Ohtani Shohei was back in Japan for the beginning of the Major League Baseball season last week. So were Yamamoto Yoshinobu, Sasaki Roki, Imanaka Shota, and Suzuki Seiya. The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs have five of the best Japanese baseball players on their teams, and everyone in Japan was looking forward to seeing them play. The starting pitchers for the first game were Yamamoto for the Dodgers and Imanaka for the Cubs. That game was watched by 25 million people in Japan, a new record for a MLB game. The Dodgers won that game 4-1. Sasaki started for the Dodgers in the second game and struck out Suzuki. Then, when Ohtani came up to bat in the fifth inning, it was Sho-time! He hit his first home run of the season, and the Dodgers went on to win the second game, too.  (145 words)

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