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The 2024 Central League Climax Series was a set of two consecutive playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The first stage began on October 12 and the final stage concluded on October 21. The first stage was a best-of-three series between the second-place Hanshin Tigers and the third-place Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Intra-league teams play 25 games against each other during the regular season. The Carp and the BayStars split the season series 14–10–1, in favor of the Carp. [1] The two teams had met in the postseason twice prior to this year, with each team winning one series apiece (Carp winning the final stage of the 2016 CLCS and Baystars winning the final stage of the 2017 CLCS).
There were 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League. The Hanshin Tigers entered the season as the defending champions. They were eliminated in the first stage of the Central League Climax Series against the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Climax Series logo. The Climax Series (クライマックスシリーズ, Kuraimakkusu Shirīzu) is the current annual playoff system implemented by Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). It determines which team from the Central League (CL) and from the Pacific League (PL) will advance to compete for the championship in the Japan Series ...
Although losing the first game against the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, the BayStars won the next four games to become 2017 Central League Climax Series Champions for the first time in 19 years. José López was the most valuable player (MVP) of the Central League Climax Series. The BayStars advanced to the 2017 Japan Series against the Pacific League ...
Climax-Scotts (10-0) takes on Adrian Lenawee Christian in an 8-player regional championship this Saturday at 1 p.m. More: MHSAA Football Playoffs: Schedules for every district and regional final ...
The Yomiuri Giants clinched the Central League pennant on September 21 and thus secured a spot as the home team in the Final Stage of the Climax Series. It was the team's 37th league title and their first since the 2014 season. This was the first season of Tatsunori Hara's third stint as the Giant's manager. Prior to this season, Hara had led ...
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