Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs

· MLB World Tour: Tokyo Series

Los Angeles Dodgers

1-0, 1-0 Away

Final
4 - 1

Chicago Cubs

0-1, 0-1 Home

Yamamoto, Ohtani deliver in return to Japan, Dodgers beat the Cubs 4-1 in season opener

Ohtani leads Dodgers to season-opening win in Tokyo

Playing in front of their home country, Yamamoto and Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga both pitched well in the first all-Japanese starting pitching matchup on opening day in MLB history. Imanaga threw four scoreless innings, allowing no hits but walking four.

The Dodgers jumped on Cubs reliever Ben Brown (0-1) in the fifth, scoring three runs, partly because of a throwing error by second baseman Jon Berti. Tommy Edman and Will Smith had RBI singles.

Ohtani was part of the rally, delivering a hard-hit single through the right side. He finished 2 for 5 at the plate, including a double to lead off the ninth, eventually scoring another run.

Yamamoto (1-0) gave up one run on three hits and a walk, striking out four. Tanner Scott earned his first save.

Chicago's Miguel Amaya drove in Dansby Swanson with a two-out double that made it 1-0 in the second. The Cubs didn't have a hit after the third.

Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was scratched before the game because of left rib discomfort. Shortstop Mookie Betts will miss both games in Japan because of an illness.

Key moment Ohtani's single was the first hit of the game for the Dodgers, helping start a rally that would turn the game in their favor.

Key stat Yamamoto, Anthony Banda, Ben Casparius and Blake Treinen combined to retire 16 batters in a row from the third to the eighth innings. The streak ended when Treinen hit Berti with a pitch with one out in the eighth.

Up next Japanese rookie Roki Sasaki will make his MLB debut for the Dodgers while left-hander Justin Steele takes the mound for the Cubs on Wednesday night for the final game in Tokyo.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Shaw struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Turner flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Turner hit for Busch
	9th Inning	Tucker lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Scott relieved Treinen
	9th Inning	E. Hernández popped out to first.

Statistics

LAD		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
0	Ground Balls	0
9	Strikeouts	9
3	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	1
8	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
23	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
185	Pitches	121
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	4
42	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
4.1	Runs Created	-0.1
.206	Batting Average	.100
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.265	Slugging Percentage	.133
.294	Secondary Average	.100
.357	On Base Percentage	.156
.622	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.290
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
4.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.1
25.0	Batter Rating	10.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.40	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.78
.059	Isolated Power	.033
0.89	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.190	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
.088	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
7.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
75.0	MLB Rating	59.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0