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When 9-year-old Alayna Adams threw the first pitch at the Tampa Bay Rays game on Thursday night, she had no idea her father, deployed in the army, was the one catching the ball. 当九岁的阿莱恩-亚当斯周四晚在坦帕湾光芒队球场投出第一掷时，她没有想到她在部队服役的父亲会是接住球的人。 Earlier in the day, Alayna thought she was in trouble when she and her mother had to meet with the principal of her school, Westlake Christian School, according to the Tampa Bay Times. They were then told they had been chosen from a group of military families to throw the ceremonial first pitch at the Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Socks game at Tropicana Fieldon Thursday night. 据《坦帕湾时报》称，当天早些时间，阿莱恩和她的母亲被通知要去会见她的学校西湖基督学校校长，当时小姑娘认为自己肯定是有麻烦了。随后，她们被告知从军人家属中被选中，将在纯品康纳室内球场举行的坦帕湾光芒队对波士顿红袜队比赛中掷出比赛的第一个球。 Neither mother nor daughter knew that the man behind the catcher's mask was Army Lieutenant Colonel Will Adams, who has been stationed in Afghanistan for most of the past two years. They thought he was getting home next Monday, but Will actually arrived home Wednesday and stayed at a hotel to keep the secret devised by the United Service Organizations and the Rays, the Tampa Bay Times reports. | 
