2007 Pacific League Climax Series Explained

Pacificplayoffsleft:yes
Secondstage:yes
Year:2007
Stage1champion:Chiba Lotte Marines (2)
Stage1champion Games:76–61–7 (.555), 2 GB
Stage1runnerup:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (1)
Stage1runnerup Games:73–66–5 (.525), 6 GB
Date1:October 8–10
Stage2champion:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3)
Stage2champion Games:79–60–5 (.568), 2 GA
Stage2runnerup:Chiba Lotte Marines (2)
Stage2runnerup Manager:Bobby Valentine
Stage2runnerup Games:76–61–7 (.555), 2 GB
Date2:October 13–18
Mvp:First Stage: Saburo Omura (Lotte)
Second Stage: Yu Darvish (Nippon-Ham)
Previous Series:2006 Pacific League Playoffs
Previous Year:2006
Next Series:2008 Pacific League Climax Series
Next Year:2008

The 2007 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-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2007 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2007 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 8 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 18.