[Nippon-Ham] Yuki Nomura hits his 7th grand slam, bringing manager Shinjo closer to 300 wins. The powerful hit sends the opposing team's home crowd into a frenzy as they face Softbank Hawks have lost their first seven games of the season.

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In the first inning with one out and the bases bases loaded, Yuki Nomura hit grand slam to left field to give his team the lead, and high-fived his teammates. (Photo by Haruko Yoshimura)

◆ Pacific League: Softbank Hawks vs. Nippon-Ham (24th, Mizuho PayPay)

Nippon-Ham 's Yuki Nomura hit a grand bases loaded to left field with the bases grand slam and one out in the first inning, giving infielder a 4-0 lead. He scooped up a 122 km/ change-up from Softbank Hawks 's Yu Maeda and sent it to the left field stands for an estimated distance of 114 meters. He capitalized on a chance created by a right-field single by Mizuno, an infield hit Walk by Gunji, and a walk to Reyes, using his impressive power to score.

The team faced Softbank Hawks after suffering a franchise-worst seven consecutive losses to start the season. However, they got off to a promising start as manager Shinjo aims to become the seventh person in the team's history to achieve 300 career wins.

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[Nippon-Ham] Yuki Nomura hits his 7th grand slam, bringing manager Shinjo closer to 300 wins. The powerful hit sends the opposing team's home crowd into a frenzy as they face Softbank Hawks have lost their first seven games of the season.