Nippon Professional Baseball Nippon-Ham announced that it has been confirmed that a total of 11 people, including coach Tsuyoshi Shinjo, four coaches, and four players, have been newly infected with the new coronavirus.
Nippon-Ham is preparing for the Orix match at the opponent's base on the 19th, but according to the team, for now, the match will be held on behalf of the director.
The match will be held on the 19th. The manager will act on his behalf.
At Nippon-Ham, it was confirmed that three athletes and one coach were infected with the new coronavirus from the 16th to the 17th, and a PCR test was conducted by one army on the 18th.
As a result, the infection of Director Shinjo was confirmed, and in the coaching team, four people, Takaya Hayashi head coach, Katsutoshi Takeda coach, Makoto Kaneko fielder general and batting coach, and Toshimasa Konta outfield defense baseball coach, were confirmed. rice field.
In addition, among the players, pitcher Shun Fukuda, pitcher Bryan Rodriguez, catcher Shingo Usami, infielder Ryota Yachi, and two staff members, a total of 11 people were confirmed to be infected. ..
All 11 people confirmed to be infected this time are asymptomatic.
With this, the number of confirmed infections with Nippon-Ham has increased to 15.
Nippon-Ham is preparing for the Orix match at the opponent's base on the 19th, but according to the team, for now, the team will move and the match will be held on behalf of the manager.
Rakuten Nishikawa Haruki is infected with the new corona
Professional baseball Rakuten announced that it was confirmed that Haruki Nishikawa, who supported the team's strong performance early in the season, was infected with the new coronavirus.
According to Rakuten, Nishikawa was positive on the 18th in a PCR test conducted by the team on a regular basis.
Nishikawa participated in the pre-match practice for the Orix match held in Sendai on the 18th, and the starting lineup was announced at the No. 1 center.
He is currently being treated away from the team.
Nishikawa played 75 games mainly in the batting order this season, and showed a brilliant performance as a monthly MVP in March and April immediately after the opening, supporting the team's strong performance at the beginning of the season.
Twelve new coronavirus infections, including players from the Hiroshima 2nd Army
Professional baseball Hiroshima announced that a total of 12 players and staff from the 2nd army, including pitcher Atsuya Horie, have been newly infected with the new coronavirus.
This brings the total number of infected players and staff of the 2nd Army in Hiroshima to 34.
According to the team, 22 people including 2 army players and staff were confirmed to be infected the day before, and on the 17th and 18th, a PCR test was conducted, and this season, he pitched in 20 games as a middle reliever. A total of 12 people were confirmed to be infected, including 8 players from the 2nd army and 4 staff members, including pitcher Atsuya Horie and pitcher Shogo Tamamura who had pitched in 4 games as a starting pitcher.
Of these, four, including pitcher Horie, complained of fever and sore throat, and the other athletes were asymptomatic.
Due to this effect, it has been decided that the match between Hiroshima and Softbank, which was scheduled in Fukuoka Prefecture for three days from the 19th, will be cancelled.
On the other hand, the 1st Army in Hiroshima will continue to operate as planned.