Rain Delays ALCS Game 4 Between Rays and Guardians
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Rain stopped a big baseball game this week. The game was Game 4 of the ALCS. The ALCS is a big series in baseball. Two teams play in it. They are the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cleveland Guardians.
The game was supposed to happen, but there was too much rain. Baseball people saw the rain coming before the game. They decided to play anyway. Many people thought this was a bad choice.
Now Game 4 will happen on Saturday. Game 5 will happen on Sunday. The teams will play one day after another. This is called a postponement. It means a game moves to a later time.
The delay gives the Rays more choices for who can pitch. A pitcher throws the ball in baseball. But the Rays will still use Martinez to pitch in Game 4. He was already chosen before the rain came.
Vocabulary15 words
- ALCS
- a big baseball series between two teams; it helps decide who goes to the World Series
- postponement
- when something moves to a later time
- pitch
- to throw the ball to the other team in baseball
- series
- a group of games between the same two teams
- delay
- when something starts later than planned
- choice
- a decision between two or more things
- schedule
- a plan that shows when things happen
- weather
- rain, sun, wind, and other things in the sky
- team
- a group of players who play together
- game
- a match between two teams
- plan
- an idea about what to do
- decide
- to choose something
- move
- to change the place or time of something
- choose
- to pick one thing or person
- already
- before now
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1. Rain 2. Rays and Guardians 3. True
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Rain stopped a big baseball game this week. The game was Game 4 of the _____. The ALCS is a big series in baseball. Two teams play in it. They are the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cleveland _____.
The game was supposed to happen, but there was too much _____. Baseball people saw the rain coming before the game. They decided to play anyway. Many people thought this was a bad _____.
Now Game 4 will happen on _____. Game 5 will happen on _____. The teams will play one day after another. This is called a postponement. It means a game moves to a later _____.
The delay gives the Rays more choices for who can _____. A pitcher throws the ball in baseball. But the Rays will still use _____ to pitch in Game 4. He was already chosen before the rain came.
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