13 people withdraw from Corona Lotte Iguchi "Only win one game per game" October 8 17:58
Manager Tadahito Iguchi of professional baseball Lotte said, "We have won one game per game" for the three consecutive battles with Softbank starting on the 9th, while 13 players are leaving due to infection with the new coronavirus. Just do it. Do it together. "
In Lotte, 13 athletes have been deregistered as participants in the 1st Army due to infection with the new coronavirus or being regarded as close contacts, and the team situation is difficult.
Under these circumstances, the Orix match scheduled at ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba City was canceled due to rain on the night of the 8th.
And from the 9th, we will fight three consecutive battles of the top offense and defense at the top Softbank and the PayPay Dome in Fukuoka City, which are behind by one game.
After the decision to cancel the match on the 8th, Iguchi responded to media reports about the Softbank match, saying, "We will only win one match per match. We will do the same thing, so we will think about how to capture it with the current team. I want to go, "he showed his enthusiasm.
On top of that, regarding Kyota Fujiwara, who was promoted to the 1st army in a hurry and was appointed as No. 1, and Akito Takabe, who was a rookie, he said, "Other players will come in there, and I will use them while watching the compatibility. I want to go. "
In addition, Iguchi has announced that he will start pitcher Chen Wei-Yin, who joined the team on the 4th of this month, with 59 wins in the major leagues, in the 1st Army match next week.
Pitcher Chen was scheduled to pitch in the game of the 2nd army on the 8th, but it was canceled due to the influence of the new coronavirus, so he threw about 50 balls with seat batting assuming the actual battle.
Director Iguchi expected that pitcher Chen was "throwing a low and polite ball, so I'm looking forward to the next starting lineup."