Baseball fever swept through Tokyo on Tuesday as the MLB season got underway, offering fans a rare opportunity to glimpse homegrown star Shohei Ohtani in action.

Already playing without former MVP Mookie Betts because of illness, the Los Angeles Dodgers were forced to scratch another MVP just before Game 1 of the Tokyo S ...

Mookie Betts started to feel sick the day before the team left for Japan but the shortstop still made the trip. He went through a workout but quickly became tired.

In 2024, Imanaga posted the highest fly ball rate among National League pitchers, at a 45.5 percent clip. He ranked fifth in the NL in home runs surrendered, with 27. While Ohtani has the best odds to ...

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Yamamoto (1-0) gave up one run on three hits and a walk, striking out four. Tanner Scott earned his first save.

Ohtani had two hits and scored two runs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto combined with the bullpen to hold the Cubs to one run on three hits.

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Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto were instrumental in the Los Angeles Dodgers' win on Tuesday against the Chicago Cubs.

After being held hitless by Shota Imanaga for the first four innings, the Dodgers combined a walk, three singles and an error off reliever Ben Brown in the fifth for three runs in a 4-1 season-opening ...

The defending World Series champion Dodgers open their 2025 season against the Chicago Cubs at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. First ...