Watch: Blue Jays walk off Athletics on back-to-back bombs
Moments after Justin Smoak ties the game, Kendrys Morales wins it for the Blue Jays as he crushes a walk-off homer over the wall in right!!! pic.twitter.com/bXsjsZfLjk
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The Toronto Blue Jays looked down and out in the ninth Wednesday against the Oakland Athletics, having failed to score a run all game and trailing 2-0.
It took all of two hits for them to emerge victorious.
After third baseman Josh Donaldson led off the inning with a walk, first baseman Justin Smoak immediately brought him home in the next at-bat by drilling a moonshot to the second deck in right field at the Rogers Centre.
Justin Smoak puts the Blue Jays on the board and ties the game in the bottom of the 9th as he cranks a two-run homer to right-center!!! pic.twitter.com/xZijVR5MUz
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Toronto didn't even get a chance to celebrate Smoak's home run, though, as on the very next pitch, slugger Kendrys Morales cranked his own right-field bomb to help the Blue Jays walk off the Athletics.
According to Sportsnet's Hazel Mae, it's the first time the Blue Jays have hit a game-tying home run followed by a game-winning home run since June 14, 1986.