Level 1 - Absolute Beginner
The Milwaukee Brewers won Game 1 of the World Series. The score was 3 to 2.
They played the Tampa Bay Rays at home on Friday night.
Jacob Misiorowski pitched for five innings. He gave up only one run.
The Rays tried to win in the ninth inning. A new look at the video helped the Brewers. Then the game ended.
- World Series
- The big final games of baseball.
- score
- The number of points each team gets.
- inning
- One part of a baseball game.
- pitch
- To throw the ball to the batter.
- run
- One point in baseball.
- home
- The place where a team plays most games.
- video
- Moving pictures you can watch again.
- win
- To finish first.
Level 2 - Elementary
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night. The game was at American Family Field.
Christian Yelich hit a triple in the first inning and the Brewers scored two runs. Jacob Misiorowski pitched five innings, gave up four hits and one run, and got the win.
In the seventh inning Milwaukee made it 3-1. Then the Rays scored once more and had runners on second and third in the ninth.
Trevor Megill struck out Jonny DeLuca to end the danger. Before that, a video review took away a double play that would have ended the game, because a Brewers foot came off the base.
- triple
- A hit that lets the runner reach third base.
- hit
- When a batter sends the ball into the field.
- struck out
- Made a batter miss three times.
- review
- A second look at a play, often on video.
- double play
- A play where two players are out.
- base
- One of the four places a runner must touch.
- danger
- A situation where something bad may happen.
- series
- A group of games between two teams.
Level 3 - Intermediate
The Milwaukee Brewers survived a late scare to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 in Game 1 of the World Series at American Family Field on Friday night, taking a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Christian Yelich set the tone with a first-inning RBI triple that started a two-run rally. Jacob Misiorowski then worked five innings, allowed one run on four hits, and earned the win. In the seventh, Brice Turang, Pratt and Chourio combined to stretch the lead to 3-1 when Pratt drew a leadoff walk from Steven Matz and scored on a two-out single by Chourio against Kevin Kelly.
Tampa Bay made it close. In the ninth they pulled within a run and had the tying run in scoring position with runners on second and third, but Trevor Megill struck out Jonny DeLuca to end it. Earlier, a replay review had overturned what looked like a game-ending double play after first baseman Pratt's right foot came off the bag as he caught Turang's throw.
The Brewers won a franchise-record 103 games in the regular season, the best record in baseball, and the Rays won 98. Game 2 is also in Milwaukee, where the higher seed hosts the first two games.
- RBI
- A run batted in; credit given to the batter who drives in a run.
- rally
- A series of plays that brings a team back or builds a lead.
- walk
- A free trip to first base after four balls.
- overturned
- Changed to the opposite decision.
- bag
- Another word for a base.
- franchise
- A professional sports team.
- seed
- A team's ranking in a tournament.
- leadoff
- The first batter of an inning.
Level 4 - Advanced
The Milwaukee Brewers withstood a ninth-inning Tampa Bay push to win Game 1 of the World Series 3-2 at American Family Field on Friday, seizing a 1-0 lead after a game that turned on a replay review and a single strikeout.
Christian Yelich supplied the early spark, driving in a run with a first-inning triple that began a two-run rally. Jacob Misiorowski, then covered five innings, yielding one run on four hits to collect the victory. Milwaukee stretched the margin to 3-1 in the seventh when Pratt walked against Steven Matz, advanced, and scored on a two-out single by Chourio off Kevin Kelly.
The Rays refused to fade. They cut the deficit to a run and, in the ninth, put runners on second and third. Trevor Megill ended the threat by striking out Jonny DeLuca. Moments earlier the night's biggest drama had unfolded at first base: an apparent game-ending double play was reversed on review because Pratt's right foot had come off the bag as he gathered Brice Turang's throw.
The result rewards a Milwaukee club that won a franchise-record 103 games and owned the sport's best record, and it frustrates a Tampa Bay offense that squandered chances against the Brewers' bullpen. With the higher seed hosting the opening pair, the Rays must now steal a game on the road before the series moves to Florida.
- withstood
- Resisted successfully.
- seizing
- Taking hold of something quickly.
- spark
- A small event that starts something bigger.
- yielding
- Giving up, as a pitcher gives up runs.
- margin
- The difference in score between teams.
- reliever
- A pitcher who comes in after the starter.
- squandered
- Wasted.
- bullpen
- The group of relief pitchers.
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