THE GAME: The Hanshin Tigers held the Dodgers to just three hits and beat the reigning World Series champions, 3-0, in an exhibition game on Sunday afternoon (Saturday night PT) at the Tokyo Dome. HITTING REPORT: The Tigers also shut out the Chicago Cubs and held them to three hits in an exhibition game on Saturday. … Right-hander Hiroto Saiki pitched the first five scoreless innings against the Dodgers, striking out seven. … Shohei Ohtani took just two at-bats in Sunday’s game, striking out the first time up on a pitch in the dirt and flying out to center field in his second at-bat. … Max Muncy, Austin Barnes and Andy Pages had the Dodgers’ only hits, all singles. PITCHING REPORT: Neither team had a hit through the first three innings with Dodgers starter Blake Snell retiring the first nine batters he faced, five on strikeouts. In the fourth inning, though, Snell put runners on with a walk and a single then gave up a three-run home run to Teruaki Sato. Snell allowed one more hit and struck out seven in 4⅓ innings. … Tyler Glasnow pitched four scoreless innings, allowing one hit, walking one and striking out six. The game was played for a full nine innings despite the Tigers being the home team. UP NEXT: Dodgers (RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto) vs. Chicago Cubs (LHP Shota Imanaga), Tuesday, 3:10 a.m. PT, at Tokyo Dome, FOX (Ch. 11), SportsNet LA, 570 AM Related Articles Los Angeles Dodgers | Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani rips 2-run homer in Tokyo return Los Angeles Dodgers | Dodgers’ Mookie Betts sidelined by illness, could miss opener vs. Cubs Los Angeles Dodgers | Dodgers hit 3 home runs in exhibition win over Yomiuri Giants Los Angeles Dodgers | Dodgers get to see first hand just how popular they’ve become in Japan Los Angeles Dodgers | Ball from final out of Dodgers’ 2024 World Series win going to auction ...read more read less