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.

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

The Tigers started the two-game sweep on Saturday with a 3-0 win over the Chicago Cubs after 20-year-old lefty Keito Mombetsu threw five perfect innings. No Cubs reached base until Miguel Amaya smacked a single through the infield in the sixth that just got past the shortstop.

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.

LA Dodgers vs Hanshin Tigers postgame press conference Watch live as the Los Angeles Dodgers hold a postgame press conference after their exhibition game against the Hanshin Tigers in Tokyo. The Dodgers are playing in Japan as part of the Tokyo Series.

Hanshin Tigers pitcher Hiroto Saiki, middle rear, and Teruaki Sato are interviewed after an MLB Japan Series exhibition baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in