Yamamoto Impresses as Dodgers Win First Game with Skubal
Yoshinobu Yamamoto plays baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He got his first win for a new team this week.
Tarik Skubal is a famous pitcher. He has won the Cy Young Award two years in a row. This is a big prize for the best pitcher.
Skubal watched Yamamoto play. He said Yamamoto is "incredible". This means he is amazing.
The Dodgers manager is Dave Roberts. He said the whole team felt strong because of Yamamoto.
Yamamoto plays with another Japanese star, Shohei Ohtani. People hope they can make a very strong rotation. A rotation is a group of pitchers who take turns.
In the same game, Ohtani did not let the other team get any hits. This is called a no-hitter.
The Dodgers won a close game. It was their fifth win in a row.
Vocabulary15 words
- pitcher
- a player who throws the ball in baseball
- incredible
- very, very good; amazing
- manager
- the person who leads a sports team
- rotation
- a group of players who take turns
- no-hitter
- a game where one team gets zero hits
- win
- to be the best in a game
- streak
- many wins one after another
- award
- a special prize
- join
- to become part of a team
- star
- a very famous, very good player
- close game
- a game with a small score difference
- team
- a group of players who play together
- felt strong
- had a lot of energy and confidence
- famous
- known by many people
- new team
- a team a player just joined
Quiz
Answer key
1. His first win with the Dodgers 2. Tarik Skubal 3. Five
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto plays baseball for the Los Angeles _____.
He got his first win for a new _____ this week.
Tarik Skubal is a famous _____. He has won the Cy Young Award two years in a row.
Skubal watched Yamamoto play. He said Yamamoto is "_____".
The Dodgers manager is Dave _____.
He said the whole team felt strong because of _____.
Yamamoto plays with another Japanese star, Shohei _____.
People hope they can make a very strong _____.
In the same game, Ohtani did not let the other team get any _____.
The Dodgers won a close game. It was their fifth win in a _____.