2006 Pacific League Playoffs

2006 Pacific League Playoffs
First Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) Sadaharu Oh 75–56–5 (.573), 4.5 GB Seibu Lions (1) Tsutomu Ito 80–54–2 (.597), 1 GB
Dates	October 7–9
Second Stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3) Trey Hillman 82–54 (.603), 1 GA Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0) Sadaharu Oh 75–56–5 (.573), 4.5 GB
Dates	October 11–12

First Stage

Summary

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 2–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 7	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Seibu Lions – 1	Invoice Seibu Dome	2:51	29,187[1]
2	October 8	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 11, Seibu Lions – 3	Invoice Seibu Dome	3:38	31,338[2]
3	October 9	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Seibu Lions – 1	Invoice Seibu Dome	3:34	27,344[3]

Game 1

Saturday, October 7, 2006, 1:01 pm (JST) at Invoice Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Seibu	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1	4	0
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1–0)   LP: Kazumi Saito (0–1) Attendance: 29,187

Game 2

Sunday, October 8, 2006, 1:00 pm (JST) at Invoice Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	5	11	12	0
Seibu	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	6	0
WP: Akihiro Yanase (1–0)   LP: Hironori Matsunaga (0–1) Home runs: SOF: Nobuhiko Matsunaka (1), Julio Zuleta (1) SEI: Hiroyuki Nakajima (1) Attendance: 31,338

Game 3

Monday, October 9, 2006, 1:00 pm (JST) at Invoice Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	6	11	0
Seibu	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
WP: Akihiro Yanase (2–0)   LP: Tomoki Hoshino (0–1) Home runs: SOF: Julio Zuleta (2) SEI: Takeya Nakamura (1) Attendance: 27,344

Second Stage

Summary

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 3–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 11	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3	Sapporo Dome	3:27	42,380[4]
2	October 12	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1	Sapporo Dome	2:53	42,380[5]

Game 1

Wednesday, October 11, 2006, 6:00 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
Nippon-Ham	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	X	3	8	0
WP: Yu Darvish (1–0)   LP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–1) Attendance: 42,380

Game 2

Wednesday, October 11, 2006, 6:01 pm (JST) at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SoftBank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Nippon-Ham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1X	1	5	1
WP: Tomoya Yagi (1–0)   LP: Kazumi Saito (0–1) Attendance: 42,380

References

1. "2006年10月7日 (土)". Nippon Professional Baseball (in Japanese). Retrieved October 11, 2019.
2. "2006年10月8日 (日)". Nippon Professional Baseball (in Japanese). Retrieved October 11, 2019.
3. "2006年10月9日 (月)". Nippon Professional Baseball (in Japanese). Retrieved October 11, 2019.
4. "2006年10月11日 (水)". Nippon Professional Baseball (in Japanese). Retrieved October 11, 2019.
5. "2006年10月12日 (木)". Nippon Professional Baseball (in Japanese). Retrieved October 11, 2019.