MLB season started the same way 2024 ended: with a Los Angeles Dodgers win. Thanks to Yoshinobu Yamamoto and a fifth-inning rally, the defending World Series champions bested the Chicago Cubs in Game 1 of the Tokyo Series at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday morning (LAD 4,

TOKYO -- The expectations for Shohei Ohtani's first trip to Japan as a major league player were massive and unyielding. He is a near-mythic figure in his home country, and his presence there this week felt as much like a royal visit as it did a guy coming into town to play some baseball.

The Dodgers concluded their sweep of the Cubs today with a 6-3 win in Game 2 of the Tokyo series. The Dodgers onslaught of runs was too much for the Cubs.