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Rob Forsaith

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Aussies landmark homer in vain as rays level series | History Defined

Travis Bazzana has smacked his first ever home run in Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs, but the Australian failed to stop a sloppy Cleveland slipping to a 7-3 home loss that levelled their series against Tampa Bay.

Bazzana, who made his MLB debut in April and is gunning to cap a dream first season with a title, struck the ball sweetly in the bottom of the seventh in game four.

The Sydney product slickly deposited the ball over the right-field fence at Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland on Saturday (SundayAEDT), with broadcast analysis tracking the 374-feet hit as travelling at 174 km/h off the bat.

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