As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.

当这一球抛来时，夏恩挥棒击中了球，打出一记滚地球，球缓慢地滚向投手。

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(Think of what would happen if you tried to slow down a skateboard with a tennis ball on it).

试想一下，你用网球使滑板减速是什么效果。

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This substantially increased the drag on the ball, which made it slow down even more.

这大幅增加了球的阻力，使它减速更甚。

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When we had the ball we struggled to get any tempo as they managed to slow our ball down consistently.

BBC: Clive Stuart-Smith column

The CPR numbers give a hint as to whether a ball will bounce higher or lower on a specific surface, and how much friction there is to either slow the ball or allow it to skid on.

CNN: Tennis interactive: Why clay is so different

The overworked Connacht defence had not been helped by the sin-binning of back-row Colm Rigney in the 32nd minute, after he tried once too often to slow Blues ball at the breakdown.

BBC: Blues 58-0 Connacht