Dodgers Celebrate With Champagne After Big Win
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The Los Angeles Dodgers won a big baseball game. They beat the Atlanta Braves. Now they go to the next round. This is the third year in a row for them.
After the game, the team had a champagne party. Players poured champagne on each other. A woman reporter was there too. She got very wet. She said "Oh!" when the champagne hit her. She was happy and excited.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a Dodgers player. He was very important in the win. He came to the party first. He said "I feel great."
Other players were happy too. Mookie Betts is one of them. Tarik Skubal and Blake Snell are pitchers for the team. They all shared happy messages after the win.
The team now plays in the league championship series. This is a big step before the World Series. Fans are excited to see what happens next.
Vocabulary9 words
- Dodgers
- a baseball team from Los Angeles
- champagne
- a special drink; people use it to celebrate
- reporter
- a person who tells news on TV or in papers
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto
- a baseball player on the Dodgers team
- Mookie Betts
- a baseball player on the Dodgers team
- Tarik Skubal
- a baseball player (pitcher) on the Dodgers team
- Blake Snell
- a baseball player (pitcher) on the Dodgers team
- league championship series
- an important group of games before the final
- World Series
- the biggest final games in baseball
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1. The Atlanta Braves 2. She got very wet from champagne 3. "I feel great"
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The Los Angeles _____ won a big baseball game. They beat the Atlanta _____. Now they go to the next round. This is the third year in a _____ for them.
After the game, the team had a _____ party. Players poured champagne on each other. A woman _____ was there too. She got very wet. She said "Oh!" when the champagne hit her.
Yoshinobu _____ is a Dodgers player. He was very important in the win. He came to the party first. He said "I feel _____."
Other players were happy too. Mookie _____ is one of them. Tarik Skubal and Blake Snell are _____ for the team.
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