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An 8-run comeback, a game-ending 7-2 double play and more craziness from a wild MLB night

Blue Jays 8 run comeback highlights wild MLB night

The great thing about baseball is that you never know what you'll see on any given night. On the night of June 20, we saw a lot. A whole lot.

To begin with, there was the Blue Jays-Reds game, which stood at 8-0 in favor of Cincinnati after two innings. Game over, right? INCORRECT.

Toronto kept on inching back until it was 9-9 after the eighth, and then, they just wouldn't stop inching. The Jays scored five in the ninth inning for a 14-9 victory, capped by Edwin Encarnacion's second homer of the night, which was so awe-inspiring that he turned his entire body to marvel at its flight:

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Meanwhile, down in Miami, Marcell Ozuna made a play that not only brought to mind Yoenis Cespedes' wonderthrow from a week ago, but turned out to be a game-ending double play as well, preserving the Marlins' victory over the Mets:

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Speaking of New York, did you know that until Friday, only one player had hit a walk-off homer for both the Mets and the Yankees? That player was Darryl Strawberry, but on this night, Straw was joined by Carlos Beltran. Beltran's three-run, ninth-inning blast instantly turned a 3-2 deficit into a 5-3 win over the Orioles. After it was over, a traditional ceremony of triumph was performed:

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In a contest between the two teams currently battling for NL East supremacy, the Braves entered the ninth inning feeling pretty good about their chances to beat the Nationals. They had a two-run lead and all-universe closer Craig Kimbrel on the hill. Kimbrel hadn't given up a homer with men on base since 2011. But after a Nate McLouth walk, Anthony Rendon flipped the script:

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Kimbrel limited the damage after that, and Atlanta ended up prevailing in 13 innings.

So there you have it: Baseball is crazy. Crazy like this play in the Phillies-Cardinals game that also happened on the night of June 20, that resulted in a real-life out:

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Never change, baseball.