Muncy’s three‑homer walk‑off

Max Muncy hit three home runs Friday night, then ended the Dodgers’ 8-7 win over Texas with a walk-off shot in the ninth. (mlb.com) The game was the opener of a Dodgers-Rangers series at Dodger Stadium, and Muncy’s final swing came with two outs against Rangers reliever Jacob Latz. He finished 4-for-5 in the Dodgers’ 10th win of the season. (espn.com) Muncy homered in the second and fourth innings off Texas starter Kumar Rocker before his ninth-inning winner. The Dodgers had watched a late lead disappear after Edwin Díaz blew his first save in six appearances. (abcnews.com) According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Muncy became the second Dodger to have a three-homer game that also ended on a walk-off homer. The first was Don Demeter on April 21, 1959. (mlb.com) That made Friday the first Dodgers game in 67 years to match that combination of power and finish. The club has been in Los Angeles since the 1958 season, so the gap stretches across nearly the entire California era of the franchise. (mlb.com) For Muncy, it was the second three-homer game of his major league career and his fourth career walk-off homer. His 213th homer as a Dodger also moved him past Steve Garvey for third on the Los Angeles franchise home run list. (sports.yahoo.com) The night landed during a ceremony built around another power display: the Dodgers were giving away a Shohei Ohtani bobblehead tied to Ohtani’s three-homer game in the 2025 National League Championship Series. Muncy said afterward that he still thinks about the first time he hit three in a game. (espn.com) League and team video of the final homer spread quickly online after the game, turning the clip into one of baseball’s early-season viral highlights. By the end of the night, Muncy had turned a Friday opener into one of the rarest finishes in Dodgers history. (mlb.com)