For two days in Japan, it's the Hanshin Tigers who have looked like the class of the National League. In another sign that Japanese baseball has never been better, the Tigers capped a two-game sweep over MLB clubs with a 3-0 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday at the Tokyo Dome.

Japanese baseball eclipses MLB at the Tokyo Dome where not only was a filler game played in spring training; this was a transcontinental showdown that ignited the fuse for the 2025

Maybe the Hanshin Tigers are baseball’s real evil empire.One day after the Japanese team, which plays in the Nippon Professional Baseball league, shut out the Chicago Cubs in an exhibition contest at the Tokyo Dome,

Blake Snell retires the first nine batters he faces (five on strikeouts) but gives up a three-run homer in the fourth inning. Tyler Glasnow allows one hit in four scoreless innings, striking out

Teruaki Sato hit a three-run home run off Blake Snell for the only runs of the game, giving the Hanshin Tigers a win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in an exhibition game on Sunday afternoon at the Tokyo Dome in Japan.

After giving up a home run to the Dodgers star two years ago, Hiroto Saiki got the best of Shohei Ohtani on Sunday as the Tigers completed a weekend sweep of MLB clubs.

Blake Snell will start and Tyler Glasnow will also pitch in the Dodgers’ second exhibition game, facing the Hanshin Tigers at the Tokyo Dome on Sunday afternoon in Japan, an 8 p.m. PT Saturday start time back home in Los Angeles.

The Chicago Cubs began their first of two exhibition games in Japan by losing 3-0 to the Hanshin Tigers. Offensively, the Cubs were held without a hit until the sixth inning and finished with just three in the contest.