (1)
YOM: Yoshitomo Tani (1)

Game 2

Friday, October 19, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 7 14 1
Yomiuri 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 7 0
WP: Kenshin Kawakami (1–0)   LP: Hiroshi Kisanuki (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (2)
Home runs:
CHU: Lee Byung-Kyu (1)
YOM: Damon Hollins (1)

Game 3

Saturday, October 20, 2007, 6:00 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 0
Yomiuri 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0)   LP: Hisanori Takahashi (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (3)
Home runs:
CHU: Tyrone Woods (2), Motonobu Tanishige (1)
YOM: Tomohiro Nioka (1)

References

  1. ^ 2007年10月13日 (土) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  2. ^ 2007年10月14日 (日) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  3. ^ 2007年10月18日 (木) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  4. ^ 2007年10月19日 (金) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  5. ^ 2007年10月20日 (土) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
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