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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

1. Who will the Dodgers play on August 12?
2. What is an interleague game?
3. Have the Royals won more games than they lost this year?

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.

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