Brewers Crush Reds 20-0, Clinch Playoff Spot
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The Milwaukee Brewers won a baseball game 20-0.
They beat the Cincinnati Reds by a very big score.
The Brewers are the best team in MLB this year.
MLB means Major League Baseball. It is the top baseball league in the United States.
With this big win, the Brewers got a place in the playoffs.
The playoffs are special games at the end of the season.
Only the best teams can play in the playoffs.
Winning a spot in the playoffs is called a clinch.
The Brewers clinched their playoff spot with this game.
Twenty runs to zero is a very big win in baseball.
Fans were happy about the team's strong season.
Vocabulary15 words
- MLB
- the top baseball league in the USA
- playoffs
- special games after the season to find the champion
- clinch
- to make sure of winning something
- berth
- a place in a competition
- rout
- a very big win in a game
- score
- the number of points a team gets
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- season
- the time when a sport is played each year
- team
- a group of players
- win
- to be the best in a game
- game
- a match between two teams
- spot
- a place or position
- best
- the top or number one
- champion
- the winner of a competition
- final
- the last game of a competition
Quiz
Answer key
1. 20-0 2. The Cincinnati Reds 3. A playoff spot
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The Milwaukee _____ won a baseball game 20-0.
They beat the Cincinnati _____ by a very big score.
The Brewers are the best team in _____ this year.
MLB means Major League _____.
With this big win, the Brewers got a place in the _____.
The playoffs are special games at the end of the _____.
Only the best teams can play in the _____.
Winning a spot in the playoffs is called a _____.
The Brewers _____ their playoff spot with this game.
Twenty runs to zero is a very big _____ in baseball.
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