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Rob Forsaith

Aussie's landmark homer in vain as Rays level series

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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