Shun Mizutani hit a leadoff home run before the next three Nippon Ham Fighters batters also went deep in a historic start to Thursday's 9-1 win against the Orix Buffaloes.The Hokkaido-based Fighters became the first Nippon Professional Baseball team to hit four consecutive home runs from their opening at-bat, eclipsing the previous record of three held by five other clubs.Mizutani was followed over the fence at Es Con Field Hokkaido by Tatsuki Mizuno, Franmil Reyes and Chusei Mannami, knocking out Orix starter Kazuma Sato before he could retire a batter.The team reached 100 home runs in jus…READ FULL ARTICLE
