2025 LA Dodgers: Dodgers @ Cubs (3/19/25) Tokyo Series

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00:00Well similar pageantry to

00:03opening day here in Tokyo we're

00:05set for game two the Dodgers and

00:07the Cubs Dodgers trying to sweep

00:09this two game series across the

00:11globe to get the season started

00:13the script continues to set up

00:14perfectly you've got Roki

00:16Sasaki set to make his major

00:18league debut of course here in

00:19his home country of Japan

00:21obviously a lot of fanfare but

00:22for me personally this is what I

00:24came over here to see he's got a

00:26fastball that'll top 100 miles

00:28per hour and that's not his

00:30best pitch he has a devastating

00:32split finger pitch that some are

00:33calling the best in all the land

00:36Justin Steele making his 20 25

00:39debut and Justin Steele again J.D.

00:41one of the most consistent

00:42starters for the Cubs over the

00:43last three years off we go in

00:45game two as Ohtani sends the

00:47first pitch in the air to left

00:49field half goes back onto the

00:51track to put it away put a scare

00:54into it and put a thrill into

00:56this crowd nearly leaving the

00:59yard on the first pitch of the

01:00game the pitch swing and a miss

01:04strike three first strike out of

01:06twenty twenty five for Justin

01:07Steele in case Tommy Edmond two

01:09up two down for Steele swinging

01:12but brought along first Carson

01:14Kelly to finish off a one two

01:15three first inning just eight

01:16pitches for Justin Steele so the

01:19major league career for Roki

01:21Sasaki begins with the Japan and

01:24the Dodger connection continues

01:26starting with the Dale Nomo

01:27nineteen ninety five tiny

01:30Yamamoto now Sasaki the 13th

01:32Japanese born Dodger making his

01:34major league debut in half

01:37climbs in to face him Sasaki

01:39throws one hundred a little bit

01:42low and a hundred again fly to

01:47left field there's Michael

01:48Conforto for the first out and

01:50an exhale from Sasaki he's been

01:52screaming to this day for a long

01:54time count has gone full on

01:56Suzuki got him swinging the

02:01first strikeout of Roki Sasaki's

02:03major league career is of say a

02:05Suzuki and a nice feather in his

02:07cap right there getting his

02:09countrymen two up and two down

02:11and it's Kyle Tucker that one's

02:13turned around but got under it

02:15and in center field Andy Paz has

02:17will make this a one two three

02:19debut inning for Sasaki so walk to

02:22Will Smith Max Muncie once he

02:25rips this ball deep to the right

02:27field corner and it short hops the

02:29wall Smith stops at third on a

02:32double from Muncie Dodgers in

02:34business in the second second and

02:36third for Kike Hernandez and a

02:39wild pitch that allows the first

02:41one to come in Will Smith in to

02:44score Dodgers on the board first

02:46hitters and it's actually ruled a

02:48pass ball yeah nominous start to

02:51Carson Kelly's time with the Cubs

02:53peace fly to center field

02:57Hernandez to Carl Armstrong here

02:59comes Muncie throws up the line

03:01and it's two to nothing

03:03Hernandez with his first run

03:05batted into the season or drops

03:07more shot a short caught by

03:11Rojas two walks out of the first

03:13three hitters open this inning

03:16bang to short it's caught by Rojas

03:19it's a double play and it ends the

03:21inning so Sasaki with some help

03:23from his shortstop to pitch around

03:25the pair of free passes she was

03:27out of high school half out of

03:29college second strikeout for

03:32Steele and here's Otani it is

03:36ruled the first picked up by Bush

03:38and Otani's over to two up and two

03:41down in this third inning Dodgers

03:43up two to nothing and the batter

03:45is Tommy Edmond that ball is

03:47crushed in the air to left field

03:49did he get under it or did he get

03:50enough he got enough and it's

03:53Tommy tanks with the first home

03:56run in Tokyo the first home run of

03:59the twenty five campaign comes

04:01from twenty five to back to back

04:03innings the Cubs have had a

04:05couple of runners aboard Sasaki

04:07to use a double play last inning

04:08to get out of it unscathed the

04:10bases are loaded Sasaki issues

04:12his fourth walk trying to cheer

04:15on Rokey Sasaki control issues

04:17thus far ball for the Cubs get

04:19their first run Kyle Tucker with

04:22the bases loaded walk John

04:24Birdie scores Cubs on the board

04:26it's a 3 1 game base is still

04:28loaded just one away Michael

04:30Bush to a walk of his own his

04:31first time he strikes him out with

04:34a pass ball I mean I'll say it

04:36again just as easy as he gets

04:38himself in trouble he didn't get

04:39himself out that's that's how

04:41good his stuff is bases loaded

04:44two away one two back to back

04:48K's to limit the damage Dodger

04:51traveling parties wonder gonna

04:53see any cherry blossoms on this

04:55trip I don't really see many of

04:56those but they've seen some snow

