Yamamoto Leads MLB Starters With 78.3% Quality Start Rate
Yoshinobu Yamamoto plays baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He is a pitcher. A pitcher throws the ball to the other team.
Yamamoto has a great number this season. It is 78.3. This is the best number of any pitcher in MLB.
The number shows how often he throws a good game. He calls this a quality start.
Yamamoto has started 23 games this season. In every game, he pitched five innings or more.
He also pitches very well. He gave up four or more runs only two times.
In his last game, he pitched into the seventh inning. He gave up two runs.
His teammate Shohei Ohtani got on base three times. Ohtani scored two runs.
The Dodgers' manager, Dave Roberts, was happy. He said Ohtani had a good at-bat.
He also said Yamamoto was great.
Vocabulary3 words
- pitcher
- a player who throws the ball in baseball
- quality start
- a good game by a pitcher
- innings
- parts of a baseball game
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Answer key
1. 78.3 2. At least five 3. Shohei Ohtani
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto plays baseball for the Los Angeles _____.
He is a _____. A pitcher throws the ball to the other team.
Yamamoto has a great number this season. It is _____.
This is the best number of any pitcher in _____.
Yamamoto has started 23 _____ this season.
In every game, he pitched five _____ or more.
He gave up four or more runs only _____ times.
In his last game, he pitched into the seventh _____.
His teammate Shohei _____ got on base three times.
The Dodgers' manager, Dave _____, was happy.
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