Professional baseball Orix announced that Taisuke Yamaoka, who has the second highest ERA in the Pacific League, has been infected with the new coronavirus.
According to the team, pitcher Yamaoka complained of fever in Matsuyama City, which he visited in the All-Star Game on the morning of the 28th, and was tested positive as a result of a PCR test.
Pitcher Yamaoka is being isolated and treated at an accommodation facility in Matsuyama City.
Pitcher Yamaoka played a part of the starting lineup this season, leaving a record of 6 wins and 5 losses so far, and his ERA was 1.75, which is the second place in the league, and he continued to pitch with a sense of stability.
In his third All-Star Game, he pitched in the first round in Fukuoka City on the 26th and did not participate in the second round on the 27th in Matsuyama City.
This is the fourth Orix player to be infected in the past week, following Yoshihisa Hirano, who is a restraint, and Ren Mukunoki, who is the first-ranked rookie in the draft.