Shohei Ohtani leads Dodgers’ comeback previous Cubs in Tokyo

Shohei Ohtani had two hits and two runs and fellow Jap celebrity Yoshinobu Yamamoto tossed 5 sturdy innings, fueling the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday within the opener of the Tokyo Sequence.

Ohtani had a unmarried and scored on a throwing error as a part of a three-run 5th inning. He then ripped a double to guide off the 9th sooner than crossing the plate on Teoscar Hernandez’s unmarried to left box.

Tommy Edman and Will Smith each and every had an RBI unmarried within the 5th inning for the reigning Global Sequence champion Dodgers, who benefited from 8 walks within the season opener.

Yamamoto (1-0) settled down after an asymmetric get started by way of permitting one run on 3 hits with 4 strikeouts. He retired the overall 9 batters he confronted.

Anthony Banda, Ben Casparius and Blake Treinen blended to strike out 4 batters with out surrendering successful over 3 scoreless innings. Tanner Scott retired the facet so as within the 9th inning to safe the save.

Chicago’s Miguel Amaya hit an RBI double with two outs in the second one inning to open the scoring.

Seiya Suzuki, who went 0-for-4, covered out whilst representing the tying run with two outs within the 8th inning.

Fellow Japan local Shota Imanaga issued a career-high 4 walks to pressure up his pitch depend, resulting in the latter’s go out after 4 scoreless and hitless innings. Ben Brown (0-1) got here on in aid and promptly bumped into bother.

Andy Pages labored a one-out stroll, complicated to 3rd base on Ohtani’s unmarried and came over to attain and forge a 1-1 tie after Edman’s line-drive unmarried landed in shallow left box.

Ohtani scored after Edman’s slide into 2nd base in a bid to forestall a double play pressured an errant throw by way of Chicago 2nd baseman Jon Berti. Hernandez complicated to 2nd at the throw and scored on Smith’s unmarried to left box.

Brown took the loss after allowing 3 runs (two earned) on 4 hits with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings.

Chicago were given the early leap on Yamamoto by way of scratching for the primary run of the season.

Dansby Swanson slapped a one-out unmarried in the second one inning, complicated to 2nd on a groundout by way of Pete Crow-Armstrong and scored on Amaya’s double to right-center box.

–Box Stage Media