Koshien Baseball: Yokohama Comes Back to Win With Fast Pitcher
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Yokohama High School played a baseball game at Koshien. Koshien is a famous stadium in Japan. High school teams play there every year.
Kobayashi Tetsusaburo was the starting pitcher for Yokohama. He began the game on the mound.
Oda Shoki did not start the game. He sat on the bench at first.
The other team was Kasumigaura High School. Their starting pitcher was Kobayashi Masahiro.
Yokohama was losing in the game. But in the sixth inning, Yokohama scored more runs. This is called a comeback.
After the comeback, the coach sent Oda Shoki into the game. He threw a very fast pitch.
His fastest pitch was 156 kilometers per hour. This is one of the fastest pitches ever at Koshien.
His first pitch was also fast, at 154 kilometers per hour.
People wrote about the game online. Many said the other team must have felt hopeless.
Fans were very excited about the fast pitching.
Vocabulary7 words
- Koshien
- a big, famous baseball stadium in Japan
- starting pitcher
- the player who throws the ball first in a game
- mound
- the small hill where the pitcher stands
- bench
- where players sit when not playing
- inning
- one part of a baseball game
- comeback
- winning after losing first
- pitch
- when the pitcher throws the ball
Quiz
Answer key
1. Koshien 2. Kobayashi Tetsusaburo 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Yokohama High School played a baseball game at _____. Koshien is a famous stadium in Japan. High school teams play there every year.
Kobayashi Tetsusaburo was the _____ for Yokohama. He began the game on the mound.
Oda Shoki did not start the game. He sat on the _____ at first.
The other team was Kasumigaura High School. Their starting pitcher was Kobayashi Masahiro.
Yokohama was losing in the game. But in the sixth _____, Yokohama scored more runs. This is called a _____.
After the comeback, the coach sent Oda Shoki into the game. He threw a very fast _____.
His fastest pitch was 156 _____ per hour. This is one of the fastest pitches ever at Koshien.
His first pitch was also fast, at 154 kilometers per hour.
People wrote about the game online. Many said the other team must have felt _____.
Fans were very excited about the fast pitching.