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all of baseball, see
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The 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 65th edition of NPB since reorganized in 1950 .
Regular season standings
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Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.
First Stage Final Stage Japan Series 1 Yomiuri Giants 1 2 Hanshin Tigers 1 2 Hanshin Tigers 4 3 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 0 CL2 Hanshin Tigers 1 PL1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 2 Orix Buffaloes 1 3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3 3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2
The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Hanshin Tigers (1) vs. Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 11
Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 1
Koshien Stadium 2:52
46,721[ 1]
2
October 12
Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 0
Koshien Stadium
3:35
46,815[ 2]
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) vs. Orix Buffaloes (1)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 11
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Orix Buffaloes – 3Kyocera Dome 4:01
35,889[ 3]
2
October 12
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 6
Kyocera Dome
3:32
36,012[ 4]
3
October 14*
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 1Kyocera Dome
4:17
32,588[ 5]
* Postponed from October 13 due to Typhoon Vongfong [ 6] The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Hanshin Tigers (4) vs. Yomiuri Giants (1)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 15
Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1Tokyo Dome 2:59
44,871[ 7]
2
October 16
Hanshin Tigers – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome
3:19
44,728[ 8]
3
October 17
Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome
3:44
46,025[ 9]
4
October 18
Hanshin Tigers – 8, Yomiuri Giants – 4Tokyo Dome
3:42
46,311[ 10]
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 15
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3
Fukuoka Dome 3:19
28,087[ 11]
2
October 16
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1Fukuoka Dome
3:30
29,775[ 12]
3
October 17
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 12, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Dome
3:13
31,176[ 13]
4
October 18
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5
Fukuoka Dome
4:20
31,647[ 14]
5
October 19
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Dome
4:26
34,070[ 15]
6
October 20
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4
Fukuoka Dome
3:24
38,561[ 16]
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