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Toronto Blue Jays win wild Wild Card

It took 11 heart-stopping innings to get to a decisive moment in the Wild Card game. Then in the blink of an eye, Edwin Encarnacion ended it.

Edwin Encarnacion's walk-off home run keeps team's World Series dream alive

Edwin Encarnacion and the Blue Jays celebrate a walk-off win in the American League Wild Card game on Tuesday night. (John Rieti/CBC)

All Edwin Encarnacion's Blue Jays needed was a deep fly ball.

Encarnacion decided to go extra deep.

The slugger's walk-off home run gave the Blue Jays a 5-2 extra-innings win in the American League Wild Card game over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. Here are a few things the intense post-season game taught Blue Jays fans.

But will he risk a bat flip in Texas? (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)

Jose Bautista loves the playoffs. He was the centre of attention before the game, then got the Jays rolling with an early home run.

(John Rieti/CBC)

Marcus Stroman, here saying a pre-game prayer in centre field, is possibly the most pumped-up man on the planet. See below:

Told you he was pumped. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)

Baseball is just nicer outdoors. The dome was open on Tuesday night, and Jays fans will be hoping for more beautiful October nights in the days to come.

(John Rieti/CBC)

Blue Jays fans — excluding the person who threw a bottle onto the field while Baltimore's Hyun Soo Kim was making a catch — are ready for the playoffs. Read: loud.

(John Rieti/CBC)

The Blue Jays are going to Texas. Buckle up.

(John Rieti/CBC)
(John Rieti/CBC)