Dodgers vs. Cubs full Tokyo Series game highlights from 3/19/25
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00:00The Dodgers and the Cubs Dodgers
00:01trying to sweep this two game
00:03series across the globe to get
00:05the season started.
00:06The script continues to set up
00:08perfectly.
00:08You've got Roki Sasaki set to
00:10make his major league debut of
00:12course here in his home country
00:13of Japan.
00:14Obviously a lot of fanfare but
00:15for me personally this is what I
00:18came over here to see.
00:19He's got a fastball that'll top
00:21100 miles per hour and that's
00:23not the speed of a baseball
00:24pitcher.
00:25He's got a fastball that'll top
00:26100 miles per hour and that's
00:27not the speed of a baseball
00:29He has a devastating split
00:30finger pitch that some are
00:31calling the best in all the
00:33land.
00:34Justin Steele making his twenty
00:36twenty five debut and Justin
00:38Steele again J.D. one of the
00:40most consistent starters for the
00:41Cubs over the last three years.
00:42Off we go in game two as Ohtani
00:45sends the first pitch in the air
00:47to left field.
00:47Happ goes back onto the track to
00:50put it away.
00:51Put a scare into it and put a
00:54thrill into this crowd.
00:56Nearly a hundred miles per hour
00:58and nearly leaving the yard on
01:00the first pitch of the game.
01:02The pitch swing and a miss
01:04strike three first strike out of
01:06twenty twenty five for Justin
01:07Steele case Tommy Edmond two up
01:10two down for steel swinging but
01:12rode along first Carson Kelly to
01:14finish off a one two three first
01:16inning just eight pitches for
01:18Justin Steele.
01:19So the major league career for
01:20Roki Sasaki begins with the
01:23Japan and Dodger connection
01:25continues starting with the day
01:27he was born in Okinawa in the
01:28summer of 1995.
01:31Tommy Yamamoto now Sasaki the
01:3413th Japanese born Dodger making
01:36his major league debut in half
01:39climbs in to face him.
01:40Sasaki throws one hundred a
01:43little bit low and a hundred
01:48again five the left field.
01:49There's Michael Conforto for the
01:52first down and an exhale from
01:53Sasaki who's been dreaming of
01:55count has gone full on Suzuki.
01:58Got him swinging the first
02:01strikeout of Roki Sasaki his
02:03major league career as of say a
02:05Suzuki and a nice feather in his
02:07cap right there getting his
02:09countrymen two up and two down
02:11and it's Kyle Tucker that once
02:13turned around but got under it
02:15and in center field Andy Paz
02:17will make this a one two three
02:19debut for Sasaki to walk to Will
02:23Smith Max Muncy Muncy rips his
02:26ball deep to the right field
02:27corner and it short hops the
02:29wall.
02:31Smith stops at third on a double
02:32from Muncy Dodgers in business
02:35in the second second and third
02:37for Kike Hernandez and a wild
02:40pitch that allows the first one
02:41to come in.
02:43Will Smith in to score Dodgers
02:45on the board first and it's
02:47actually ruled a pass ball.
02:49Yeah.
02:50An ignominious start to Carson
02:52this time with the Cubs.
02:53Is.
02:55Fly to center field Hernandez to
02:58Karl Armstrong.
02:59Here comes Muncy throws up the
03:01line and it's two to nothing.
03:03Hernandez with his first run
03:05batted into the season or drops
03:08more.
03:10Shot a short caught by Rojas to
03:13walks out of the first three
03:14hitters and open this inning.
03:17Bang this short it's caught by
03:18Rojas it's a double play and it
03:21is the inning.
03:22So Sasaki with some help from
03:24his shortstop to pitch around
03:25the pair of free passes.
03:27Steel was out of high school at
03:29out of college.
03:32Second strikeout for Steele and
03:33here's Ohtani.
03:35It is ruled the first picked up
03:38by Bush and Ohtani is over to
03:41two up and two down in this
03:42third inning.
03:43Dodgers up two to nothing and
03:45the batter is Tommy Edmund.
03:47That ball is crushed in the air
03:48to left field.
03:49Did he get under it or did he
03:51enough he got enough and it's
03:54Tommy tanks with the first home
03:56run in Tokyo.
03:58The first home run of the twenty
04:00five campaign comes from twenty
04:02five to back to back innings the
04:04Cubs have had a couple of
04:05runners aboard.
04:06Sasaki is a double play last
04:08inning to get out of it on the
04:09scale.
04:10The bases are loaded.
04:12Sasaki issues his fourth walk
04:14trying to cheer on Rookie
04:16Sasaki control issues thus far
04:18ball for the Cubs get their
04:20first run Kyle Tucker with a
04:22bases loaded walk.
04:24John Burdi scores Cubs on the
04:26board it's a three one game
04:28bases still loaded just one away
04:29Michael Bush to a walk of his
04:31own his first time he strikes
04:34him out with the fastball.
04:36I'll say it again just as easy
04:37as he gets himself in trouble
04:39he can get himself out.
04:40That's that's how good his stuff
04:42is.
04:43Bases loaded two away one to
04:45got him swinging back to back
04:48and he's got a couple of ways to
04:50limit the damage Dodger
04:52traveling party is wondering
04:54going to see any cherry blossoms
04:56on this trip.
