Muncy’s three‑homers game
Max Muncy smashed three homers — including a walk‑off — in a Dodgers game that read like a late‑season fireworks show and flipped the result in dramatic fashion. Performances like that not only win games but can swing clubhouse momentum and the team’s run differential in tight stretches. (x.com)
The Dodgers were down 7-6 with two outs in the ninth on Friday, April 10, when Max Muncy hit his third home run of the night and turned an 8-7 loss to Texas into an 8-7 win at Dodger Stadium. He finished 4-for-5, and the last swing was a solo walk-off against the Rangers. (mlb.com) It was not a quiet comeback. Texas grabbed a 3-1 lead on a Corey Seager three-run homer off Tyler Glasnow, then Wyatt Langford added a solo shot in the fifth, and Los Angeles spent the night chasing from behind. (espn.com) Muncy kept dragging the game back. He homered in the second inning, homered again later, and then erased the final deficit with the ninth-inning blast that ended it before extra innings could start. (mlb.com) The other big bat belonged to Andy Pages, who drove in four runs for Los Angeles while Muncy supplied three home runs by himself. That is how a game with seven runs allowed still turns into a win. (sportsnet.ca) The historical part is unusually specific. According to Elias Sports Bureau, Muncy became only the second Dodger ever to hit three home runs in one game and have the last one be a walk-off, joining Don Demeter on April 21, 1959. (mlb.com) The standings part moved too. The win made Los Angeles the first Major League Baseball team to reach 10 wins in 2026, which is a small April detail that still tells you how fast the Dodgers opened the season. (mlb.com) A three-homer game is rare on its own because one hitter usually gets only four or five trips to the plate. A walk-off tacked onto the third homer makes it feel less like a stat line and more like one player writing the last page himself. (espn.com) It also came against a Rangers club that had enough power to win on most nights. Texas hit early, led multiple times, and still flew home with a loss because Muncy matched every punch until the final one counted for all of it. (espn.com) By the time the crowd left Chavez Ravine, the box score looked almost fictional: Rangers 7, Dodgers 8, Muncy 3 homers, final swing in the ninth. Baseball produces a few nights every season that sound exaggerated even when the numbers are right there in front of you, and this was one of them. (mlb.com)
