It was starting to look dire for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters today. Despite being the higher seed in the First Stage of the Pacific League Climax Series, they were on the brink of elimination. They had lost Game One when Roki Sasaki shut them down and were down 2-1 in today's Game Two going into the bottom of the ninth. But with the team two outs away from getting swept by the Marines, Chusei Mannami stepped to the plate and did this:
In the bottom of the tenth, the Fighters struck again. With two outs, Go Matsumoto drew a walk. Kotaro Kiyomiya followed with a single that moved Matsumoto to third. Daiki Asama then completed the come-from-behind victory with a walk-off single:
Game Three will be played tomorrow at 14:00 Japan time with the winning team going to Fukuoka to play the Hawks and the loser going home. Meanwhile in Kansai, the Baystars upset the Tigers in the First Stage of the Central League Climax Series and will be in Tokyo to play the Giants starting Wednesday.
Here are cards of the Fighters who got the big hits today:
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| 2022 Calbee Series Two #C-10 (Mannami) |
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| 2016 Calbee Series One #011 (Asama) |
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