Dodgers to Face Royals on August 12 in MLB Interleague Game
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The Los Angeles Dodgers will play a baseball game on August 12.
Their opponent is the Kansas City Royals.
This game is part of MLB. MLB is a big baseball league in the US.
The game is an interleague game. This means two teams from different groups play each other.
People can watch the game on TV. People can also watch it online.
The Royals have lost more games than they have won this year.
But the Royals have a strong starting pitcher for this game.
A starting pitcher is the player who throws the ball first in a game.
Fans want to know how to watch the game.
There is also a game between the Blue Jays and the Red Sox on the same day.
Vocabulary15 words
- Dodgers
- a baseball team from Los Angeles
- Royals
- a baseball team from Kansas City
- MLB
- a big group of baseball teams in the US
- interleague
- a game between teams from two different groups
- starting pitcher
- the player who throws the ball first
- opponent
- the other team you play against
- broadcast
- to show something on TV
- stream
- to watch something online
- schedule
- a plan of times for something
- league
- a group of sports teams
- game
- one match in a sport
- fan
- a person who likes a team a lot
- season
- the months when a sport is played
- win
- to be the best in a game
- lose
- to not win a game
Quiz
Answer key
1. The Royals 2. A game between teams from different groups 3. No
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The Los Angeles _____ will play a baseball game on August 12.
Their opponent is the Kansas City _____.
This game is part of _____.
The game is an _____ game.
People can watch the game on _____.
The Royals have a strong _____ for this game.
Fans want to know how to _____ the game.
There is also a game between the Blue Jays and the Red _____ on the same day.