Yokohama High School Starts Left-Hander, Not Star Pitcher, at Koshien
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Yokohama High School played a baseball game at Koshien.
Koshien is a famous baseball stadium in Japan. Every summer, high school teams play there.
The coach of Yokohama is Hiroaki Murata. He chose a pitcher named Tetsusaburo Kobayashi to start the game.
Kobayashi is a left-hander. He can throw the ball very fast, about 150 kilometers per hour.
Yokohama also has another good pitcher. His name is Shoki Oda.
Oda is a draft candidate. This means professional teams may want him next year.
But coach Murata did not start Oda. Oda began the game on the bench.
The coach said, "We cannot win with only Oda." He wants the whole team to help.
Yokohama played against Nichinan Gakuen High School.
Nichinan's coach is Kanagawa. He said his team can win, because "we are all high school students."
Vocabulary6 words
- Koshien
- a big, famous stadium in Japan for high school baseball
- stadium
- a big place where people watch sports
- left-hander
- a person who uses their left hand
- kilometers
- a way to measure speed or distance
- draft
- when a sports team chooses new players
- bench
- where players sit when they are not playing
Quiz
Answer key
1. Tetsusaburo Kobayashi 2. About 150 km/h 3. On the bench
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Yokohama High School played a baseball game at _____.
The coach of Yokohama is _____ Murata.
He chose a pitcher named Tetsusaburo _____ to start the game.
Kobayashi is a _____. He can throw the ball very fast, about 150 kilometers per hour.
Yokohama also has another good pitcher. His name is Shoki _____.
Oda is a _____ candidate.
But coach Murata did not start Oda. Oda began the game on the _____.
The coach said, "We cannot win with only _____."
Yokohama played against _____ Gakuen High School.