The starters combined for nine innings of one-run ball in the first all-Japanese starting pitching matchup in Opening Day history.
It was a slow start but the Dodgers pieced together a 4-1 opening-day win over the Cubs in the Tokyo Series as Shohei Ohtani had two hits and scored twice.
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 ...