Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was scratched from the starting lineup with left rib discomfort before the season opener against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night at the Tokyo Dome.

MLB season is officially underway with the Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, and the beer prices are blowing fans away.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw five strong innings, Shohei Ohtani had two hits and scored twice and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 in Major League Baseball ...

In front of a packed Tokyo Dome crowd, the 2025 MLB season got underway with Game 1 of the Tokyo Series. Though the game was close, the Dodgers' trio of Japanese stars (though only two played: Roki Sa ...

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.

When Shohei Ohtani steps onto the Tokyo Dome field, the mere sight of him is enough to send those in the stands into rapturous applause. But when he steps into the batter's box, the noise level drops ...

Welcome to the view from the stands in the middle of the jammed sellout at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday as the Dodgers and Cubs opened MLB's regular season.

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 ...

But the Japanese players who were playing in front of their home country at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday night handled any jitters they had quite well, delivering in clutch moments as the Los Angeles ...

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 ...

But let me be clear: The Tokyo Series is awesome. This is a fun celebration of baseball and the connections it's created across the world. A cool Pokémon-themed video played in the Tokyo Dome ...