Summer Koshien: Day 10 Highlights
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It is day 10 of the Summer Koshien baseball tournament in Japan. Koshien is a big high school baseball competition.
Today, two teams played a second-round match. The teams are Hanamaki Higashi and Okayama Gakugeikan. Hanamaki Higashi is from Iwate. Okayama Gakugeikan is from Okayama.
In the first inning, Hanamaki Higashi scored first. This means they got the first point of the game.
Hanamaki Higashi has a good pitcher named Mangai. A pitcher is the player who throws the ball. Mangai throws sharp breaking balls. A breaking ball moves in a tricky way. It is hard for batters to hit.
People want to know if Okayama Gakugeikan can hit Mangai's pitches. This is a big question for day 10 of the tournament.
Koshien is very famous in Japan. Many people watch it on TV every summer.
Vocabulary5 words
- Koshien
- a very famous high school baseball tournament in Japan
- second-round
- the second game in a competition; not the first game
- inning
- a part of a baseball game; there are many innings in one game
- pitcher
- the player who throws the ball to the batter
- breaking balls
- a type of throw that moves in a tricky way; hard to hit
Quiz
Answer key
1. Day 10 2. Hanamaki Higashi 3. Pitcher
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
It is day _____ of the Summer Koshien baseball tournament in Japan. Koshien is a big high school baseball competition.
Today, two teams played a _____ match. The teams are Hanamaki Higashi and Okayama Gakugeikan. Hanamaki Higashi is from _____. Okayama Gakugeikan is from Okayama.
In the first _____, Hanamaki Higashi scored first. This means they got the first point of the game.
Hanamaki Higashi has a good _____ named Mangai. A pitcher is the player who throws the ball. Mangai throws sharp _____. A breaking ball moves in a tricky way. It is hard for batters to hit.
People want to know if Okayama Gakugeikan can _____ Mangai's pitches. This is a big question for day 10 of the tournament.
Koshien is very famous in _____. Many people watch it on TV every summer.