2024 Central League Climax Series

[2] Despite struggling to score throughout the season, Yomiuri employed a defense-first style of baseball in which their pitchers and defense helped them to win the championship.

[2][3] After winning seven consecutive games in July which to help power, the team found themselves in first place at the end of the first half of the season.

[2] The Carp had a disastrous September, however, losing 20 of 25 games, and by the end of the month they had fallen from first place to fourth and were eliminated from the playoff race.

At various points, Shota Morishita, Yusuke Oyama and Teruaki Sato were all removed from the active roster to spend time working on their hitting with the Hanshin's farm team.

A fourth Carp loss in a row on October 2nd confirmed that the Yokohama DeNA BayStars would clinch third place and their third straight trip to the Climax Series.

[7] First-year team captain Shugo Maki and eventual 2024 batting champion Tyler Austin powered the DeNA offense, while ace Katsuki Azuma led the pitching staff with thirteen wins.

[8][9] From the start of the season, Azuma won eight straight games, helping the BayStars to reach second places by the end of June.

A best-of-three series, all games in the first stage were hosted by Hanshin, the higher seeded team, at their home ballpark, Koshien Stadium.

The BayStars loaded the bases against Saiki with only one out in the third inning and Masayuki Kuwahara drove in a run with an infield ground ball to give them a 1–0 lead.

Hanshin's lone run came in the ninth inning from a single by Seiya Kinami off of DeNA closer Kohei Morihara.

A best-of-six series, all games in the final stage were hosted by Yomiuri, the higher seeded team, at their home ballpark, Tokyo Dome.

[30] The following inning, the Giants tied the game after Louis Okoye doubled and went on to score on a RBI single by Kazuma Okamoto.

The BayStars quickly retook the lead when Tyler Austin led off the seventh with a solo home run off of Sugano, which would prove to be game-winning.

Ohshiro hit a ground ball that was fielded by a diving Shugo Maki, however, who turned it into an inning-ending double play.

Yuji Akahoshi, the Giants' second pitcher of the game, threw a wild pitch that allowed the runner to score, giving DeNA the lead.

[36] Jackson pitched into the seventh inning and with baserunners on first and third bases, allowed the Giants' Yukinori Kishida to execute a safety squeeze bunt for a hit that scored Hayato Sakamoto from third.

Both runners came in to score the next play when Austin made a throwing error after fielding a ground ball, extending their lead to 4–1.

[36] Kyle Keller earned the win by striking out both Austin and Toshiro Miyazaki, two of the BayStars' most dangerous hitters, with a runner on base to end the seventh inning.

[39][40] Yomiuri's Raito Nakayama hit a solo home run off of Yasuaki Yamasaki in relief of Hamaguchi in the fifth inning.

[41] Iori Yamasaki kept the BayStars scoreless in his 6+1⁄3-inning start and Yomiuri's three relievers protected the team's one-run lead through the end of the game.