Nationals vs. Braves: Livan Hernandez’s 50,000th pitch, four home runs spark 9-2 victory
ATLANTA — The appeal of a large, round pitcher and the power of a large, round number turned the most basic act on a baseball diamond into something more significant Tuesday night.
In the second inning, pitching from the stretch on the Turner Field mound, Livan Hernandez threw Jair Jurrjens a 68-mph curveball, low and outside. Jurrjens grounded out to third. It was like any other pitch. And it wasn't.
That pitch, in the middle of a 9-2, four-homer Washington Nationals thumping of the Atlanta Braves that ended Washington's six-game losing steak, was the 50,000th of Hernandez's career. Hernandez will be remembered among the pitchers of his era, not for his brilliance but because he kept throwing and throwing. Since they started tracking pitches in 1988, only 11 pitchers have thrown more. Only one, Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballer, is still pitching.
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