Terrmel Sledge hit a grand slam to highlight a six-run seventh inning as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 9-2 on Friday.
Sledge's grand slam to right off Kanehisa Arime came after Atsunori Inaba and Shinji Takahashi drew back-to-back bases-loaded walks to put the Fighters up 4-2 in the seventh at Kleenex Stadium.
Nippon Ham trimmed its magic number to 24 for clinching the Pacific League title.