Shohei Ohtani fever in Tokyo reached boiling point Saturday as the Japanese baseball superstar hit a home run in his first game in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform in his home country. But it was his first ever appearance in an MLB uniform in his home country,

An illness sidelined Mookie Betts for the final day of Cactus League play in Arizona, and he’ll miss the Dodgers’ two exhibition games against Yomiuri and Hanshin at the Tokyo Dome.

Shortstop Mookie Betts will miss the Los Angeles Dodgers' two exhibition games in Japan because of an illness, manager Dave Roberts said Saturday.