The Cubs dropped their first exhibition game in Tokyo 3-0 to the Hanshin Tigers. In the first of two contests, the Cubs looked sluggish and jetlagged from the flight.

With the team going with a bullpen day for their first exhibition game in Japan, Merryweather opened for the Cubs against the NPB’s Hanshin Tigers. And after a relatively subdued first half inning, the chants began soon after Merryweather took the mound for warmup pitches.