Yuto Sakamoto, the captain of the giants in professional baseball and the key to offense and defense, returned from back pain and was registered as a player in the first army for the first time in 41 days on the 16th.
Sakamoto injured his back in the match against Yakult held at the Tokyo Dome on the 6th of last month and was replaced in the middle, and the next day his registration for the 1st army was canceled.
Sakamoto, who continued his rehabilitation at the Giants Stadium in Kawasaki City, started on the 14th in the 2nd Army's Seibu match as the 2nd shortstop, and left a record of 1 hit in 3 at bats. I was registered as a player in the 1st army for the first time in a day.
Ace Tomoyuki Kanno also returns from corona infection
Also, on the 16th, ace pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano, who was out of the line of battle after being infected with the new coronavirus last month, will return, will be registered as a player in the 1st army, and will start for the first time in about a month.
The Giants started the second half of the season in 5th place, but so far they have won 8 wins and 4 losses and 3 cards in a row, and have moved up to 3rd place.
They are 9 games behind the leader, Yakult, and 2 games behind DeNA, who is in 2nd place.