Muncy walk‑off night

Max Muncy ended a 7-7 game on Friday, April 10, with a two-out solo homer in the ninth inning after the Los Angeles Dodgers had just blown a three-run lead against the Texas Rangers. The final was 8-7, and it was Muncy’s third home run of the night at Dodger Stadium. (mlb.com) That swing finished one of the strangest box scores of the young season: Muncy had four hits, Andy Pages drove in four runs, and closer Edwin Díaz still got the win after allowing Texas to tie the game in the top of the ninth. (ocregister.com) Texas had looked ready to steal the opener when Joc Pederson singled and Evan Carter hit a two-run homer off Díaz, then Jonah Heim tied it at 7-7 with a run-scoring single. Instead, Díaz stayed in long enough to watch Muncy erase the inning one batter later. (espn.com) The game had already turned into a personal milestone night before the walk-off. Muncy’s first homer was his 211th as a Dodger, and his second pushed him past Steve Garvey for sole possession of third place on the franchise’s Los Angeles-era home run list. (newsday.com) Only Ron Cey with 228 and Eric Karros with 270 now sit ahead of Muncy on that Dodgers list, which is a reminder of how long he has been doing this in Los Angeles since arriving in 2018 after Oakland let him go. (newsday.com) This was the second three-homer game of Muncy’s career, and according to Elias Sports Bureau, only one other Dodger had ever paired a three-homer game with a walk-off homer: Don Demeter on April 21, 1959. (mlb.com) The timing made the night even louder. The Dodgers improved to 10-3 with the win, which made them the first Major League Baseball team to reach 10 victories in 2026. (mlb.com) There was also a bit of pregame foreshadowing: manager Dave Roberts said Muncy had told him he felt close at the plate, and Roberts kept him in the middle of the order even through a slow start to the season. On Friday night, “close” turned into three balls over the fence and one of the weekend’s biggest highlights. (nbcsports.com)