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VIDEO: Yasiel Puig lifts Dodgers over Australia with two-run homer

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Yasiel Puig's cricket bat flip from his first day in Australia was a sign of good things to come.

The Cuban outfielder launched a massive two-run homer at Sydney Cricket Grounds in the eighth inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers' Thursday exhibition against Team Australia. 

Puig, 23, was off to a slow spring in Cactus League play. He went 5-for-41 with a walk and five strikeouts before arriving in Sydney.

[Courtesy MLB.com]

The visiting Dodgers won, 4-2, in front of a sparse Aussie crowd.

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