2013 Pacific League Climax Series

{{Infobox Climax Series

| clcs =

| year = 2013

| stage1champion = Chiba Lotte Marines (2)

| stage1champion_manager = Tsutomu Ito

| stage1champion_games = 74–68–2 (.521), 8½ {{abbr|GB|Games back}}

| stage1runnerup = Saitama Seibu Lions (1)

| stage1runnerup_manager = Hisanobu Watanabe

| stage1runnerup_games = 74–66–4 (.529), 7½ {{abbr|GB|Games back}}

| date1 = October 12–14

| television1 =

| announcers1 =

| radio1 =

| radio_announcers1 =

| umpires1 =

| stage2champion = {{wraplink|Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles|Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles}} (4)

| stage2champion_manager = Senichi Hoshino

| stage2champion_games = 82–59–3 (.582), 7½ {{abbr|GA|Games ahead}}

| stage2runnerup = Chiba Lotte Marines (1)

| stage2runnerup_manager = Tsutomu Ito

| stage2runnerup_games = 74–68–2 (.521), 8½ {{abbr|GB|Games back}}

| date2 = October 17–21

| MVP = Masahiro Tanaka (Rakuten)

| television2 =

| announcers2 =

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| previous_series = 2012 Pacific League Climax Series

| previous_year = 2012

| next_series = 2014 Pacific League Climax Series

| next_year = 2014

}}

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=

{{MLB Playoff Summary

| summary =

| winner = Chiba Lotte Marines

| leader =

| score = 2–1

| date1 = October 12

| score1 = Chiba Lotte Marines – 11, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1

| loc1 = Seibu Dome

| time1 = 3:24

| att1 = 32,880

| ref1 = {{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101201750.html |title=Saturday, October 12, 2013 |work=Nippon Professional Baseball |accessdate=October 15, 2014}}

| date2 = October 13

| score2 = Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 15

| loc2 = Seibu Dome

| time2 = 3:16

| att2 = 33,914

| ref2 = {{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101301753.html |title=Sunday, October 13, 2013 |work=Nippon Professional Baseball |accessdate=October 15, 2014}}

| date3 = October 14

| score3 = Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1

| loc3 = Seibu Dome

| time3 = 3:01

| att3 = 33,832

| ref3 = {{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101401754.html |title=Monday, October 14, 2013 |work=Nippon Professional Baseball |accessdate=October 15, 2014}}

}}

=Game 1=

{{linescore

| Date = Saturday, October 12, 2013

| Time =

| Location = Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

| Other =

| Road = Lotte | RoadAbr = LOT

| R1 = 1 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 2 | R4 = 1 | R5 = 1 | R6 = 1 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 5 | R9 = 0 | RR = 11 | RH = 16 | RE = 0

| Home = Seibu | HomeAbr = SEI

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

| WP = Yuji Nishino (1–0)| LP = Takayuki Kishi (0–1)

| HomeHR = Takeya Nakamura (1) | RoadHR = Tadahito Iguchi (1), Saburo Omura (1), Shohei Kato (1)

| Attendance =

| Notes =

}}

=Game 2=

{{linescore

| Date = Sunday, October 13, 2013

| Time =

| Location = Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

| Other =

| Road = Lotte | RoadAbr = LOT

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 0 | RH = 6 | RE = 0

| Home = Seibu | HomeAbr = SEI

| H1 = 2 | H2 = 2 | H3 = 1 | H4 = 3 | H5 = 5 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 2 | H9 = X | HR = 15 | HH = 20 | HE = 0

| WP = Yosuke Okamoto (1–0)| LP = Takahiro Matsunaga (0–1)

| HomeHR = Yasuyuki Kataoka (1), Takumi Kuriyama (1)

| Attendance =

| Notes =

}}

=Game 3=

{{linescore

| Date = Monday, October 14, 2013

| Time =

| Location = Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

| Other =

| Road = Lotte | RoadAbr = LOT

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 1 | R6 = 1 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 2 | R9 = 0 | RR = 4 | RH = 7 | RE = 0

| Home = Seibu | HomeAbr = SEI

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

| WP = Yuki Karakawa (1–0)| LP = Kazuhisa Makita (0–1) | SV = Naoya Masuda (1)

| RoadHR = Daichi Suzuki (1), Tadahito Iguchi (2)

