The 2015 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) consisted of two consecutive series, Stage 1 being a best-of-three series and Stage 2 being a best-of-six with the top seed being awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the series advanced to the 2015 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2015 Central League Climax Series winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The PLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 10 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 16.

First stage

Summary

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 10 Chiba Lotte Marines – 9, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 3:28 41,138[1] 
2 October 11 Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:06 41,138[2] 
3 October 12 Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1 Sapporo Dome 3:42 32,201[3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 10, 2015 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 9 11 0
Nippon-Ham 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 0
WP: Ayumu Ishikawa (1–0)   LP: Shohei Ohtani (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (1)
NIP: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 8 1
Nippon-Ham 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 X 4 9 0
WP: Kohei Arihara (1–0)   LP: Tomohisa Otani (0–1)   Sv: Hirotoshi Masui (1)

Game 3

Monday, October 12, 2015 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 0
Nippon-Ham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0
WP: Hideaki Wakui (1–0)   LP: Kohei Arihara (1–1)   Sv: Tatsuya Uchi (1)
Home runs:
LOT: Tadahito Iguchi (1), Alfredo Despaigne (1)
NIP: None

Final stage

Summary

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–0*.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 14 Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 (10) Yafuoku Dome 3:43 37,360[4] 
2 October 15 Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6 Yafuoku Dome 2:59 37,603[5] 
3 October 16 Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 Yafuoku Dome 2:53 37,235[6]
* The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the Final Stage.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Lotte 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
SoftBank 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1X 3 9 0
WP: Ryota Igarashi (1–0)   LP: Tatsuya Uchi (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: None
SOF: Yuki Yanagita (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
SoftBank 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 X 6 9 0
WP: Rick van den Hurk (1–0)   LP: Takuya Furuya (0–1)
Home runs:
LOT: None
SOF: Dae-ho Lee (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 16, 2015 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lotte 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
SoftBank 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 8 0
WP: Kenichi Nakata (1–0)   LP: Ayumu Ishikawa (0–1)   Sv: Dennis Sarfate (1)
Home runs:
LOT: None
SOF: Dae-ho Lee (2)

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