TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — Injuries are an inevitable factor in baseball. It's no different for the Saitama Seibu Lions, who lost some key players last month.
But the team may not have to worry all that much.
The Pacific League-leading club appears to be handling the situation pretty well by filling the shoes of those injured players, including cleanup hitter Takeya Nakamura and starting pitchers Takayuki Kishi and Kazuhisa Ishii.
With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. However, before writing your first comment, please create a display name in the Profile section of your subscriber account page.