With the team going with a bullpen day for their first exhibition game in Japan, Merryweather opened for the Cubs against the NPB’s Hanshin Tigers. And after a relatively subdued first half inning, the chants began soon after Merryweather took the mound for warmup pitches.

The Cubs dropped their first exhibition game in Tokyo 3-0 to the Hanshin Tigers. In the first of two contests, the Cubs looked sluggish and jetlagged from the flight.

This will be the Hanshin Tigers’ eighth game against individual Major League teams, each against a different club, but their first against a Nation

This week, the Cubs and Dodgers will sqaure off in a two game series in Tokyo Japan to kickoff the MLB season. Here is eevrything you need to know.

Suzuki, now in his fourth season with Chicago, played nine seasons with the Central League's Hiroshima Toyo Carp from 2013 to 2021. During that time, he made five NPB All-Star teams, won Central League batting titles in 2019 and 2021, and earned five Golden Glove Awards for his defense in the outfield.

The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar is suddenly at risk of missing the team's opening series in Tokyo, Japan against the Chicago Cubs.