Rays Beat Yankees Again, Move Close to Championship Series
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The Tampa Bay Rays won a big baseball game on October 6.
They played against the New York Yankees at home.
This was the second game the Rays won in a row.
Now the Rays need only one more win. Then they go to the next round of the playoffs.
The Yankees made many mistakes in the game. These are called errors. They made four errors.
A Rays player named Caminero hit the ball very hard. His hit was a double.
His hit went 181 kilometers per hour. That is very fast!
The Rays scored four runs in one inning. This happened in the fifth inning.
Because of this, the Yankees had to take out their pitcher.
The Rays beat a very good Yankees pitcher. People think he might win the Cy Young Award.
This is a big prize for the best pitcher.
The Rays are playing well in these games.
Vocabulary6 words
- playoffs
- games after the normal season to find the best team
- errors
- mistakes a player makes with the ball
- double
- a hit where the player runs to second base
- inning
- a part of a baseball game
- pitcher
- the player who throws the ball to the batter
- Cy Young Award
- a prize for the best pitcher
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The Tampa Bay Rays won a big baseball game on _____.
They played against the New York _____ at home.
This was the second game the Rays won in a _____.
Now the Rays need only one more _____.
The Yankees made four _____.
A Rays player named Caminero hit the ball very hard. His hit was a _____.
His hit went _____ kilometers per hour.
The Rays scored four runs in the fifth _____.
The Rays beat a very good Yankees _____.
People think he might win the Cy Young _____.
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