MLB Playoffs: ALCS and NLCS Games Continue
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Baseball's biggest games are happening now. This is the playoffs time of the year. Teams play hard to reach the final.
Two important series are going on. One is called the ALCS. The other is called the NLCS.
In the ALCS, the Tampa Bay Rays play the Cleveland Guardians. This is Game 3 of their series.
In the NLCS, the Milwaukee Brewers play the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is Game 4 of their series.
Each team wants to win more games than the other team. The winner of each series goes to the World Series.
The stakes are high now. Every game matters a lot. Fans are watching closely to see what happens next.
Vocabulary6 words
- playoffs
- games at the end of a sports season; the most important games
- series
- a group of games between two teams
- ALCS
- a baseball series to pick one team for the final
- Game 3
- the third game in a series
- World Series
- the final and biggest baseball championship
- stakes
- how important or serious something is
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1. Rays and Guardians 2. Brewers and Dodgers 3. True
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Baseball's biggest games are happening now. This is the _____ time of the year.
Two important _____ are going on. One is called the ALCS.
In the ALCS, the Tampa Bay Rays play the Cleveland Guardians. This is _____ of their series.
In the NLCS, the Milwaukee Brewers play the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is Game 4 of their _____.
The winner of each series goes to the _____.
The _____ are high now. Every game matters a lot.
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