Game Time: 6:10 ET
Stadium: Tokyo Dome
Attendance: 42,365
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LAD 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 7 0
CHC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LAD 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 7 0
CHC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
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Running
8th inning - SB: Jon Berti (2nd base off B. Treinen/ W. Smith)
Fielding
E - Jon Berti (1), Matt Shaw (1)
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Game Details
Game Time: 2:38
Umpires: HP-Bill Miller, 1B-Mike Estabrook, 2B-Lance Barrett, 3B-John Libka
Weather: 70 degrees. 
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Freddie Freeman
Sitting again in Tokyo
1BLos Angeles Dodgers
March 18, 2025
Freeman (rib) is not in the lineup for the second game of the Tokyo Series against the Cubs on Wednesday.
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Will Smith
Reaches four times in opener
CLos Angeles Dodgers
March 18, 2025
Smith went 1-for-2 with an RBI and three walks in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Cubs in Tokyo, Japan.
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Clayton Kershaw
Shifted to 60-day IL
PLos Angeles Dodgers
March 18, 2025
The Dodgers transferred Kershaw (toe/knee) to the 60-day injured list Tuesday, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.
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Matt Sauer
Selected to active roster
PLos Angeles Dodgers  AAA
March 18, 2025
The Dodgers selected Sauer's contract from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.
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Justin Wrobleski
Optioned to Triple-A
PLos Angeles Dodgers  AAA
March 18, 2025
The Dodgers optioned Wrobleski to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.
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Miguel Rojas
Fills in for Betts in opener
SSLos Angeles Dodgers
March 18, 2025
Rojas started at shortstop and went 1-for-4 with a base hit in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Cubs in Tokyo.
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Freddie Freeman
Could debut Wednesday
1BLos Angeles Dodgers
March 18, 2025
Freeman (rib) estimated after Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Cubs that he has a "75 percent chance" of being ready to play in Wednesday's series finale in Tokyo, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.
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Shohei Ohtani
Scores twice Opening Day
DHLos Angeles Dodgers
March 18, 2025
Ohtani went 2-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and a strikeout in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Cubs in Tokyo.
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Tanner Scott
Secures first save of 2025
PLos Angeles Dodgers
March 18, 2025
Scott struck out one and didn't allow a baserunner in a scoreless ninth inning to record the save versus the Cubs in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Notches win in Tokyo
PLos Angeles Dodgers
March 18, 2025
Yamamoto (1-0) earned the win Tuesday against the Cubs in Tokyo after giving up one run on three hits and one walk across five innings. He struck out four.
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Freddie Freeman
Scratched with left rib discomfort
1BLos Angeles Dodgers
March 18, 2025
Freeman was scratched from the lineup for Tuesday's season opener against the Cubs in Tokyo due to left rib discomfort, David Vassegh of AM 570 LA Sports reports.
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Michael Conforto
Added to season-opening lineup
OFLos Angeles Dodgers
March 18, 2025
Conforto will start in left field and bat seventh Tuesday against the Cubs in the first game of the Tokyo Series.
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Freddie Freeman
Scratched from lineup
1BLos Angeles Dodgers
March 18, 2025
Freeman has been scratched from the lineup for Tuesday's season opener against the Cubs in Tokyo, David Vassegh of AM 570 LA Sports reports.
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Mookie Betts
Travels back to Los Angeles
OFLos Angeles Dodgers
March 18, 2025
Betts (illness) flew back to Los Angeles on Monday after he had previously made the trip with the Dodgers to Japan ahead of the club's two-game season-opening series versus the Cubs this week, David Vassegh of AM 570 LA Sports reports.
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Michael Conforto
On bench for regular-season opener
OFLos Angeles Dodgers
March 18, 2025
Conforto is not in the lineup for Tuesday's regular-season opener against the Cubs in Tokyo.
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Miguel Amaya
Provides offense in 2025 opener
CChicago Cubs
March 18, 2025
Amaya went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI in Tuesday's 4-1 defeat to the Dodgers in Tokyo.
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Ben Brown
Takes loss in opener
PChicago Cubs
March 18, 2025
Brown (0-1) was the pitcher of record in Tuesday's 4-1 loss to the Dodgers in Tokyo, giving up three runs (two earned) on four hits and three walks while striking out five over 2.2 innings.
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Matt Shaw
Quiet debut in Tokyo
3BChicago Cubs
March 18, 2025
Shaw went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts during Tuesday's 4-1 loss to the Dodgers in Tokyo.
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Shota Imanaga
Tosses four scoreless in opener
PChicago Cubs
March 18, 2025
Imanaga didn't factor in the decision Tuesday against the Dodgers in Tokyo after he struck out two and allowed no hits and four walks over four scoreless innings.
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Matt Shaw
Batting fifth in MLB debut
3BChicago Cubs
March 18, 2025
Shaw is in the lineup Tuesday against the Dodgers for the first game of the 2025 Tokyo Series, manning third base and batting fifth.
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