Baseball Game: Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals
棒球賽：堪薩斯市皇家隊對戰聖路易紅雀隊
Introduction
The Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals play a baseball game on Sunday, June 21, 2026. They play at Kauffman Stadium.
堪薩斯市皇家隊與聖路易紅雀隊將於 2026 年 6 月 21 日星期日進行一場棒球賽。比賽地點在考夫曼體育場。
Main Body
The teams did not play for some time because of the World Cup. The Royals want to win all the games in this series. Bobby Witt Jr. is not playing, but Maikel Garcia is back.
由於世界盃的關係，這些球隊有一段时间沒有比賽。皇家隊希望贏得本次系列賽的所有比賽。Bobby Witt Jr. 沒有參賽，但 Maikel Garcia 已經回歸。
The Cardinals are not playing well. They lost three games in a row. They have new players because some old players left the team.
紅雀隊目前的表現不佳。他們已經連續輸了三場比賽。由於部分舊球員離開球隊，他們加入了新球員。
Stephen Kolek will pitch for the Royals. Dustin May will pitch for the Cardinals. Both teams will wear special clothes to remember the Negro Leagues.
Stephen Kolek 將為皇家隊投球。Dustin May 將為紅雀隊投球。兩支球隊都將穿著特別制服以紀念黑人聯盟。
Conclusion
The game starts at 1:10 p.m. You can watch it on TV.
比賽將於下午 1:10 開始。您可以透過電視收看。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 The 'Future' Shortcut
In this text, we see a very easy way to talk about things that will happen. We use WILL.
The Pattern:
Person/Thing + will + action
Examples from the story:
- Stephen Kolek will pitch → (He is going to do it later).
- Dustin May will pitch → (He is going to do it later).
🚫 How to say 'No'
To say someone is not doing something right now, we use IS NOT or ARE NOT. Watch the difference:
-
One person
is not- Bobby Witt Jr. is not playing.
-
Group/Many
are not- The Cardinals are not playing well.
💡 Quick Word Swap
Instead of saying "The same," we use BOTH to connect two things:
- Both teams will wear special clothes.
- (Team A + Team B = Both)