The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs are opening the 2025 MLB regular season with the Tokyo Series in Japan from March 18-19.
The two-game series will be played at the Tokyo Dome, with local start times of 7:10 p.m. (3:10 a.m. PT) for both contests.
Fox is going to nationally broadcast the opener and Fox Sports 1 will have coverage of the second game. SportsNet LA is providing live coverage of the Tokyo Series as well, with Joe Davis handling play-by-play duties.
Davis will be joined by Eric Karros in the Dodgers broadcast booth as Orel Hershiser recently underwent hip surgery and is going to miss the Tokyo Series, per David Vassegh of AM 570 L.A. Sports:
1988 WS MVP & Cy Young winner, Orel Hershiser underwent hip surgery earlier this week and will not join the team in Tokyo, Japan, but will be back in the broadcast booth for the home opener vs Detroit. #Bulldog #Dodgers
— David Vassegh (@THEREAL_DV) February 20, 2025
Eric Karros will be in the booth for #TokyoSeries with Joe Davis.
— David Vassegh (@THEREAL_DV) February 20, 2025
Hershiser is expected to make a full recovery in time for the Dodger Stadium home opener against the Detroit Tigers on March 27.
Hershiser has been a staple of Dodgers broadcasts since SportsNet LA launched in 2014. Before his career as an announcer, he enjoyed a near two-decade long MLB career that included 13 seasons with L.A.
Karros also had a lengthy playing career with the Dodgers before going on to become a broadcaster for Fox Sports and eventually SportsNet LA in 2022.
SportsNet LA is entering their 12th season as the exclusive home of Dodgers games. In addition to broadcasting both Tokyo Series games, the network is going to televise exhibition contests against the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers on Saturday, March 15.
How to find Dodgers on SportsNet LA
The Dodgers’ exclusive network is available to Charter Spectrum, AT&T TV, DirecTV, U-verse TV and AT&T TV NOW subscribers.
SportsNet LA is channel 789 for a high definition feed through Spectrum, and channel 44 for standard. Local DirectTV Stream customers can find SportsNet LA on channel 690.
Spectrum customers in San Luis Obispo can find it on channels 773 (HD) and 44 (SD). The network is channel 44 for Porterville customers.
SportsNet LA on AT&T U-Verse is channels 1780 (HD) and 780 (SD).
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