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Nationals catcher Spencer Kieboom lost his tooth and then hit a dinger. Meet the most hockey moment of the MLB season.

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Tuesday afternoon against the Philadelphia Phillies, Spencer Kieboom hit his first career MLB homerun during the first game of a day-night doubleheader.

The fifth-inning solo homerun gave the Washington Nationals a 1-0 lead, but it was what happened as Kieboom rounded the bases that became a touchpoint on social media.

Kieboom, doing his best hockey player imitation, was missing his tooth.

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Kieboom’s new gap-toothed smile was first noticed on TV when the 27-year-old catcher started pointing towards his mouth in the dugout.

The Nationals posted a photo later that shows he chipped half of one of his top row teeth.

Washington Post beat reporter Chelsea Janes tweeted that Kieboom definitely had his tooth before the game began.

MASN’s Dan Kolko followed up saying Kieboom spit his tooth out while walking to the plate for his at bat.

Both those points were proven untrue after the game when Kieboom was interviewed by Kolko. He said that the tooth fell out this morning and became a joke amongst the team.

“That was earlier this morning that it happened. We were kind of joking about it on the way,” Kieboom said. “It’s like I got into a fight, like some hockey playoff or something like that. The Caps got me going earlier this year so I am just trying to embrace it.”

He did attribute losing his tooth to his success at the plate today.

“Maybe I need to lose my other one or something later if I play tomorrow or the next day,” Kieboom continued. “Knock another one out, get another homer.”

This continues a weird few stretch for the Nats.

After multiple rain delays and two postponements during their weekend series against the Chicago Cubs, their Monday evening game in Philadelphia was postponed due to a wet infield. The Phillies field crew was not expecting much rain and did not put the tarp on the field. The dirt and clay were so wet, blowtorches were used. Bryce Harper did his best to help.

Headline photo: @nationals

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