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Reliving the many momentum swings from marathon Game 5

Thomas B. Shea / USA TODAY Sports

Game 5 of the 2017 World Series was the single craziest postseason game since, well, Game 2 on Thursday.

In a game when Clayton Kershaw and Dallas Keuchel started, it was the sluggers who shone brightest, as the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros combined to score 25 runs.

In their last game of the year at Minute Maid Park, the Astros treated their home faithful to a win to give the club a 3-2 series edge, with the matchup heading back to Los Angeles for the final games.

What will follow isn't known, but what's already happened are some of the most monumental mojo swings the postseason has ever seen:

Yuli's 3-run dinger ties the game

The Dodgers had the lead right out of the gate - putting three runs on the board off Keuchel thanks to a key at-bat and rundown from Logan Forsythe.

Meanwhile, Kershaw was spinning a gem through three innings, but it was short-lived as he walked the leadoff man in the fourth. After George Springer came around on a Carlos Correa double to make it 4-1, Yuli Gurriel cashed in the remaining ducks on the pond to tie the game.

While it was early, the Dodgers held an 89.4 percent win expectancy before the inning.

Bellinger's 3-run HR steals the lead back

In the top of the next inning, the Dodgers got their three-run lead right back with an answering blast from Cody Bellinger to take a 7-4 lead.

Altuve ties it again on another 3-run tater

After the Dodgers got their win expectancy back up to 86.8 percent, Jose Altuve had to go and make it a game again by tying it 7-7 with, you guessed it, another three-run home run.

Bellinger snags lead with assist from Springer

But Bellinger wasn't finished yet. His triple in the top of the seventh inning - thanks to an ill-advised dive from George Springer - gave the Dodgers yet another lead.

Springer's redemption

Knowing he could end up being a goat, Springer didn't take long erasing the Astros fans' memories, hitting a home run on the first pitch in the following frame.

Correa's HR

Literally five pitches later, Carlos Correa joined the party, putting a cheap fly ball into the Crawford Boxes for a two-run homer that bought - you guessed it again - another three-run lead.

Taylor's last-strike heroics

In the top of the ninth, down to their last chance, the Dodgers strung together some key base knocks to bring the score to 12-11.

With a runner on third, no hit was bigger than Chris Taylor's game-tying single while on his final strike.

Bregman's walk-off

To cap off the dinger fest, Alex Bregman continued his storied World Series performance with a clutch walk-off hit in the bottom of the 10th.

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