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Sports season
The 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 66th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950 . In the Central League, the Yakult Swallows claimed the pennant and defeated the Yomiuri Giants in the final stage of the Climax Series. In the Pacific League, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the penant and defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines in the final stage of the Climax Series.
Incidents
A gambling scandal involving members of the Yomiuri Giants was reported in October. Pitchers Satoshi Fukuda , Shoki Kasahara , and Ryuya Matsumoto were found to have bet on both NPB games and Major League Baseball games, as well as high school baseball.[ 1] [ 2]
Regular season standings
Climax Series
Note: In each league's stepladder playoff system (Climax Series), all games in that series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advanced if the round ended in a tie.
First Stage Final Stage Japan Series 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 2 Yomiuri Giants 2 2 Yomiuri Giants 1 3 Hanshin Tigers 1 CL1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 PL1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 1 3 Chiba Lotte Marines 0 3 Chiba Lotte Marines 2
First stage
The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Central League
Yomiuri Giants (2) vs. Hanshin Tigers (1)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 10
Hanshin Tigers – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3
Tokyo Dome 3:40
45,298
2
October 11
Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome
3:48
46,698
3
October 12
Hanshin Tigers – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3
Tokyo Dome
2:48
46,067
Pacific League
Chiba Lotte Marines (2) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 10
Chiba Lotte Marines – 9, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3Sapporo Dome 3:28
41,138
2
October 11
Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4
Sapporo Dome
3:06
41,138
3
October 12
Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1Sapporo Dome
3:42
32,201
Final stage
The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Central League
Yomiuri Giants (1) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (4)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 14
Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 1Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:38
31,502
2
October 15
Yomiuri Giants – 0, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 4
Meiji Jingu Stadium 2:51
31,274
3
October 16
Yomiuri Giants – 0, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2
Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:27
33,102
4
October 17
Yomiuri Giants – 2, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3
Meiji Jingu Stadium 2:58
34,038
Pacific League
Chiba Lotte Marines (0) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 14
Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 (10 innings)
Fukuoka Dome 3:43
37,360
2
October 15
Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6
Fukuoka Dome
2:59
37,603
3
October 16
Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3
Fukuoka Dome
2:53
37,235
Japan Series
CL Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1) vs. PL Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 24
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4
Fukuoka Dome 3:04
35,732
2
October 25
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 0, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4
Fukuoka Dome 3:35
35,764
3
October 27
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 8
Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:38
31,037
4
October 28
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 4Meiji Jingu Stadium 4:06
31,288
5
October 29
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 0Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:36
31,239
League leaders
[ 3]
Central League
Pacific League
See also
References