04:57I don't know they see many of
04:57those but they've seen some snow
05:00and they see Will Smith turn the
05:01corner with a double on the
05:02first pitch of the four Dodgers
05:04three comes one kicker Hernandez
05:06comes up Smith and second one
05:08away here in the fourth.
05:10Corks one deep to left field and
05:12his first hit will be a home run
05:16after a homerun his first game
05:18the Dodgers have two early on
05:19here in Game 2 and no doubt a
05:22right there came off the bat and
05:23almost one hundred and ten miles
05:25an hour.
05:26Kiki kind of admired it there.
05:28Well he should have got a long
05:30legacy of Japanese pitchers and
05:33Dodger Blue.
05:34You can add a name to that list
05:35tonight.
05:36Rookie Sasaki makes his debut
05:37goes three innings pitches
05:39around those five walks to give
05:41up just one run hands it off to
05:42the pen Luis Garcia up the
05:46middle and in the center field
05:48for a base hit.
05:48So the Cubs two hits tonight
05:51and they're both courtesy of
05:52John Burdi and so they've got a
05:54couple of runners aboard as it
05:55goes back to the top of the
05:56order for half at line drive
05:59left field.
05:59That's a base hit Kelly Rouse
06:02third no throw home it's a RBI
06:05single for Ian Hepp and the Cubs
06:07get one back here in the fourth
06:09it's a five two game and now
06:11Jose Suzuki representing the
06:13time run got him to chase
06:15strike three.
06:17And so Garcia limits the damage
06:19to one F four innings in Tokyo
06:21five to L.A.
06:23Here comes Shohei.
06:26Whole country and all all the
06:29phones out trying to get their
06:31own perspective captured right
06:33here.
06:34There's an absolute take right
06:37center field.
06:38It is off the wall.
06:43To second goes Ohtani to home
06:47goes Ohtani it was a home run.
06:50I don't know where that ball
06:51hit.
06:52It seemed like it was headed to
06:54the moon.
06:55Did it deflect off of some of
06:57the money.
06:59After we do the call in the
07:00field stands home run.
07:03Yeah like I said an absolute
07:04take.
07:06Ohtani he's got his first home
07:08run of the season and it comes
07:10in Tokyo third of the game for
07:13L.A. six to two.
07:20Off his glove.
07:22Shaw's got an infield hit for
07:24his first big league knock.
07:25Save that ball for Matt Shaw
07:28one to Dan's Ripson down the
07:31left field line.
07:32That's a base hit it'll bang
07:34off the wall.
07:35Shaw can fly rounds third cut
07:39off throw it's high.
07:42Dan's beat a third slides in
07:44safely credited with an RBI
07:46double and the Cubs get one back
07:48here in the fifth shot with the
07:50infield single and then Dan's
07:51week waxes ball in the left
07:53field corner a little choppy
07:54around third but then the air
07:56at their high throw homework and
07:58they had no shot at Shaw.
08:03Digs it out sends it to the gap
08:05in right center field.
08:08Cut off by Carl Armstrong guns
08:10to second not in time.
08:12Pahez a two hour double and
08:14another two strike hit for L.A.
08:17And another two out situation
08:18where Pahez gets Ohtani up
08:20there.
08:21What you hear from the crowd is
08:23they're getting it is
08:25intentionally walked and they're
08:27saying you can't do that to us
08:29first and second two away.
08:31They'll take their chances with
08:32the Edmund diving stop by Matt
08:34Shaw to save a run.
08:37He's played some nice defense
08:39over there tonight.
08:40Shaw takes a hit away and an
08:41RBI away from Edmund three and
08:44one now.
08:46Presley the Pahez.
08:53Can Ohtani meet the moment
08:54again.
08:56Now walked him.
08:58They'll settle for the walk
08:59third time that Ohtani has been
09:01in the race today five times in
09:03the two games off to a nice
09:04start to this twenty twenty five
09:06campaign but nowhere to put
09:08Tommy Edmund grounds the first
09:11one to second birdie the second
09:12one Swanson to first they turn
09:14to and get out of the bases or
09:16to jam to keep within striking
09:18distance to the bottom of the
09:20nine Alex Vestia on looking for
09:23the save in a 6 3 game to the
09:25bottom of the nine fans cheering
09:29Suzuki on urging him to get his
09:31first hit and what may be his
09:33last chance.
09:34Suzuki really make invest your
09:36work here on the ninth pitch.
09:38Suzuki is down on strikes and
09:42the Cubs are down to their last
09:43down up to Kyle Tucker Tucker
09:46hits it well left field can
09:48Fordham back at the walls off
09:50the wall.
09:52Kyle Tucker to second and a two
09:55out double here in the ninth as
09:56his first hit the Cubs uniform
09:59trying to get the tying run to
10:00the plate and Shaw coming to the
10:02plate Alex Vestia trying to get
10:05to the finish line here.
10:06Shaw one for four first big
10:08league hit was an infield
10:09single.
10:10I don't know one bounces one
10:13left side back in Rojas long
10:15throw to finish the job.
10:17The Dodgers sweep the Cubs to
10:20open twenty twenty five in
10:21Tokyo.
10:23Shaw saying hang on the Cubs
10:25going to be sure no challenge.
10:28Game over series over season
10:31started.