2004 Pacific League Playoffs

2004 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Seibu Lions (2) Tsutomu Ito 74–58–1 (.560), 4.5 GB
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1) Trey Hillman 66–65–2 (.504), 12 GB
DatesOctober 1–3
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Seibu Lions (3) Tsutomu Ito 74–58–1 (.560), 4.5 GB
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (2) Sadaharu Oh 77–52–4 (.594), 4.5 GA
DatesOctober 6–11
PLCS

First stage

Summary

Seibu Lions won the series, 2–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7, Seibu Lions – 10 Seibu Dome 3:30 30,000[1] 
2 October 2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Seibu Lions – 4 Seibu Dome 3:53 45,000[1] 
3 October 3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Seibu Lions – 6 Seibu Dome 4:31 38,000[1]

Game 1

Friday, October 1, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 7
Seibu 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 0 X 3
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1–0)   LP: Satoru Kanemura (0–1)   Sv: Kiyoshi Toyoda (1)
Home runs:
NIP: Michihiro Ogasawara (1), Fernando Seguignol (1)
SEI: José Fernández 2 (2), Tomoaki Satoh (1), Toru Hosokawa (1)
Attendance: 30,000

Game 2

Saturday, October 2, 2004, 1:30 pm (JST) at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
Nippon-Ham 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5
Seibu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
WP: Carlos Mirabal (1–0)   LP: Chang Chih-chia (0–1)   Sv: Yukiya Yokoyama (1)
Home runs:
NIP: Michihiro Ogasawara (2)
SEI: None
Attendance: 45,000

Game 3

Sunday, October 3, 2004, 1:00 pm (JST) at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
Nippon-Ham 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
Seibu 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1X 6
WP: Kiyoshi Toyoda (1–0)   LP: Yukiya Yokoyama (0–1)
Home runs:
NIP: Fernando Seguignol (2), Kuniyuki Kimoto (1)
SEI: Alex Cabrera (1), Kazuhiro Wada (1)
Attendance: 38,000

Second stage

Summary

Seibu Lions won the series, 3–2.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 6 Seibu Lions – 3, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks – 9 Fukuoka Dome 3:05 47,000[1] 
2 October 7 Seibu Lions – 11, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks – 1 Fukuoka Dome 3:24 47,000[1] 
3 October 9 Seibu Lions – 6, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks – 5 Fukuoka Dome 4:00 48,000[1] 
4 October 10 Seibu Lions – 1, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Dome 3:22 48,000[1] 
5 October 11 Seibu Lions – 4, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks – 3 (10) Fukuoka Dome 4:14 47,000[1]

Game 1

Wednesday, October 6, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
Seibu 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
Daiei 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 X 9
WP: Nagisa Arakaki (1–0)   LP: Takashi Ishii (0–1)
Home runs:
SEI: Alex Cabrera (1)
DAI: Kenji Johjima (1), Tadahito Iguchi (1), Nobuhiko Matsunaka (1), Julio Zuleta (1)
Attendance: 47,000

Game 2

Thursday, October 7, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
Seibu 2 3 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 11
Daiei 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1–0)   LP: Tsuyoshi Wada (0–1)
Home runs:
SEI: Kazuhiro Wada (1), Hiroyuki Takagi (1)
DAI: None
Attendance: 47,000

Game 3

Saturday, October 9, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
Seibu 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6
Daiei 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 5
WP: Shuichiro Osada (1–0)   LP: Kazumi Saito (0–1)   Sv: Kiyoshi Toyoda (1)
Home runs:
SEI: José Fernández 2 (2), Hiroyuki Nakajima (1), Kosuke Noda (1)
DAI: Tadahito Iguchi (2), Kenji Johjima (2)
Attendance: 48,000

Game 4

Sunday, October 10, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
Seibu 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Daiei 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 X 4
WP: Shinji Kurano (1–0)   LP: Kazuyuki Hoashi (0–1)   Sv: Koji Mise (1)
Home runs:
SEI: Kazuhiro Wada (2)
DAI: Munenori Kawasaki (1)
Attendance: 48,000

Game 5

Monday, October 11, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R
Seibu 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4
Daiei 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
WP: Kiyoshi Toyoda (1–0)   LP: Koji Mise (0–1)   Sv: Takashi Ishii (1)
Home runs:
SEI: None
DAI: Kenji Johjima (3), Tadahito Iguchi (3)
Attendance: 47,000

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "2004年プレーオフ試合結果". Saitama Seibu Lions (in Japanese). Retrieved March 10, 2020.


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