Blake Snell retires the first nine batters he faces (five on strikeouts) but gives up a three-run homer in the fourth inning. Tyler Glasnow allows one hit in four scoreless innings, striking out

Behind a superb start from Hiroto Saiki, the Hanshin Tigers didn’t give up a hit until the fifth inning and defeated the Dodgers 3-0 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.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto has emerged as a potential ace for the Dodgers this season, and he'll take the mound against the Cubs on Tuesday in Japan.

A hearty homecoming is on tap as Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Los Angeles Dodgers will open the 2025 MLB season in Tokyo on Tuesday against fellow Japanese countrymen Shota Imanaga, Seiya Suzuki and the Chicago Cubs.

Team officials have stated their mission to “paint Japan blue” and become the nation’s most popular MLB team. But this week, over their first 24 hours in Tokyo for a season-opening trip to Japan, they got to actually feel what being Japan’s team is like.