This was the (literal) global MLB opener for 2025, played at the Tokyo Dome and featuring two Japanese starters on each side, including the starting pitchers. Shoto Imanaga pitched four no-hit innings for the Cubs, but he walked four with just one strikeout. Yoshinobu Yamamoto was touched up for a run on a two-out Miguel Amaya double in the second, but he walked just one and fanned four over five frames, enough to earn the win as Ben Brown quickly coughed up three runs in his first inning in relief of Imanaga. Seiya Suzuki was 0-4 but Shohei Ohtani was 2-5, so it was a pretty good showing all around for the Japanese players. Matt Shaw made his MLB debut batting seventh for Chicago, going 0-4.
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