10 Zeke, a Winner

Ten Zeek a winner FOR EACH OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS, Harris and Zeke practiced for hours. Zeke was now throwing more strikes. And when hitting, Zeke learned to be patient and time his swings.

在接下来的几天里，哈里斯和齐克每天都要练习好几个小时。 齐克现在投出了更多的好球。 在击球时，齐克学会了耐心，把握好挥杆的时机。

Harris threw a pitch, and Zeke swung and missed. On the very next pitch however, he hit the ball hard. It flew over Harris's head. "You're getting better!" Harris said. "Practice, practice, practice!" Zeke said, smiling.

哈里斯投了一个球，齐克挥棒没打中。 然而，在接下来的投球中，他狠狠地击中了球。 它从哈里斯的头上飞过。 “你好多了！”哈里斯说。 “练习，练习，再练习！”齐克笑着说。

The day of the big game against the Ramblers finally came. Zeke pitched well. But without using his powers, he gave up three runs. At the plate, he struck out his first time up, but he did manage to hit a few hard foul balls that just missed landing in the field. In the bottom of the final inning, the Chargers started to rally back. With two outs and a runner on second, Roxy came to bat. She smacked the ball to right field, which scored the Chargers' first run.

与漫步者队的重要比赛终于到来了。 齐克投得很好。但在没有使用超能力的情况下，他丢掉了三分。 在本垒板上，他第一次三振出局，但他确实打了几个硬界外球，差一点落在场上。 在最后一局的下半部分，闪电队开始反攻。 两人出局，二垒有一名跑垒员，罗克西开始击球。 她将球击向右外野，为闪电队赢得了第一分。

"Nice hit, Roxy!" Zeke shouted from the bench. Harris came up next. He also put the ball in play, scoring Roxy. The Chargers were now trailing 3–2. With Harris on second, they were just one hit away from tying the game. Zeke came up to bat. "Come on, Zeke! You got this!" Roxy shouted from the bench. "Remember what we practiced!" Harris yelled from second base.

“打得好，罗克西！”齐克在长凳上喊道。 哈里斯紧随其后。他也把球投进了比赛，给罗克西得分。 闪电队现在以3比2落后。 哈里斯在二垒时，他们只差一个安打就能追平比分。 齐克上前击球。“加油，齐克！”你能行的！”罗克西在长凳上喊道。 “记住我们练习过的！”哈里斯在二垒喊道。

Zeke nodded, then stepped in to face the pitcher. Zeke swung and missed at the first pitch. When the next one came, he drew back the bat, but swung and missed again. The Chargers were now one strike away from losing. Zeke looked out at Harris, who gave him a thumbs-up sign. Then he turned to face the pitcher.

齐克点点头，然后走到投手面前。 齐克挥棒击球，第一个球没打中。 当下一个球来的时候，他把球棒抽了回来，但又挥了一挥，没打中。 闪电队只差一振就输了。 齐克看了看外面的哈里斯，哈里斯朝他竖起大拇指。 然后他转过身来面对投手。

Zeke swung at the next pitch. BOOM! He hit the ball hard and Harris started running as fast as he could. But the centerfielder tracked down the ball and caught it, so Zeke was out. The ball game was over and the Chargers had lost. Everyone on the team was disappointed— everyone except Zeke, who trotted back to the bench with a huge smile on his face.

齐克在下一次投球时挥棒。 繁荣!他用力击球，哈里斯开始以最快的速度奔跑。 但是中场手追到了球并接住了，所以齐克出局了。 球赛结束了，闪电队输了。 球队里的每个人都很失望——除了齐克，他带着灿烂的笑容小跑着回到板凳上。