Yoshinobu Yamamoto had a little extra zip on his fastball. Shohei Ohtani even admitted to some nerves. There was little doubt this was no ordinary baseball game. But the Japanese players who were playing in front of their home country at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday night handled any jitters they had quite well,

The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 in the first game of the MLB season Tuesday morning in the Tokyo Dome behind Shohei Ohtani's big game.