{"id":2934,"date":"2025-03-12T16:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T07:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=2934"},"modified":"2025-03-12T16:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T07:35:08","slug":"baseball-dodgers-sasaki-to-start-game-2-of-tokyo-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=2934","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Dodgers&#8217; Sasaki to start Game 2 of Tokyo series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/288215928582407265\/profile_2.png);background-position: center;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>Kyodo News<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers&#8217; new right-hander Roki Sasaki will start Game 2 of the two-game, MLB season-opening series against the Chicago Cubs at Tokyo Dome, skipper Dave Roberts said Tuesday. 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