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WATCH: Olympian Laurie Hernandez's First Pitch Gymnastics at Citi Field

By Paul DeBenedetto | September 4, 2016 11:17am | Updated on September 6, 2016 8:48am
 U.S. Olympian Laurie Hernandez wowed the Citi Field crowd with a flip before her first pitch Saturday.
U.S. Olympian Laurie Hernandez wowed the Citi Field crowd with a flip before her first pitch Saturday.
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She's head over heels for the Orange and Blue.

When Olympic gymnast and New Jersey native Laurie Hernandez took the mound at Citi Field Saturday night to throw out the first pitch before the Mets took on the Washington Nationals, no one could have predicted she'd be the most memorable part of the game. 

But the gold and silver medalist wowed the crowd with an acrobatic front flip before throwing a one-hopper to Mets catcher Rene Rivera.

"As soon as I found out I was throwing the first pitch I was just like 'oh, I should throw a flip in there,'" the Olympian nonchalantly told MLB.com.

After her pitch, the five-foot Hernandez stopped to take a photo with "Thor" himself, the 6-foot-6-inch Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard. 

Twitter, meanwhile, was in awe.

 

 

 

 

Oh, by the way: The Mets beat the hated Nats 3-1, and moved to just one game out of the second National League Wild Card spot.

That pitch, though: