Baltimore Orioles Beat New York Yankees 3-2
Introduction
The Baltimore Orioles won a game against the New York Yankees on Monday night. The final score was 3-2.
Main Body
The New York Yankees led the game first. Ben Rice hit a home run in the third inning. The score was 2-0 for New York. In the seventh inning, Baltimore started to play better. Coby Mayo hit a big home run. He scored three runs for his team. Now Baltimore led 3-2. Baltimore's pitchers played well at the end. They stopped the Yankees from scoring. Baltimore won the game in the ninth inning.
Conclusion
The Orioles now have 19 wins and 23 losses. The Yankees lost four games in a row. They play again on Tuesday.
Learning
π The 'Past' Secret
Look at these words from the story: won, led, hit, scored, played.
In English, we change a word's ending or shape to show something happened yesterday or last week. This is the Past Tense.
The Simple Pattern: Most words just add -ed:
- play played
- stop stopped
The Tricky Ones: Some words change completely. You just have to memorize them:
- win won
- lead led
- hit hit (stays the same!)
π’ Counting the Game
Notice how the story uses numbers to show a result:
3-2 read as Three to Two.
When we talk about scores, we don't say "three minus two." We use "to" to separate the teams.