SAPPORO — The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters are a tight-knit group known for going that extra mile for one another. Against the Chiba Lotte Marines in Game 3 they went the extra mile and then some.

News photoFighters right-hander Ryan Glynn fires a pitch against the Chiba Lotte Marines in Game 3 of the second stage of the Pacific League Climax Series at Sapporo Dome on Monday. KYODO PHOTO

Ryan Glynn had a gutsy performance, Takahito Kudo ran into a wall and a couple of cameramen got a lens full of Naoto Inada as the Fighters batted around in a six-run seventh to take control of the second stage of the Pacific League Climax Series with a 7-0 win Monday night at Sapporo Dome.