The starting pitchers did their jobs in their home country, with Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto going five innings, striking out four and allowing one run. Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga didn't allow a ...

The pitch being watched around the world was a fastball. Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga fired it as the Tokyo Dome crowd quieted with anticipation and Dodgers global superstar Shohei Ohtani took it for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers gave Shohei Ohtani an unprecedented $700 million contract hoping to drive interest — and the dollars that come with it — from fans across the Pacific. It seems to be working.

Jack Dreyer spent most of his professional baseball career flying under the radar. The former Johnston High School standout went undrafted out of college, never popped up on major prospect rankings ...

Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell pulled Shota Imanaga early in the Tokyo Series, much to the chagrin of fans.

Keaton Anthony had a solo homer and Jordan Romano earned a strikeout against his former club as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in split squad action. CLEARWATER, Fla. — Off ...

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was scratched from the lineup with left rib discomfort on Tuesday.

MLB opened its regular season Tuesday with the first game of the Tokyo Series between the Dodgers and Cubs, and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred expects this Opening Series will set records across the ...

The Tokyo Dome put on a show before the opening game of MLB’s 2025 Tokyo Series, including an epic Pokémon-themed intro highlighting the great MLB stars who have come to Japan, and the great Japanese ...

The Dodgers opened their 2025 regular season early Tuesday Pacific Time in Tokyo, facing the Chicago Cubs following another free-spending offseason as they attempt to win back-to-back World Series ...