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Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) said in a statement that
pitchers Shoki Kasahara (24) and Ryuya Matsumoto (22) were found
to have bet on baseball games, including Major League Baseball
and Japanese high school games.
The NPB, which prohibits professional players from betting on
baseball games, had already been investigating Giants pitcher
Satoshi Fukuda for his involvement in illegal betting.
The NPB has not uncovered any involvement from players from
other teams.
The Giants, the oldest professional baseball team in Japan, was
eliminated from the playoff race to play for the Nippon Series
on Saturday, which resulted in the resignation of the team
manager Tatsunori Hara.
(Reporting by Junko Fujita; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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