Opening Day remains to be eight days away, however the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres are kicking issues off early Wednesday with MLB’s first common season recreation in South Korea.
On the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, Shohei Ohtani will make his long-awaited common season debut in Dodger blue, whereas Tyler Glasnow may also make his Dodgers debut when he takes the mound towards the Padres’ Yu Darvish.
The Padres and Dodgers have each been in Seoul for various days. They have been in a position to recover from any jet lag they skilled on the way in which over, and so they’ve additionally been in a position to get some enjoying time on the Gocheok Sky Dome. Each groups have performed the Korean Nationwide Baseball Group in addition to two groups from the KBO, Korea’s equal to MLB.
However these have been simply exhibition video games. That is the true factor. Each groups will play just a few extra spring coaching video games earlier than the 2024 season actually will get underway, however the common season is lastly right here.
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The house plate umpire has been squeezing each pitchers, however Glasnow’s wildness on the mound is value watching.
Tyler Glasnow walked 4 batters twice in 21 begins final season. He has 4 walks by means of 4 innings at this time
A double play helps the Dodgers, however nonetheless forces them to surrender the result in the Padres.
Now it is Glasnow’s flip. He is loaded the bases however with zero outs, and now the Padres have a possibility to blow it huge open.
Even tennis legend Billie Jean King is in Seoul to see Ohtani!
The Dodgers scored their first run of 2024 on a Jason Heyward sacrifice fly, which led Padres supervisor Mike Shildt to make that lengthy stroll out to the mound and pull Darvish, his starter.
The Padres scored the primary run of the sport, but it surely appears like Darvish is on his previous few batters as his management continues to undergo.
What began with an Ohtani hit led to the Dodgers clogging the bases within the third as Darvish continues to have points with location. However Muncy swings by means of strike three and the Padres escape from hazard — for now, at the least…
Shohei Ohtani has his first hit as a Dodger! He whipped a line drive to proper area after which nearly instantly stole second. Campusano the catcher barely bought the ball out of his glove earlier than he was already standing on second.
Glasnow has regarded sharp, however allowed his first stroll of the sport (and the season) to Jurickson Profar within the second. Profar was nearly instantly erased from the bases when Luis Campusano grounded out sharply to Mookie Betts for the third out.
Now we have precise footage to indicate you of Ohtani’s first at-bat as a Dodger.
Third baseman Max Muncy has the primary hit of the MLB season, a line drive single to heart area that he adopted with a stolen base. Simply two innings into the season and the Dodgers are already feeling frisky.
Previous pals alert! MLB’s winningest Asian pitcher, Chan Ho Park, threw out the primary pitch, and Ken Griffey Jr. can also be on the recreation as a sports activities photographer.
Korean pitcher Chan Ho Park threw out the primary pitch to start the Seoul Collection 🇰🇷
Park is the winningest Asian pitcher in MLB historical past.
— Yahoo Sports activities (@YahooSports) March 20, 2024
Shohei Ohtani’s first at-bat as a Dodger is within the books: a pressure out that included some confusion when umpire interference nullified a Betts stolen base.
Now it is official! Yu Darvish delivered the primary pitch of the 2024 season: a ball to Mookie Betts.
And some pitches later, Darvish earned a pitch clock violation and Betts grew to become the primary baserunner of the 2024 season.