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Watch the Orioles run all across the diamond to turn a game-ending 3-6 double play

In the top of the ninth inning of their game against the Nationals on Monday, the Orioles were in a bit of a jam. A Matt Wieters RBI double had cut Baltimore's lead to just two, and Washington's Brian Goodwin stepped to the plate with runners on second and third and just one out. 
With the game on the line, the O's defense took a deep breath, walked over to a glass case marked "Break in case of emergency," and calmly pulled out one of the strangest double plays of the year.

The play began with Goodwin hitting a hard ground ball to first. Chris Davis fielded and calmly stepped on the bag for out number one ... only to look up and discover that Trea Turner -- brought in as a pinch-runner for Wieters -- had strayed too far off second. Davis threw to shortstop J.J. Hardy, who started to trap Turner in a rundown ... only to look up and discover that Adam Lind had strayed too far off third
Hardy ran at Lind at tagged him out, ending the game and putting a bow on a double play that involved just one throw and covered approximately the length of a football field.

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