Chiba Lotte to Face Seibu in Professional Baseball Match
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Two Japanese baseball teams will play a game. The teams are Chiba Lotte and Seibu. The game is on September 19. The place is ZOZO Marine Stadium.
This is a professional baseball game. Professional players play sport for money. Many people watch these games in Japan.
Chiba Lotte is a baseball team. Seibu is also a baseball team. They play in the same league. A league is a group of teams. The teams play games against each other.
The stadium is in Chiba. A stadium is a big place for sports. Many fans can watch the game there.
This game is part of the 2026 baseball season. A season is the time when a sport is played. Baseball season in Japan has many games.
Vocabulary10 words
- professional
- doing something as a job, for money
- team
- a group of players who play together
- league
- a group of teams that play games together
- stadium
- a big place where people watch sports
- season
- the time when a sport happens
- match
- a game between two teams
- schedule
- a plan of when things happen
- fan
- a person who likes a team or sport
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- opponent
- the other team you play against
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Answer key
1. Chiba Lotte and Seibu 2. ZOZO Marine Stadium 3. True
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Two Japanese baseball teams will _____ a game.
The teams are Chiba Lotte and _____.
The game is on September _____.
The place is ZOZO Marine _____.
This is a _____ baseball game.
Professional players play sport for _____.
Chiba Lotte is a baseball _____.
They play in the same _____.
The stadium is in _____.
This game is part of the 2026 baseball _____.
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