2009 Central League Climax Series

{{Infobox Climax Series

| secondstage = yes

| clcs = yes

| year = 2009

| stage1champion = Chunichi Dragons (2)

| stage1champion_manager = Hiromitsu Ochiai

| stage1champion_games = 81–61–1 (.556), 12 GB

| stage1runnerup = Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1)

| stage1runnerup_manager = Shigeru Takada

| stage1runnerup_games = 71–72–1 (.497), 22 GB

| date1 = October 17–19

| television1 =

| announcers1 =

| radio1 =

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| umpires1 =

| stage2champion = Yomiuri Giants (4)

| stage2champion_manager = Tatsunori Hara

| stage2champion_games = 89–46–9 (.659), 12 GA

| stage2runnerup = Chunichi Dragons (1)

| stage2runnerup_manager = Hiromitsu Ochiai

| stage2runnerup_games = 81–61–1 (.556), 12 GB

| date2 = October 21–24

| MVP = Ryota Wakiya (Yomiuri)

| television2 =

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| previous_series = 2008 Central League Climax Series

| previous_year = 2008

| next_series = 2010 Central League Climax Series

| next_year = 2010

}}

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The 2009 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 2009 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2009 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 17 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 24.

First stage

=Summary=

{{MLB Playoff Summary

| summary =

| winner = Chunichi Dragons

| leader =

| score = 2–1

| date1 = October 17

| score1 = Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 2

| loc1 = Nagoya Dome

| time1 = 3:24

| att1 = 38,391

| ref1 = {{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009101701716.html |title=Saturday, October 17, 2009 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball |access-date=November 16, 2009}}

| date2 = October 18

| score2 = Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Chunichi Dragons – 3

| loc2 = Nagoya Dome

| time2 = 3:18

| att2 = 38,171

| ref2 = {{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009101801718.html |title=Sunday, October 18, 2009 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball |access-date=November 16, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091022114543/http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009101801718.html| archive-date= 22 October 2009 | url-status= live}}

| date3 = October 19

| score3 = Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 4, Chunichi Dragons – 7

| loc3 = Nagoya Dome

| time3 = 4:03

| att3 = 32,897

| ref3 = {{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009101901719.html |title=Monday, October 19, 2009 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball |access-date=November 16, 2009}}

}}

=Game 1=

{{Linescore|

|Date = Saturday, October 17, 2009,

|Time = 6:01 pm (JST)

|Location = Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

|Road=Yakult|RoadAbr=YAK

|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=3|R8=0|R9=0|RR=3|RH=5|RE=0

|Home=Chunichi|HomeAbr=CHU

|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=1|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=8|HE=0

|RSP=|HSP=

|WP=Masanori Ishikawa (1–0)|LP=Chen Wei-Yin (0–1)|SV=Lim Chang-Yong (1)

|RoadHR= Jamie D'Antona (1)|HomeHR= Kazuhiro Wada (1)

|}}

=Game 2=

{{Linescore|

|Date = Sunday, October 18, 2009,

|Time = 6:00 pm (JST)

|Location = Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

|Road=Yakult|RoadAbr=YAK

|R1=0|R2=2|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=2|RH=7|RE=2

|Home=Chunichi|HomeAbr=CHU

|H1=1|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=1|H8=0|H9=X|HR=3|HH=7|HE=1

|RSP=|HSP=

|WP=Kazuki Yoshimi (1–0)|LP=Shohei Tateyama (0–1)|SV=Hitoki Iwase (1)

|RoadHR= Ryohei Kawamoto (1)|HomeHR= Motonobu Tanishige (1)

|}}

=Game 3=

{{Linescore|

|Date = Monday, October 19, 2009,

|Time = 6:00 pm (JST)

|Location = Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

|Road=Yakult|RoadAbr=YAK

|R1=1|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=2|R9=1|RR=4|RH=11|RE=0

|Home=Chunichi|HomeAbr=CHU

|H1=0|H2=0|H3=2|H4=0|H5=3|H6=0|H7=0|H8=2|H9=X|HR=7|HH=16|HE=0

|RSP=|HSP=

|WP=Kenichi Nakata (1–0)|LP=Yoshinori Sato (0–1)|SV=

|RoadHR= |HomeHR= Kazuhiro Wada (2)

|}}

Second stage

=Summary=

{{MLB Playoff Summary

| summary =

| winner = Yomiuri Giants

| leader =

| score = 4–1*

| date1 = October 21

| score1 = Chunichi Dragons – 7, Yomiuri Giants – 2

| loc1 = Tokyo Dome

| time1 = 3:11

| att1 = 41,259

| ref1 = {{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102101720.html |title=Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball |access-date=November 16, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091025080227/http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102101720.html| archive-date= 25 October 2009 | url-status= live}}

| date2 = October 22

| score2 = Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 6

| loc2 = Tokyo Dome

| time2 = 3:53

| att2 = 40,452

| ref2 = {{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102201722.html |title=Thursday, October 22, 2009 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball |access-date=November 16, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091025080150/http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102201722.html| archive-date= 25 October 2009 | url-status= live}}

| date3 = October 23

| score3 = Chunichi Dragons – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 5

| loc3 = Tokyo Dome

| time3 = 3:33

| att3 = 45,409

| ref3 = {{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102301724.html |title=Friday, October 23, 2009 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball |access-date=November 16, 2009}}

| date4 = October 24

| score4 = Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8

| loc4 = Tokyo Dome

| time4 = 3:37

| att4 = 46,535

| ref4 = {{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/games/s2009102401726.html |title=Saturday, October 24, 2009 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball |access-date=November 16, 2009}}

}}

:* The Central League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Second Stage.