04:58and they see Will Smith turn the

05:00corner with a double on the first

05:02of the fourth Dodgers three comes

05:04one Kike Hernandez comes up

05:06Smith in second one away here in

05:08the fourth Crooks one deep to

05:10left field and his first hit will

05:12be a home run after a homerless

05:17first game the Dodgers have two

05:19early on here in game two and no

05:21doubter right there came off the

05:22bat at almost a hundred and ten

05:24miles an hour but Kike kind of

05:27admired it there well he should

05:29have put a long legacy of Japanese

05:31pitchers in Dodger blue you can

05:34add a name to that list tonight

05:35Roki Sasaki makes his debut goes

05:38three innings pitches around those

05:39five walks to give up just one run

05:42hands it off to the bullpen Luis

05:43Garcia up the middle and into

05:47center field for a base hit so the

05:48Cubs two hits tonight and they're

05:51both courtesy of John Birdie and so

05:54they've got a couple runners aboard

05:55as it goes back to the top of the

05:56center for half at line drive left

05:59field that's a base hit Kelly

06:01rounds third no throw home it's a

06:04RBI single for Ian Hap and the

06:07Cubs get one back here in the

06:08fourth it's a 5 2 game and now

06:11faces Suzuki representing the

06:12time run got him to chase strike

06:15three and so Garcia limits the

06:18damage to one at four innings in

06:20Tokyo five to L.A. and here comes

06:24Kohei full country and all the

06:28phones out trying to get their

06:30own perspective captured right

06:32here absolute tank right center

06:37field it is off the wall to second

06:43goes Ohtani to home goes Ohtani

06:47it was a home run I don't know

06:50where that ball hit it seemed like

06:53it was headed to the moon did it

06:55deflect off of some of the running

06:58after review the call in the field

07:00stands home run yeah like I said

07:03an absolute tank Ohtani's got his

07:07first home run of the season and it

07:10comes in Tokyo third of the game for

07:13L.A. six to two off his glove

07:21Shaw's got an infield hit for his

07:23first big league knock save that

07:26ball for Matt Shaw one two

07:30Dansby rips it down the left field

07:32line that's a base hit it'll bang

07:34off the wall Shaw can fly rounds

07:37third cutoff throw it's high

07:41throw it down to the left field

07:43and then Dansby the third slides

07:44it safely with an RBI double and

07:46the Cubs get one back here in the

07:48fifth shot with the infield single

07:50and then Dansby waxes ball in the

07:52left field corner a little choppy

07:54around third but then the errant or

07:56high throw homeward and they had no

07:59shot at Shaw digs it out sends it to

08:05the gap in right center field cut off

08:08by Cole Armstrong guns to second not

08:11one time pot has a two out double and

08:13another two strike hit for L.A. and

08:17another two out situation where

08:18pot is get so tiny up there what you

08:21hear from the crowd is they're

08:23getting it is intentionally walked

08:26and they're saying you can't do that

08:28Thomas first and second two way to

08:31take the chances with Tommy Edmond

08:32diving stop by Matt Shaw to save a

08:36run he's played some nice defense over

08:39there tonight Shaw takes a hit away

08:41and an RBI away from Edmond three

08:43and one now Presley the pie is

08:47there's ball four and here's the

08:50curtain call can Ohtani meet the

08:53moment again now walked in will

08:58settle for the walk third time that

09:00Ohtani's been on base today five

09:02times in the two games off to a nice

09:04start to this twenty twenty five

09:06campaign but nowhere to put Tommy

09:08Edmond grounds the first one to

09:11second birdie the second one

09:12Swanson to first they turn to and

09:15get out of the bases loaded jam to

09:17keep within striking distance to

09:19the bottom of the dime Alex

09:21Vestia on looking for the save in

09:23his six three game to the bottom of

09:25the nine the fans cheering Suzuki

09:29and urging him to get his first hit

09:31and what may be his last chance

09:34Suzuki really make invest your work

09:36here on the ninth pitch Suzuki is

09:39down on strikes and the Cubs are down

09:42to their last down up to Kyle Tucker

09:45Tucker hits it well left field

09:47Conforto back at the walls off the

09:50wall Kyle Tucker the second and a two

09:54out double here in the ninth is his

09:56first hit in the Cubs uniform Cubs get

09:59the tying run to the plate and Shaw

10:01coming to the plate Alex Vestia

10:04trying to get to the finish line

10:05here Shaw one for four first big

10:08league hit was an infield single

10:10out of no one bounces one left side

10:13backhand Rojas long thrower to

10:15finish the job the Dodgers sweep the

10:18Cubs to open twenty twenty five in

10:21Tokyo Shaw saying hang on the Cubs

10:24is going to be sure no challenge

10:27game over series over season

10:31started.

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