Level 1 - Absolute Beginner
The Rays beat the Guardians 3 to 1 on Tuesday, October 13. The game was at Tropicana Field.
The series is now tied at one win for each team. Cleveland won Game 1.
Freddy Peralta pitched six innings. He did not allow a run.
The Rays scored three runs in the fourth inning. Two mistakes by Cleveland helped them. Game 3 will be in Cleveland.
- series
- a group of games between two teams
- inning
- one part of a baseball game
- pitch
- to throw the ball to the batter
- run
- a point in baseball
- mistake
- something done wrong
- tied
- having the same score
- beat
- to win against
- team
- a group of players
Level 2 - Elementary
The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 3 to 1 in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Tuesday night. The series is tied at one win each.
Starter Freddy Peralta was the star. He pitched six scoreless innings, allowed four hits and two walks, and struck out six batters. The Rays bullpen then protected the lead.
All three Rays runs came in the fourth inning, and none were earned. Cleveland third baseman Jose Ramirez left the base uncovered on a ground ball by Chandler Simpson. Then he made an error on a ball hit by Ben Williamson.
Chase DeLauter hit an RBI double in the seventh inning to make it 3 to 1. Cleveland had won Game 1 by 7 to 3, and Game 3 moves to Cleveland.
- starter
- the first pitcher in a game
- bullpen
- the group of pitchers who come in after the starter
- unearned
- a run that came after a fielding mistake
- error
- a fielding mistake that helps the other team
- walk
- when the pitcher throws four balls and the batter goes to first base
- double
- a hit that lets the batter reach second base
- strike out
- to get a batter out with three strikes
- lead
- being ahead in the score
Level 3 - Intermediate
Freddy Peralta delivered six scoreless innings and the Tampa Bay Rays evened the American League Championship Series at one game apiece with a 3 to 1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday night at Tropicana Field.
Peralta gave up four hits and two walks while striking out six, and the Rays bullpen closed the door. The decisive moment came in the fourth, when Tampa Bay scored all three of its runs without the benefit of a clean hit.
According to ESPN, Jose Ramirez left third base uncovered on Chandler Simpson's infield chopper, then misplayed Ben Williamson's grounder for an error, and the three runs that followed were unearned. Ramirez took responsibility for the miscues afterwards.
Chase DeLauter's RBI double in the seventh trimmed the deficit to 3 to 1, but Cleveland could not mount a rally. After taking Game 1 by 7 to 3, the Guardians now head home for Game 3 with the series level.
- evened
- made equal
- apiece
- each
- decisive
- deciding the result
- chopper
- a ball that bounces high on the ground
- misplayed
- handled badly
- miscues
- mistakes
- trimmed
- reduced
- rally
- a series of runs that makes a comeback possible
Level 4 - Advanced
Tampa Bay turned a pair of Cleveland fielding lapses into the margin of victory on Tuesday night, beating the Guardians 3 to 1 at Tropicana Field to square the American League Championship Series at one game apiece.
Freddy Peralta was the architect of the win. The right-hander worked six shutout innings, scattering four hits and two walks while striking out six, and a stable Rays bullpen finished what he started.
The fourth inning was the hinge. ESPN reported that Jose Ramirez left third base unattended on Chandler Simpson's chopper and then bobbled Ben Williamson's grounder, handing Tampa Bay three unearned runs. Ramirez, a perennial MVP candidate, owned the gaffes afterwards.
Chase DeLauter's seventh inning RBI double kept Cleveland within reach but no further. Having stormed back from a 2 to 0 deficit to win Game 1 by 7 to 3, the Guardians now return home for Game 3 having been reminded that October rarely forgives defensive sloppiness.
- lapses
- brief failures of attention or skill
- margin
- the amount by which something is won
- square
- to make a series level
- architect
- the person mainly responsible for creating something
- shutout
- a performance in which the opponent scores no runs
- hinge
- the key point on which an outcome turns
- bobbled
- fumbled the ball briefly
- gaffes
- embarrassing mistakes
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