Shinji Takahashi carried a Soichi Fujita full-count slider into the left-center field stands for a grand slam in the seventh inning as the Nippon Ham Fighters turned back the tide and went on to beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 10-7 in the Pacific League on Monday.
After Tomoyuki Oda and Fernando Seguignol hit back-to-back singles and Kuniyuki Kimoto drew a walk to load the bases with two out in the seventh, Takahashi erased a 7-6 deficit at Sapporo Dome with his first homer in seven games.
Kokichi Akune's first hit of the season turned a two-run homer that tied the game 6-all in the sixth right after Lotte erupted for five runs in the top half. Nippon Ham scored all 10 runs on five homers, including two by Fernando Seguignol and one by Tsuyoshi Shinjo.
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