Tuesday’s first game of the Tokyo Series averaged more than 25 million viewers in Japan according to Major League Baseball, making it the most-watched MLB game in the country’s history.

The MLB season opens in Japan on Tuesday with a duel of Japanese stars on the mound. And then there's Shohei Ohtani, too.

If you're looking for Freddie Freeman's name in the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup in their opening game of the MLB season against the Chicago Cubs in Japan, you won't find it. That's because the superstar first baseman was taken out of the lineup due to left rib discomfort. He did play in spring training games before the Dodgers left for Tokyo.