I read this about Prior again and pray for Volquez Prior had games of 114, 118, 100, 116, 131, 129, 109, 124, 131 and 133 pitches. In the playoffs, he threw a complete-game, 132-pitch two-hitter to beat Atlanta, 115 pitches to beat Florida and 119 pitches in Game 6 of the NLCS against Florida, in which he was gassed by his 24th pitch of that fatal eighth inning. That's four games of 130-plus pitches, plus another with 129. In 2007, only twice did a pitcher throw 130 pitches in a game (Orlando Hernandez and A.J. Burnett each threw 130 exactly). Compare that total to 2003, when there were 27 starts of 130-plus pitches, topped by Kerry Wood's 141 in a May start for the Cubs.