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The first was one of the most memorable moments in Great American Ball Park history.
On June 30, 2006, the Indians took a 7-0 lead through eight innings and were still up 8-4 heading to the bottom of the ninth.
After Javier Valentin knocked in a run and made the second out of the inning with a grounder, Ryan Freel and Felipe Lopez walked to load the bases.
Adam Dunn, “the Big Donkey”, stepped up to the plate against Cleveland closer Bob Wickman and crushed a line drive into the bullpen in right field for a walk-off grand slam that sent GABP into pandemonium.
Dunn hit 461 other home runs in his major-league career, but there was none more dramatic than that one.
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