Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani shines in win over Cubs in 1st game of MLB season

The Major League Baseball play is officially underway. 

The Los Angeles Dodgers bushed the Chicago Cubs 4-1 connected Tuesday greeting successful the Tokyo Dome successful Japan, with the crippled broadcast connected FOX Sports. 

Yoshinobu Yamamoto got the commencement for the Dodgers, portion Shota Imanaga got the motion for the Cubs, making it the archetypal clip determination was an all-Japanese starting pitching matchup connected opening time successful MLB history. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, #17, reacts aft hitting a treble successful the ninth inning against the Chicago Cubs during the Tokyo Series astatine Tokyo Dome connected March 18, 2025. (Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images)

Yamamoto was coagulated implicit 5 innings of work, striking retired 3 hitters and lone giving up 1 run. 

The Cubs' lone tally came successful the 2nd inning, erstwhile catcher Miguel Amaya deed a two-out treble that scored Dansby Swanson.

Imanaga pitched 4 hitless innings for the Cubs, walking 4 batters and striking retired 2 earlier helium turned the shot implicit the bullpen. 

The Dodgers took the pb for bully successful the 5th inning erstwhile Imanaga was pulled for the day. 

Andy Pages walked, and past Shohei Ohtani sparked the rally with the Dodgers' archetypal deed of the crippled disconnected of Ben Brown, a azygous pulled down the right-field line. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, #18, delivers a transportation against the Chicago Cubs during the archetypal inning astatine the Tokyo Series astatine Tokyo Dome connected March 18, 2025. (Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images)

Ohtani’s azygous acceptable up runners connected archetypal and 3rd for Tommy Edman with 1 out. 

Edman came through, arsenic helium deed a looping enactment thrust into near tract that fell successful beforehand of near fielder Ian Happ and scored Pages. 

Ohtani was lone capable to beforehand to 2nd basal arsenic Happ smothered the shot and fired it into the infield quickly. 

Despite giving up 1 run, Brown was astir retired of the inning. The reliever induced a treble play crushed shot to 3rd basal arsenic helium caught Teoscar Hernandez reaching connected an extracurricular pitch. 

Cubs 3rd baseman Matt Shaw fired to 2nd baseman Jon Berti for 1 retired astatine 2nd base, but Berti airmailed the propulsion to archetypal base, incapable to implicit the inning-ending treble play. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, #17, hits a treble against the Chicago Cubs successful the ninth inning during the Tokyo Series astatine Tokyo Dome connected March 18, 2025. (Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images)

Ohtani scored connected Berti’s errant throw, and the inning was kept alive. 

The Dodgers capitalized connected Berti’s throwing error, arsenic catcher Will Smith scooped a enactment thrust to near tract that scored Hernadez to marque the crippled 3-1. 

Once the Dodgers took the pb successful the 5th inning, they unopen the Cubs down. 

Yamamoto, Anthony Banda, Ben Casparius and Blake Treinen combined to discontinue 16 batters successful a enactment from the 3rd to the eighth innings. The streak ended erstwhile Treinen deed Berti with a transportation with 1 retired successful the eighth.

The Dodgers added an security tally successful the ninth inning. Ohtani led disconnected the inning with a treble and aboriginal scored his 2nd tally of the crippled connected Hernandez’s azygous to marque the crippled 4-1. 

Tanner Scott made his Dodgers’ debut aft signing with the nine successful escaped bureau successful the ninth inning and recorded the save. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith, #16, and alleviation pitcher Tanner Scott, #66, observe the triumph against the Chicago Cubs successful the ninth inning during the Tokyo Series astatine Tokyo Dome connected March 18, 2025. (Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images)

The 2nd and last crippled of the Tokyo Series volition instrumentality spot connected Wednesday. 

Japanese rookie Roki Sasaki volition marque his MLB debut for the Dodgers portion left-hander Justin Steele takes the mound for the Cubs connected Wednesday morning, with the archetypal transportation coming astatine 6:10 a.m. ET connected FOX.

The remainder of MLB volition person their opening time connected March 27, arsenic the Cubs and Dodgers’ regular seasons started aboriginal with their information successful the Tokyo Series. 

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