Japan Series: DeNA Face SoftBank in Baseball Final
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Two Japanese baseball teams are playing in the Japan Series. The teams are DeNA and SoftBank.
The Japan Series is the biggest baseball event in Japan. It is like a final between the best teams.
DeNA made changes to their starting lineup. The team changed players from number five and after.
SoftBank's player Yuu Yamamoto is playing today. Yesterday, a ball hit him. This is called a hit by pitch.
Fans want to know which team will take the lead first in the game.
Baseball is very popular in Japan. Many people watch the Japan Series every year.
The game is happening now. People are watching to see who wins.
Vocabulary15 words
- Japan Series
- the biggest baseball competition in Japan
- starting lineup
- the list of players who start the game
- hit by pitch
- when a thrown ball hits a player
- take the lead
- to be first or winning
- baseball
- a sport with a ball and a bat
- team
- a group of players who play together
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- game
- one match in a sport
- win
- to be the best or first
- change
- to make something different
- today
- this day, now
- yesterday
- the day before today
- fan
- a person who likes a sport or team
- popular
- liked by many people
- event
- something that happens, like a game
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Answer key
1. DeNA and SoftBank 2. They made big changes 3. True
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Two Japanese baseball teams are playing in the _____. The teams are DeNA and SoftBank.
The Japan Series is the biggest baseball _____ in Japan.
DeNA made changes to their _____. The team changed players from number five and after.
SoftBank's player Yuu Yamamoto is playing today. Yesterday, a ball _____ him.
This is called a _____.
Fans want to know which team will _____ first in the game.
Baseball is very _____ in Japan.
The game is happening now. People are watching to see who _____.
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