Sasaki struggled with his command and walked five in three innings. But Kike’ Hernandez drove in three runs and Shohei Ohtani hit one of the Dodgers’ home runs in the win.

Major League Baseball's regular season kicked off in Tokyo, Japan, drawing huge crowds at Tokyo Dome which hosted a two-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer has the details.

Roki Sasaki's Major League Baseball debut was equal parts electrifying and erratic, with the Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander displaying a powerful arm but also a wild streak that limited his outing to three innings at the Tokyo Dome.

Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani hit a towering solo homer in his return to the Tokyo Dome, taking Chicago Cubs pitcher Nate Pearson deep with a ball that barely cleared the fence in right-center field on Wednesday night.

Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani hit a towering solo homer in his return to the Tokyo Dome, taking Chicago Cubs pitcher Nate Pearson deep with a ball that barely cleared the fence in right-ce