SAMURAI JAPAN To call the giant Maru instead of Akiyama of injury November 1: 17:41
Seibu's Shogo Akiyama, who was chosen as the representative of Japan for the baseball international tournament "Premier 12" starting on the 5th of this month, left the team because he broke his right leg's ring finger in the deadball that was received on the 31st, Giant Maruhiro Hiroshi was additionally convened.
On the 31st, Akiyama played in a tie-up game with the Canadian national team in Naha City, starting at the No. 1 center, receiving a dead ball on the toe of the right foot three times, and changing from the defensive five times. I went to the hospital for an examination.
As a result, he was diagnosed with a fracture of the right toe and left the team, and a giant Maru player was convinced for a tournament approached four days later.
Maru has scored 20% of batting average 20%, 2 runs, 27 home runs, 89 points this season, as well as the defense of the center that was selected for the Golden Grab Award for the seventh consecutive year. It means that we will merge from the second day.
On the other hand, Akiyama has a lot of experience of representatives from Japan, such as participating in the previous premiere 12 four years ago and the Otototo WBC = World Baseball Classic, and Inaba is the most trusted team leader. It was.
The representative's decline will be the fourth person following Softbank's pitcher Senga Chiga, and Director Inaba will be appointed as a player and will be asked how to fight the tournament.