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Baseball: Fighters Make History with 4 Straight Home Runs From 1st at-Bat

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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.

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[OSEN=Lee Sang-hak, Contributing Reporter] A rare record, the first of its kind in the history of baseball in Korea, the U.S., and Japan, has been set in Japan. Four consecutive home runs exploded from the leadoff hitter to the cleanup hitter in the first inning. While four consecutive home runs have been very rare, this is the first time they have occurred right at the start of the game in the first inning. It is a rare record that has not even…

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조선일보 broke the news on Thursday, July 2, 2026.
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