Livan goes deep, shuts down Braves

By Guy Curtwright / Special to MLB.com

ATLANTA -- Adam Dunn has hit a lot of long home runs. But it would be hard to top the mammoth blast the Nationals slugger hit off the Braves' Jair Jurrjens on Tuesday night.

Connecting with a 1-1 fastball that was belt high in the middle of the plate, Dunn smashed a second-inning drive that cleared the pavilion seats and landed on the plaza area to the right of dead center field.

Dunn's 35th homer was estimated at 455 feet, which would make it the sixth longest at Turner Field and just 16 feet short of the record blast by the Cubs' Sammy Sosa in 2001.

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Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Espinosa, 2B 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .282
Desmond, SS 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .280
Bernadina, LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .259
Zimmerman, R, 3B 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 .304
Dunn, A, 1B 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 .266
1-Maxwell, PR-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .132
Morse, RF-1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .290
Morgan, CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .260
Rodriguez, I, C 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .267
Hernandez, L, P 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 .143
Burnett, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 6 11 6 3 5 13 .256

1-Ran for Dunn, A in the 8th.
Atlanta AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Infante, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .340
Heyward, RF 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 .289
Prado, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .311
McCann, C 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 .276
Lee, D, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .249
McLouth, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .188
c-Glaus, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .240
Gonzalez, A, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .263
Diaz, M, LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .240
Jurrjens, P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .128
a-Hinske, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
O'Flaherty, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Farnsworth, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dunn, M, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Conrad, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
Proctor, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 30 0 5 0 3 9 14 .261
a-Flied out for Jurrjens in the 5th. b-Flied out for Dunn, M in the 8th. c-Struck out for McLouth in the 9th.
BATTING
2B: Hernandez, L (1, Jurrjens), Espinosa (4, Farnsworth).
HR: Dunn, A (35, 2nd inning off Jurrjens, 1 on, 0 out), Hernandez, L (1, 4th inning off Jurrjens, 0 on, 2 out), Desmond (10, 9th inning off Proctor, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Espinosa 2; Desmond 5; Bernadina; Zimmerman, R 2; Dunn, A 5; Morgan; Hernandez, L 6.
RBI: Dunn, A 2 (93), Hernandez, L 2 (3), Bernadina (44), Desmond (59).
2-out RBI: Hernandez, L 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Espinosa; Morse 2; Hernandez, L.
S: Desmond.
SF: Bernadina.
GIDP: Zimmerman, R.
Team RISP: 1-for-8.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
DP: (Desmond-Espinosa-Dunn, A).

BATTING
TB: Heyward; McCann 2; Diaz, M; Jurrjens.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Prado.
GIDP: Prado.
Team RISP: 0-for-1.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
CS: McCann (2, 2nd base by Hernandez, L/Rodriguez, I).

FIELDING
E: Heyward (5, fielding).
DP: (Prado-Infante-Lee, D).

Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hernandez, L(W, 10-11) 8.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 3.66
Burnett, S 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2.53
Totals 9.0 5 0 0 3 9 0 4.14
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Jurrjens(L, 7-6) 5.0 9 4 4 1 3 2 4.64
O'Flaherty 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.32
Farnsworth 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.17
Dunn, M 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Proctor 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.20
Totals 9.0 11 6 6 3 5 3 3.60
IBB: Dunn, A (by Jurrjens), Rodriguez, I (by Dunn, M).
HBP: Heyward (by Hernandez, L).
Pitches-strikes: Hernandez, L 118-75, Burnett, S 16-11, Jurrjens 89-58, O'Flaherty 14-7, Farnsworth 9-6, Dunn, M 18-8, Proctor 22-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Hernandez, L 6-10, Burnett, S 0-0, Jurrjens 7-5, O'Flaherty 3-0, Farnsworth 1-2, Dunn, M 2-0, Proctor 1-1.
Batters faced: Hernandez, L 30, Burnett, S 4, Jurrjens 24, O'Flaherty 3, Farnsworth 4, Dunn, M 5, Proctor 5.
Umpires: HP: Dale Scott. 1B: Paul Nauert. 2B: Jerry Meals. 3B: Dan Iassogna.
Weather: 85 degrees, clear.
Wind: 1 mph, Varies.
T: 2:39.
Att: 26,954