2024 Pacific League Climax Series

The 2024 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) are a set of two upcoming consecutive playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The first stage will begin on October 12 and the final stage will conclude by October 21. The first stage will be a best-of-three series between the second-place Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and the third-place Chiba Lotte Marines. The final stage will be a best-of-six against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, the Pacific League champion, being awarded a one-win advantage against the winner of the first stage. The Climax Series winner will advance to the 2024 Japan Series to compete against the winner of the 2024 Central League Climax Series.

2024 Pacific League Climax Series
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (0) Tsuyoshi Shinjo Chiba Lotte Marines (0) Masato Yoshii
Dates	October 12–14
Final stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (1) Hiroki Kokubo TBD TBD TBD
Dates	October 16–21

First stage

Intra-league teams play 25 games against each other during the regular season. The Fighters won the season season series against the Fighters 17–6–1. The two teams had met in the postseason five times prior to this year, with the Marines only winning two of the five series.

Summary

Series tied, 0–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 12	Chiba Lotte Marines at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	Es Con Field Hokkaido	2:00 pm (JST)	-
2	October 13	Chiba Lotte Marines at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	Es Con Field Hokkaido	2:00 pm (JST)	-
3	October 14†	Chiba Lotte Marines at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	Es Con Field Hokkaido	2:00 pm (JST)	-

† If necessary

Final stage

Summary

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks leads the series, 1–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 16	TBD at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	Mizuho PayPay Dome	TBA (JST)	-
2	October 17	TBD at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	Mizuho PayPay Dome	TBA JST	-
3	October 18	TBD at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	Mizuho PayPay Dome	TBA JST	-
4	October 19†	TBD at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	Mizuho PayPay Dome	TBA JST	-
5	October 20†	TBD at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	Mizuho PayPay Dome	TBA JST	-
6	October 21†	TBD at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	Mizuho PayPay Dome	TBA JST	-

† If necessary