Fans at Chase Field have always had a love-hate relationship with Livan Hernandez.They loved him when he played for the D-backs. They hate to see him pitch against them. On Monday, Hernandez reminded them why.The veteran gave up five hits in 7 1/3 innings to pace the Nationals to a 3-1 victory against the D-backs. Hernandez, who played for Arizona in 2006 and ‘07, struck out five hitters in the 91-pitch effort.Nationals catcher Ivan Rodriguez also showed the crowd why he is considered one of the best catchers to ever play the game. MLB JERSEYS Rodriguez’s second-inning home run put the Nationals ahead, 2-0, and landed him a spot in the history books.”For years he has been tipped to come down here, but I think he was better staying at Hamilton and getting games and experience,” said Caldwell.Rodriguez, 38,Jerseys Shop, has now hit 300 home runs as a catcher. Only backstops Mike Piazza , Carlton Fisk, Johnny Bench and Yogi Berra are in the 300-homer class.”It means a lot,” said Rodriguez, who has 307 homers in his career. “I know I have a little bit more, but to be able to hit 300 home runs as a catcher in a position that takes a lot from you, and to be able to get it done is a nice feeling.”“Montero called me last night and said he was going to hit a home run,” Hernandez said. “He hit three fly balls looking for a home run, and we were laughing. That’s a very good team, a young team. That’s a lot of power.”"He got away today,” Montero said. “You got to give him credit. He pitched, he kept the ball down.”Obviously James McCarthy did so well last year – hopefully James McArthur can follow in his footsteps and we don’t get too confused with their names!He worked fast.”For all of their heroics, Hernandez and Rodriguez also had help.The Nats scored in the each of the first three innings, with the first run coming on an RBI single by Josh Willingham. In the second inning, Rodriguez smashed his second home run of the season, but the D-backs countered in the bottom half of the inning when Mark Reynolds scored on a ground ball by Gerardo Parra to cut Washington’s lead in half, 2-1. Adam Dunn’s home run,Cheap NFL Jerseys, his 26th of the season, pushed the Nationals ahead by two runs.“I was really happy for him,” Nationals manager Jim Riggleman said. “There are milestones that he’s still trying to reach, and that’s one of them right there. Cheap MLB Jerseys When you can say in this game you are one of five people to do something, and this game has been played a long time, it’s pretty special.” In the clubhouse following the game, Rodriguez savored the moment and later gave the home run ball to his father, Jose. He also offered some advice to another player seeking a milestone home run.”You don’t go and try to get those kind of things — it comes by itself,” Rodriguez said. “Right now, A-Rod is looking for 600 home runs, and he’s desperate to get 600, but that’s baseball. Hitting a home run is not an easy thing to do. I’m glad that I hit it and I’m happy about it.”Not surprisingly, Hernandez, who improved to 11-7 lifetime against the D-backs, was also in a good mood following the game.”He demands such high standards of himself that he’ll expect to go out and do just that.”Highly-rated midfielder McArthur is finalising a move to the DW Stadium after Wigan agreed a fee with his current club Hamilton.He won twice Monday. The veteran made a friendly wager with former teammate Miguel Montero, Arizona’s starting catcher, and came out on top there, too.Hernandez made the lead stick. He struck out Parra to start the eighth inning, but gave up a single to the next hitter, Tony Abreu, and a walk to Chris Young. Sean Burnett immediately replaced Hernandez and retired the next five batters in order to end the game.”Hernandez was outstanding,” Riggleman said. “I hated that last walk he had, because I was going to let him finish that inning and maybe finish the ballgame.However, as McArthur arrives at Wigan, Bramble is poised to leave for Sunderland and Caldwell will be disappointed to see his fellow centre-half move on. Wholesale MLB Washington Nationals Jerseys When he’s throwing like that, hitting spots and keeping hitters off balance, it is one of those nights where he can go nine innings.”But with this ballpark and the way the ball flies out of here, and the power they have in that lineup, I just didn’t want to ruin it by one ball getting in the air.” The 25-year-old suffered the injury after coming off the bench in the opening victory over the Springboks at Eden Park.The duo shared a second-wicket stand of 181 to help the hosts reach 256-2 in Galle, before bad light ended play with 22 overs still to be bowled.

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