Rays One Win Away From World Series After Game 6 Win
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The Tampa Bay Rays played the Cleveland Guardians on October 20.
This was Game 6 of the American League Championship Series in MLB.
The winner of this series goes to the World Series.
The Rays won Game 6.
Now the Rays need only one more win.
If they win, they go to the World Series for the third time.
The Rays last won the league title six years ago.
Pitcher Peralta started the game for the Rays.
He has played very well this season.
The Guardians used an opener named Armstrong.
An opener is a pitcher who starts the game but does not play long.
Many fans watched the game on TV and online.
People could watch it through TV broadcast or streaming.
The next game could decide the AL champion.
Vocabulary7 words
- American League
- one of two big groups of baseball teams in MLB
- Championship Series
- games that decide who goes to the final
- MLB
- the biggest baseball league in the USA
- World Series
- the final games of MLB; the biggest prize
- opener
- a pitcher who starts but plays only a short time
- broadcast
- to send TV pictures to people's homes
- streaming
- watching video on the internet
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1. Cleveland Guardians 2. They go to the World Series 3. True
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The Tampa Bay Rays played the Cleveland Guardians on _____ 20.
This was Game 6 of the American League _____ Series in MLB.
The winner of this series goes to the _____ Series.
The Rays _____ Game 6.
Now the Rays need only one more _____.
If they win, they go to the World Series for the _____ time.
Pitcher _____ started the game for the Rays.
The Guardians used an _____ named Armstrong.
Many fans watched the game on TV and _____.
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