Dodgers complete Tokyo Series sweep with win over Cubs behind Kike Hernandez's big day

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The Los Angeles Dodgers completed a two-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs in the Tokyo Series on Wednesday, winning 6-3 in the Tokyo Dome with the game broadcast on FOX Sports. 

The Dodgers, despite not having Freddie Freeman (ribs) and Mookie Betts (illness) in the starting lineup, jumped on Cubs’ starter Justin Steele early. 

In the second inning, Max Muncy crushed a hanging breaking ball for a double, to set up the Dodgers with runners on second and third base with one out. Dodgers catcher Will Smith scored the first run of the game on a passed ball, which advanced Muncy to third. Kiké Hernandez then hit a sacrifice fly to center field that scored Muncy, making it 2–0 Dodgers. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers' Enrique Hernández celebrates after hitting a home run in the fourth inning during the baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs in the MLB Tokyo Series at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 19, 2025. (YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Following the two-run second inning, the Dodgers struck again in the third inning when Tommy Edman hit a high fastball into the left-field bleachers for a solo home run, the first home run of the 2025 MLB season. 

The Dodgers' offense gave starting pitcher Roki Sasaki a nice cushion, as the 23-year-old made his major league debut in the win. Sasaki pitched three innings and gave up one run on just one hit but was erratic as he walked five batters. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Roki Sasaki winds up to deliver to the Chicago Cubs in the first inning of an