Muncy’s 3-homer night

Max Muncy turned a 7-7 game into an 8-7 Dodgers win with a two-out solo homer in the ninth inning on Friday, April 10, after already homering in the second and fourth for his second career three-homer game. The game had looked like a routine Dodgers win until closer Edwin Díaz gave up a game-tying single to Ezequiel Durán in the top of the ninth, which sent Dodger Stadium from celebration to panic in a few pitches. Muncy’s three home runs came against two different Texas pitchers: the first two off starter Kumar Rocker, then the walk-off off left-hander Jacob Latz. That matters because it was not one lucky matchup repeated three times; he beat different looks in different innings. He finished the night 4 for 5, and the Dodgers needed almost all of it because Texas scored seven runs and pushed the game to the edge in the ninth. Los Angeles also got a huge night from Andy Pages, who paired with Muncy to keep the offense moving inning after inning. For Muncy, the outburst landed at a useful moment in the season. He had told manager Dave Roberts he felt close at the plate, and one night later he produced the kind of box score that can erase a cold-week conversation. The Dodgers improved to 10-3 with the win, becoming the first Major League Baseball team to reach 10 victories in 2026. Early April standings do not decide October, but they do shape how a team’s first month feels, and walk-off games tend to stick longer than ordinary wins. There was history in it too: according to Elias Sports Bureau, Muncy became only the second Dodgers player to have a three-homer game that also ended with a walk-off homer, joining Don Demeter on April 21, 1959. That puts one loud Friday night next to a Dodgers stat line that had been untouched for nearly 67 years. Muncy also moved into sole possession of sixth place on the Dodgers’ all-time home run list with 212. A single April game rarely changes a player’s place in team history, but this one changed both the standings and the franchise leaderboard before the crowd even left Chavez Ravine.