With the team going with a bullpen day for their first exhibition game in Japan, Merryweather opened for the Cubs against the ...

A cacophony of chants, horns, drums and cheers greeted Julian Merryweather as he faced the Hanshin Tigers, while the Chicago ...

Teruaki Sato hit a three-run homer off two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell, leading the Hanshin Tigers to a 3-0 ...

TOKYO — For two days in Japan, it's the Hanshin Tigers who have have looked like the class of the National League. In another ...

Behind a superb start from Hiroto Saiki, the Hanshin Tigers didn’t give up a hit until the fifth inning and defeated the ...

What if a 20-year-old pitcher could silence a lineup of Major League stars with nothing more than a quirky delivery and a ...

Photos from the Chicago Cubs’ exhibition game against the Hanshin Tigers at the Tokyo Dome on . The Cubs lost 3-0.

The Chicago Cubs are one of two MLB clubs capping off their Spring Training in Japan, but few expected the outcome of their ...

Hanshin Tigers prospect Keito Mombetsu threw five perfect innings to lead his team to a 3-0 win over the Chicago Cubs on ...

The Tokyo Dome press seating was situated on the opposite side of the stadium, a little ways up the third-base line. But even ...

Blake Snell retires the first nine batters he faces (five on strikeouts) but gives up a three-run homer in the fourth inning.