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The 2013 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 2013 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2013 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 12 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 21.

First stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 12 Chiba Lotte Marines – 11, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Dome 3:24 32,880[1] 
2 October 13 Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 15 Seibu Dome 3:16 33,914[2] 
3 October 14 Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Dome 3:01 33,832[3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 5 0 11 16 0
Seibu 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
WP: Yuji Nishino (1–0)   LP: Takayuki Kishi (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: Tadahito Iguchi (1), Saburo Omura (1), Shohei Kato (1)
SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 13, 2013 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Seibu 2 2 1 3 5 0 0 2 X 15 20 0
WP: Yosuke Okamoto (1–0)   LP: Takahiro Matsunaga (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: None
SEI: Yasuyuki Kataoka (1), Takumi Kuriyama (1)

Game 3

Monday, October 14, 2013 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 7 0
Seibu 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 1
WP: Yuki Karakawa (1–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Makita (0–1)   Sv: Naoya Masuda (1)
Home runs:
LOT: Daichi Suzuki (1), Tadahito Iguchi (2)
SEI: None

Final stage

Summary

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles won the series, 4–1*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 17 Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 Kleenex Stadium 2:55 24,332[4] 
2 October 18 Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 (10) Kleenex Stadium 3:25 24,097[5] 
3 October 19 Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 Kleenex Stadium 3:00 24,396[6] 
4 October 21 Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8 Kleenex Stadium 3:33 24,264[7]
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.
Postponed from October 20 due to rain[8]

Game 1

Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Rakuten 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2 8 1
WP: Masahiro Tanaka (1–0)   LP: Yoshihisa Naruse (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: None
RAK: Ginji Akaminai (1)

Game 2

Friday, October 18, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 8 1
Rakuten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 0
WP: Tatsuya Uchi (1–0)   LP: Norihito Kaneto (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: Craig Brazell (1)
RAK: Andruw Jones (1), Ryo Hijirisawa (1)


Game 3

Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Rakuten 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 6 0
WP: Manabu Mima (1–0)   LP: Takuya Furuya (0–1)


Game 4

Monday, October 21, 2013 at Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 10 1
Rakuten 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 X 8 10 0
WP: Takashi Saito (1–0)   LP: Carlos Rosa (0–1)   Sv: Masahiro Tanaka (1)
Home runs:
LOT: G.G. Sato (1)
RAK: Andruw Jones (2), Casey McGehee (1)

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