Dodgers and Brewers Play Key Series for Playoff Position
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are playing the Milwaukee Brewers. The two teams are playing a series of baseball games. The Dodgers are the home team. This means the games are in Los Angeles.
This series is important. Both teams want a good seed for the playoffs. The playoffs happen after the normal season. Teams with a better seed get an easier start in the playoffs.
The Dodgers and Brewers are both in the National League. This is one of two big groups in Major League Baseball. Teams in the same league can play each other in the playoffs.
The Dodgers have picked their starting pitchers for the series. A starting pitcher is the first player who throws the ball for his team in a game. Good pitching can help a team win.
Fans want to see which team plays better. The result of this series may help decide the final playoff order for the National League this year.
Vocabulary9 words
- Dodgers
- a baseball team from Los Angeles
- Brewers
- a baseball team from Milwaukee
- series
- a group of games between two teams
- home team
- the team playing in its own city
- seed
- a team's rank or position before a competition
- playoffs
- games after the season to find the champion
- National League
- one of two main groups of baseball teams
- Major League Baseball
- the top baseball league in the U.S.
- starting pitchers
- players who throw the ball first in a game
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1. Dodgers and Brewers 2. It affects playoff seeding 3. True
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The Los Angeles _____ are playing the Milwaukee _____.
The two teams are playing a _____ of baseball games.
The Dodgers are the _____ team.
Both teams want a good _____ for the _____.
The Dodgers and Brewers are both in the _____ League.
The Dodgers have picked their starting _____ for the series.
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