The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' first hit was a home run.
Their other 16 weren't too shabby either.
Atsunori Inaba homered twice, Yoshio Itoi had four doubles, and the Nippon Ham offense exploded for 17 hits in a 10-2 rout of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Tuesday at Jingu Stadium.
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