Brewers' Bullpen Dominates Through Five Playoff Games
The Milwaukee Brewers are playing very well in the baseball playoffs.
Their bullpen has been great for five games. A bullpen is the group of pitchers who play after the first pitcher.
Three relievers are pitching very well. A reliever is a pitcher who comes into the game later.
The Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first game of the NLCS. NLCS means National League Championship Series. It is a big playoff round.
The game was close, but the Brewers won.
Alex Rodriguez, who people call A-Rod, played baseball for many years. Now he talks about baseball on TV.
A-Rod says the Brewers and Dodgers use their bullpens too much.
He says this is unsustainable. This means something cannot continue for a long time.
He thinks the teams need their starting pitchers to pitch more.
Many fans are watching to see if the Brewers' bullpen can keep winning games.
Vocabulary10 words
- bullpen
- the group of relief pitchers on a team
- relievers
- pitchers who enter a baseball game after the starting pitcher
- NLCS
- a big playoff round in baseball before the final
- unsustainable
- not able to continue for a long time
- playoffs
- games at the end of a sports season to find a winner
- dominant
- very strong and successful
- trio
- a group of three
- pitcher
- the player who throws the ball in baseball
- narrowly
- by a very small amount
- reliance
- depending on something a lot
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1. Their bullpen 2. The Los Angeles Dodgers 3. True
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The Milwaukee Brewers are playing very well in the baseball _____.
Their _____ has been great for five games.
Three _____ are pitching very well.
The Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first game of the _____.
The game was _____, but the Brewers won.
Alex Rodriguez, who people call A-Rod, played baseball for many _____.
A-Rod says the Brewers and Dodgers use their bullpens too _____.
He says this is _____.
He thinks the teams need their _____ pitchers to pitch more.
Many fans are watching to see if the Brewers' bullpen can keep _____ games.
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