Mookie Betts did not play in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants and won’t be in the lineup for the team’s second matchup at the Tokyo Dome either.

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

More than 10,000 fans show up at the Tokyo Dome to watch the Dodgers practice and cheer for Shohei Ohtani’s brief appearance on the field.

Ohtani’s star power is unmatched, and the Dodgers are seeing the fruits of Sho-economics. When they signed him, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman preached the idea of “painting Japan Dodger blue.” Now, the team is seeing that in person.