[Nippon-Ham] “CS Man” Chusei Mannami is on the rise and will be playing in the main event. Although he was temporarily sidelined due to back pain, “I can enter the CS without any worries.”

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2025.10.8(水) 18:15

In the second inning, with one out and hit on first base, Chusei Mannami (photographer: Masahiro Okano)

◇ Red vs. White game (8th, ES CON FIELD)

Nippon-Ham played a red-and-white game for the second day in a row, and Chusei Mannami outfielder who played “No. 6, center field” for the white team, hit 2 hit including a timely hit to dispel concerns toward the CS.

In the second inning, he hit a single over the left field hit, and in the fifth inning, with two outs and a runner on second base, he hit a timely single to center field that broke his bat and went through the RBI between second and shortstop. He is in good form, with three hits in six At Bat hit and one RBI in two games in the Red-White series.

He was removed from the roster on September 27th due to back pain. Although he had been away from actual games, he nodded and said, “I was able to enter the game without any discomfort, so that was more of a relief than the hit. I can enter the CS without any worries.”

In last season’s CS, he scored a dramatic tying run in the ninth inning of the second game of the first round, just before the team was about to be eliminated from the tournament. He was a key player in the team’s come-from-behind victory in the first round of the CS last season. I always wanted to bat like that, and when I watch Major League Baseball’s postseason games, home run in a good situation always leaves a lasting impression. I want to be the kind of player who can create that kind of scene, and it’s a great honor for me to be able to play in that kind of situation. As long as my career lasts, I want to play an active role post season in the right places,” he said enthusiastically.

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