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Sports season
The2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 62nd season since the NPB was reorganized in1950 . The season was delayed by theTohoku earthquake . TheTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles , based in northern Japan, and coached bySenichi Hoshino , were particularly affected by the quake, as theMiyagi Baseball Stadium was badly damaged.[citation needed
Because of energy concerns following the earthquake, NPB also imposed restrictions on games during the regular season. A three-hour-thirty-minute rule was imposed. If a game went past the 3:30 mark, regardless of inning, the inning in question would be the last inning. A game would be called should any blackout occur during the game. The 3:30 clock starts at the first pitch of the game and continues in case of any delay.
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At the season's end, the Yokohama BayStars was renamed asYokohama DeNA BayStars as the owner changes.
Regular season standings [ edit ] 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 Chunichi Dragons 4 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 3 Yomiuri Giants 1 CL1 Chunichi Dragons 3 PL1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 0 3 Saitama Seibu Lions 0 3 Saitama Seibu Lions 2
The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Chunichi Dragons (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2) vs.Yomiuri Giants (1)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 29 Yomiuri Giants – 2,Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:28 32,339[ 1] 2 October 30 Yomiuri Giants – 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:24 32,148[ 2] 3 October 31 Yomiuri Giants – 1,Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3 Meiji Jingu Stadium 2:51 31,687[ 3]
Saitama Seibu Lions (2) vs.Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (0)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 29 Saitama Seibu Lions – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2Sapporo Dome 3:55 42,063[ 4] 2 October 30 Saitama Seibu Lions – 8, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1Sapporo Dome 3:15 41,926[ 5]
The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Chunichi Dragons (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Chunichi Dragons (4) vs.Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 November 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1,Chunichi Dragons – 2 Nagoya Dome 3:05 34,689[ 6] 2 November 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 1Nagoya Dome 2:53 38,414[ 7] 3 November 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Chunichi Dragons – 1Nagoya Dome 3:50 37,599[ 8] 4 November 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1,Chunichi Dragons – 5 Nagoya Dome 3:08 38,342[ 9] 5 November 6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1,Chunichi Dragons – 2 Nagoya Dome 2:51 38,252[ 10]
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) vs.Saitama Seibu Lions (0)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 November 3 Saitama Seibu Lions – 2,Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Yahoo Dome 2:57 37,025[ 11] 2 November 4 Saitama Seibu Lions – 2,Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7 Yahoo Dome 3:10 35,021[ 12] 3 November 5 Saitama Seibu Lions – 1,Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 Yahoo Dome 4:00 37,025[ 13]
PLFukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) vs. CLChunichi Dragons (3)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 November 12 Chunichi Dragons – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1Fukuoka Dome 3:31 34,457[ 14] 2 November 13 Chunichi Dragons – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1Fukuoka Dome 3:44 34,758[ 15] 3 November 15 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Chunichi Dragons – 2Nagoya Dome 3:22 38,041[ 16] 4 November 16 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Chunichi Dragons – 1Nagoya Dome 3:40 38,041[ 17] 5 November 17 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Chunichi Dragons – 0Nagoya Dome 3:49 38,051[ 18] 6 November 19 Chunichi Dragons – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1Fukuoka Dome 3:07 34,927[ 19] 7 November 20 Chunichi Dragons – 0,Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 Fukuoka Dome 3:30 34,737[ 20]
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