If you have ever played R.B.I. Baseball on the old Nintendo, then you know exactly how slow your pitches can become just four innings into a game as your pitcher starts to tire. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw may not have been tired in a Thursday afternoon game in Atlanta, but he did toss out a pitch that seemed straight out of the classic baseball video game.

Kershaw tossed a 46-mph eephus pitch against Tyler Flowers for a ball in the bottom of the fourth inning of a 1-1 ballgame. You can almost hear the sound effect of the slow pitch dribbling its way to home plate. In fact, we’re going to need someone to dub some R.B.I. Baseball sound effects over the video of this pitch.

Don’t expect to see this from Kershaw all that often. Part of the beauty of a pitch like this is taking a batter by surprise, but Flowers didn’t bite.

The Braves did rack up 10 hits on Kershaw, but the Dodgers ace went eight innings and allowed just one earned run while striking out 10 batters en route to a 2-1 victory over Atlanta. He did not get credit for the win, which came in extra innings. However, he certainly helped the cause with a double in the seventh inning. Quite a day, Clayton.

[FTW]

About Kevin McGuire

Contributor to Athlon Sports and The Comeback. Previously contributed to NBCSports.com. Host of the Locked On Nittany Lions Podcast. FWAA member and Philadelphia-area resident.