For two days in Japan, it's the Hanshin Tigers who have looked like the class of the National League. In another sign that Japanese baseball has never been better, the Tigers capped a two-game sweep over MLB clubs with a 3-0 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday at the Tokyo Dome.

Blake Snell will start and Tyler Glasnow will also pitch in the Dodgers’ second exhibition game, facing the Hanshin Tigers at the Tokyo Dome on Sunday afternoon in Japan, an 8 p.m. PT Saturday start time back home in Los Angeles.

LA Dodgers vs Hanshin Tigers postgame press conference Watch live as the Los Angeles Dodgers hold a postgame press conference after their exhibition game against the Hanshin Tigers in Tokyo. The Dodgers are playing in Japan as part of the Tokyo Series.

The Chicago Cubs are catching a massive break not having to face off against one of the Los Angeles Dodgers stars.

Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts has been ruled out of the two-game Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs because of an illness, manager Dave Roberts said Monday.

Hanshin Tigers’ stunning sweep of the Dodgers and Cubs in Tokyo’s 2025 exhibition series! It hooks hard—a three-run homer off Blake Snell’s 95-mph heat—pulling American fans into a tale of NPB’s champs humbling MLB’s elite on March 15-16.

The Major League Baseball season kicks off Tuesday night at the Tokyo Dome when Shohei Ohtani and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers face the Chicago Cubs.

On Saturday, the Los Angeles Dodgers took part in an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants in preparation for the upcoming 2025 MLB season. The game marked the return of superstar Shohei Ohtani to his native country of Japan,

With the Los Angeles Dodgers in Tokyo ahead of their Opening Day showdown with the Chicago Cubs, Shohei Ohtani made sure to put on a show — and make sure lots more Japanese stars follow in Roki Sasaki's footsteps.