Five Hanshin Tigers players, four from the Central League first team have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the club said Friday before the team — minus the infected players and those deemed to have been in close contact them — took on the Yakult Swallows in Tokyo.Infielders Kento Itohara, the Tigers captain, and Naomasa Yokawa as well as pitchers Yuta Iwasada and Kosuke Baba tested positive in team-wide testing after minor league pitcher Masumi Hamachi tested positive on Thursday evening.Hamachi was activated on Sept. 11 and appeared in one game, eight days later on Saturday in Nag…
