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| 2004 Pacific League Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| First stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 1–3 | ||||||||||||
| Second stage | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 6–11 | ||||||||||||
2004 Japan Series | |||||||||||||
The2004 Pacific League Playoffs was a set of consecutive playoff series for thePacific League ofNippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in the2004 season. It began on October 1 and ended on October 11, with the top-three finishers of the PL participating in two series of games, with the first stage being a best-of-three series and the final stage being a best-of-five series. They were:
With the victory against the Hawks, the Lions advanced to theJapan Series. The Pacific League would be the only league with a playoff until 2007, which saw both the Central and Pacific have their top three teams compete in a playoff that is referred to as theClimax Series.
Seibu Lions won the series, 2–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 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] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seibu Lions won the series, 3–2.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 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] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||