The Los Angeles Dodgers completed a sweep of two games of the Chicago puppies in the Tokyo series on Wednesday, winning 6-3 at Tokyo Dome with the game broadcast on Fox Sports.
The Dodgers, despite not having Freddie Freeman (ribs) and Mookie Betts (disease) in the initial alignment, jumped early on the head of puppies Justin Steele.
In the second entrance, Max Muncy crushed a pendant rupture ball for a double, to establish the Dodgers with runners in the second and third base with an outside. The Dodgers receiver, Will Smith, scored the first game race in a past ball, which advanced to Muncy to third. Kiké Hernández then hit a sacrifice fly to the central garden that scored Muncy, which made him 2-0 Dodgers.
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Enrique Hernández de los Angeles Dodgers celebrates after hitting a home run in the fourth entrance during the baseball game between the Los Angeles and Chicago puppies in the MLB Tokyo series in the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 19, 2025. (Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP through Getty Images)
After the second entry of two races, the Dodgers attacked again in the third entry when Tommy Edman connected a fast ball in the left garden stands for a solo home run, the first home run of the 2025 MLB season.
The Dodgers offensive gave the starting launcher Roki Sasaki a good cushion, since the 23 -year -old made his debut in the big leagues in victory. Sasaki launched three tickets and gave a race with just one hit, but was erratic as he walked to five batters.
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Los Angeles Dodgers holder, Roki Sasaki, ends up delivering to the Chicago puppies in the first entry of a baseball game of the MLB tokyo series in Tokyo on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
The lonely race of the Sasaki puppies arrived at the bottom of the third inning, when the right gardener Kyle Tucker walked with the bases loaded, noting the second base Jon Berti.
After the puppies reduced the deficit at 3-1, the Dodgers returned to work at the top of the fourth entrance. Hernández lit a quick interior ball and demolished a two-run homer in the seats of the left garden to put the 5-1. Hernández had three races promoted in victory.
Steele ended with the loss, since he gave five races in four work tickets in his debut in the season.
The puppies responded with their own race in the lower part of the fourth entrance after an RBI Ian Happ single made 5-2.
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Shohei Ohtani of Los Angeles Dodgers, #17, celebrates its solitary home run with Tommy Edman, #25, at the fifth entry of a baseball game of the MLB tokyo series against the Chicago puppies in Tokyo on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
After scoring two races in the victory of the Dodgers on Tuesday, Shohei Ohtani joined the action when he hit a home run from Nate Pearson. The home run was under review due to the interference of the fans, but after a review, the call was, and the Dodgers took a 6-2 advantage in the upper part of the fifth entrance.
The puppies campocorto, Dansby Swanson, doubled in a race at the bottom of the fifth entrance to put the 6-3, and that is where the score would remain.
The puppies threatened in the ninth entrance, since they took the drawing race to the plate before the Dodgers closure, Alex Vesia, closed the door to hold on to victory. The reliever of the Dodgers, Landon Knack, was attributed to the victory, since he threw two goals in the sixth and seventh entrances, struggling three batters of the puppies.
The Los Angeles Dodgers relief launcher, Alex Vesia, #51, celebrates with the receiver Will Smith, #16, after defeating Chicago puppies during the Tokyo series at Tokyo Dome on March 19, 2025. (Images Darren Yamashita-Imagn)
With the sweeping of the Tokyo series, the Dodgers began their defense of the World Series title with a 2-0 start.
They will return to the United States to play some more spring training games before resuming the regular season on March 27 when they play Detroit’s Tigers.
The puppies, such as the Dodgers, will return home to play some more spring training games before resuming their regular season against the Arizona diamondbacks on March 27, when they hope to recover from their start 0-2.
