Posted at 1:57 p.m., Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Baseball: Colo. pitcher breaks leg, keeps pitching, wins
Associated Press
DENVER — Colorado Rockies pitcher Jason Hirsh broke his right leg — and kept on pitching against the Milwaukee Brewers.X-rays revealed the fracture today, a day after Milwaukee's J.J. Hardy lined a ball off Hirsh's leg during the first inning of Colorado's 11-4 win.
Hirsh allowed three runs — two earned — and three hits in six innings, throwing 87 pitches and improving his record to 5-7.