| Attendance =

| Notes =

}}

Final stage

=Summary=

{{MLB Playoff Summary

| summary =

| winner = Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

| leader =

| score = 4–1*

| date1 = October 17

| score1 = Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2

| loc1 = Kleenex Stadium

| time1 = 2:55

| att1 = 24,332

| ref1 = {{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101701757.html |title= Thursday, October 17, 2013 |work=Nippon Professional Baseball |accessdate=October 15, 2014}}

| date2 = October 18

| score2 = Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 (10)

| loc2 = Kleenex Stadium

| time2 = 3:25

| att2 = 24,097

| ref2 = {{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101801759.html |title=Friday, October 18, 2013 |work=Nippon Professional Baseball |accessdate=October 15, 2014}}

| date3 = October 19

| score3 = Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2

| loc3 = Kleenex Stadium

| time3 = 3:00

| att3 = 24,396

| ref3 = {{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101901760.html |title=Saturday, October 19, 2013 |work=Nippon Professional Baseball |accessdate=October 15, 2014}}

| date4 = October 21{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| score4 = Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8

| loc4 = Kleenex Stadium

| time4 = 3:33

| att4 = 24,264

| ref4 = {{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013102101762.html |title=Monday, October 21, 2013 |work=Nippon Professional Baseball |accessdate=October 15, 2014}}

}}

:* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the final stage.

:{{dagger}} The game scheduled for October 20th was cancelled because of rain and was not rescheduled because the Eagles won the series on October 21.{{cite web|url=https://www.rakuteneagles.jp/news/detail/3608.html |title=10月20日（日）千葉ロッテマリーンズ戦（『mobcast クライマックスシリーズパ』ファイナルステージ) 雨天中止のお知らせ |trans-title=October 20th (Sunday) Chiba Lotte Marines game ("mobcast Climax Series Pacific final stage") rain cancellation notice |language=ja |publisher=Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles |date=October 20, 2013 |access-date=March 13, 2025}}

=Game 1=

{{linescore

| Date = Thursday, October 17, 2013

| Time =

| Location = Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

| Other =

| Road = Lotte | RoadAbr = LOT

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 0 | RH = 7 | RE = 1

| Home = Rakuten | HomeAbr = RAK

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

| WP = Masahiro Tanaka (1–0)| LP = Yoshihisa Naruse (0–1)

| HomeHR = Ginji Akaminai (1)

| Attendance =

| Notes =

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=Game 2=

{{linescore

| Date = Friday, October 18, 2013

| Time =

| Location = Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

| Other =

| Road = Lotte | RoadAbr = LOT

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 1 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | R10 = 3 | RR = 4 | RH = 8 | RE = 1

| Home = Rakuten | HomeAbr = RAK

| H1 = 0 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = 1 | H10 = 1 | HR = 2 | HH = 7 | HE = 0

| WP = Tatsuya Uchi (1–0)| LP = Norihito Kaneto (0–1)

| HomeHR = Andruw Jones (1), Ryo Hijirisawa (1) | RoadHR = Craig Brazell (1)

| Attendance =

| Notes =

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=Game 3=

{{linescore

| Date = Saturday, October 19, 2013

| Time =

| Location = Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

| Other =

| Road = Lotte | RoadAbr = LOT

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

| Home = Rakuten | HomeAbr = RAK

| H1 = 0 | H2 = 2 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = X | HR = 2 | HH = 6 | HE = 0

| WP = Manabu Mima (1–0)| LP = Takuya Furuya (0–1)

| Attendance =

| Notes =

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=Game 4=

{{linescore

| Date = Monday, October 21, 2013

| Time =

| Location = Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

| Other =

| Road = Lotte | RoadAbr = LOT

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 4 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 1 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 5 | RH = 10 | RE = 1

| Home = Rakuten | HomeAbr = RAK

| H1 = 1 | H2 = 2 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 2 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 1 | H8 = 2 | H9 = X | HR = 8 | HH = 10 | HE = 0

| WP = Takashi Saito (1–0)| LP = Carlos Rosa (0–1) | SV = Masahiro Tanaka (1)

| HomeHR = Andruw Jones (2), Casey McGehee (1) | RoadHR = G.G. Sato (1)

| Attendance =

| Notes =

}}

References

Category:Climax Series

Pacific League Climax Series

Category:Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles postseason

Category:Chiba Lotte Marines postseason

Category:Saitama Seibu Lions postseason