We send this newsletter out at 6:30am so we don't know the final score of this morning's game, but the Cubs finish up their historic two-game set versus the Dodgers in Tokyo today. The club goes back to Arizona for more spring training games before their next regular season series versus the Diamondbacks, starting March 27.

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.

Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani hit a towering solo homer in his return to the Tokyo Dome, taking Chicago Cubs pitcher Nate Pearson deep with a ball that barely cleared the fence in right-center field on Wednesday night.

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.

Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani hit a towering solo homer in his return to the Tokyo Dome, taking Chicago Cubs pitcher Nate Pearson deep with a ball that barely cleared the fence in right-ce