3 Tryouts

Three tryouts ON THE DAY OF THE TRYOUTS, Harris, Roxy, and Zeke arrived at the field, gloves in hand. "Harris wants to play catcher and I want to play shortstop," Roxy said. "Have you decided on a position, Zeke?"

选拔赛那天，哈里斯、罗克西和齐克手拿手套来到球场。 “哈里斯想打捕手，我想打游击手，”罗克西说。 “你决定好职位了吗，齐克？”

"Since we first played, I've been watching a lot of baseball on TV," Zeke said. "I would like to be a pitcher." "Great!" said Harris. "I hope we all make the team." Roxy trotted out to short. Zeke stood out on the pitcher's mound. And Harris crouched behind home plate, ready to catch Zeke's pitches.

“自从我们第一次比赛以来，我就在电视上看了很多棒球比赛，”齐克说。 “我想成为一名投手。” “太好了！”“我希望我们都能成为球队的一员。” 罗克西快步跑出去。 齐克站在投手丘上。 哈里斯蹲在本垒后面，准备接住齐克的球。

The first batter stepped into the batter's box. She raised the bat above her shoulders and stared out at Zeke. Behind the plate, Harris held up his glove. Zeke threw his first pitch. It sailed over the batter's head and crashed into the wooden backstop. "Just focus on my glove, Zeke," Harris shouted.

第一个击球手走进了击球手区。 她把球棒举过肩膀，盯着外面的齐克。 在本垒板后面，哈里斯举起他的手套。 齐克投出了他的第一球。 球飞过击球手的头顶，撞在木挡板上。 “注意我的手套，齐克。”哈里斯喊道。

Zeke's next pitch bounced in the dirt in front of home plate. Harris slid to his right and made a great play to grab the ball before it went past him. Harris looked out and saw the frustration on Zeke's face. "It's okay, you'll get the next one over, Zeke," he shouted, pounding his mitt a few times with his fist.

齐克的下一个球在本垒前的泥土里弹了起来。 哈里斯滑到他的右边，做了一个漂亮的动作，在球从他身边经过之前抓住了球。 哈里斯向外望去，看到齐克脸上沮丧的表情。 “没事的，你会把下一个弄过来的，齐克。”他喊道，用拳头捶了几下手套。

Zeke stared at Harris, then threw his next pitch—a big curveball that started way outside, then swept in a huge arc back over the plate. Everyone gasped. It was a perfect pitch! Zeke's pitch after that did the same thing, but curved in the opposite direction this time. Then he threw a speeding bullet of a fastball that was also a perfect strike.

齐克盯着哈里斯，然后投出了他的下一球——一个大弧线球，从外面开始，然后在本垒板上划出一个巨大的弧线。 每个人都气喘吁吁地说。这是一个完美的音调！齐克随后的投球也起到了同样的作用，但这次的弧度相反。 然后他扔出一颗快速的子弹，这也是一个完美的打击。

Harris sighed beneath his catcher's mask. He's using his powers again, he thought. He has to be. The next batter hit a ground ball to shortstop. Roxy scooped up the ball and made a perfect throw to first base to get the runner out. Now at bat, Harris smacked a solid hit to left field. Roxy hit a screamer to right field.

哈里斯戴着捕手的面具，叹了口气。 他又在使用他的超能力了，他想。 他必须是。下一个击球手打了一个滚地球给游击手。 罗克西捡起球，向一垒投了一个完美的球，让跑垒员出局。 现在轮到哈里斯击球了，他给左外野打了一记好球。 罗克西向右外野击出一记绝杀球。