The 2014

Pacific League The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues constituting Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship competes against the winner in the Central League for the annual Japan Series. It currently consis ...

Climax Series The 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 ...

(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

2014 Japan Series The 2014 Japan Series (known as the '' SMBC Nippon Series 2014'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 65th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) championship series known colloquially as the Japan Series. The best-of-seven playoff was won by ...

, where they competed against the

2014 Central League Climax Series The 2014 Central League Climax Series The 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 co ...

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 11 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 20.

First Stage

Summary

: This game was originally scheduled to be played on Monday, October 13, but was postponed one day due to Typhoon Vongfong.

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Final Stage

Summary

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

First Stage

Summary

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Final Stage

Summary

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Game 6

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