Pitcher Kohei Arihara threw eight shutout innings and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters backed him with a 10-run first inning in Tuesday afternoon's 14-1 win over the Chiba Lotte Marines.

Nippon Ham had 11 hits in the first inning alone against Marines starter Ayumu Ishikawa (9-5), who retired just two of the 14 batters he faced in his two-thirds of an inning on the mound.

The 11 hits allowed in an inning set a Pacific League record, and tied NPB's record set in 1986 by Kazuhiko Takahashi of the Taiyo Whales, the predecessors of the Yokohama BayStars.