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The eighth inning was playing out like a recurring Yankees nightmare, complete with a throwing error and Camilo Doval walking a pair of hitters.

When David Bednar came in with the bases loaded and proceeded to walk in a run, throwing four straight balls to Christian Walker after going up 0-and-2 in the count, tying the game at 4-4, every one of the 45,738 at the Stadium could see where this one was going.

And every one of the 45,738 faithful would have been dead wrong about that.

Bednar not only struck out the next two Astros to work his way out of the jam but stayed on to get the win after

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