Professional baseball Hiroshima announced that pitcher Hiroki Tokoda, who had eight wins in line with the team's top team this season, was injured in the DeNA match on the night of the 3rd and was diagnosed with a fracture of the joint in his right leg.
On the night of the 3rd, pitcher Tokoda entered the bat at the top of the 5th inning against DeNA at Yokohama Stadium, 1 out at 3rd base, and fell immediately after hitting the first grounder and running.
After that, pitcher Tokoda was carried on a stretcher because he could not stand up, and he was replaced in the middle of the game.
According to the team, pitcher Tokoda was examined at a hospital in Hiroshima on the 4th and was diagnosed with a fracture in his right leg joint, and his registration as a player in the 1st army was canceled.
His return date is undecided.
Pitcher Tokoda is 27 years old in his sixth year.
He is a southpaw with over 150km straights and palmballs, and has won 8 wins so far this season, the most of his career so far.
Until the 3rd, Hiroshima suffered their worst six-game losing streak of the season, and the departure of pitcher Tokoda, who has led the team as a pillar of the starting line-up, will be a big blow.