Messick to Start ALCS Game 2 at The Trop, Where He Once Watched as a Fan
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Parker Messick plays baseball for the Cleveland Guardians. He is a pitcher. A pitcher throws the ball to start each play.
Messick will start Game 2 of the ALCS. The ALCS is a big series of games. The winner goes to the World Series. The World Series is the biggest event in baseball.
The game is at The Trop. The Trop is a stadium in Florida. A stadium is a big place for sports. Messick once watched games there as a fan. Now he will play there.
The Guardians play against the Tampa Bay Rays. In Game 1, Cleveland won. The score was 7-3. A score tells us how many points each team got.
The Rays have their own pitcher too. His name is Griffin Jax. He will start Game 3. Game 3 will be in Cleveland.
This is an exciting time for Messick. He is now a player, not a fan, at the same stadium.
Vocabulary5 words
- pitcher
- a player who throws the ball
- ALCS
- a big group of games in baseball
- World Series
- the most important baseball games of the year
- stadium
- a big place where sports happen
- score
- the number of points in a game
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1. Pitcher 2. 7-3 for Cleveland 3. The Trop
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Parker Messick plays baseball for the Cleveland _____.
He is a _____.
Messick will start Game 2 of the _____.
The winner goes to the _____.
The game is at The _____.
Messick once watched games there as a _____.
The Guardians play against the Tampa Bay _____.
In Game 1, Cleveland won with a score of _____.
The Rays' pitcher Griffin Jax will start Game _____.
Game 3 will be in _____.
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