{"id":596566,"date":"2026-04-11T07:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/596566\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T07:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:39:08","slug":"max-muncys-3-homer-night-ends-with-a-stunning-9th-inning-winner-as-los-angeles-dodgers-top-texas-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/596566\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Muncy\u2019s 3-homer night ends with a stunning 9th-inning winner as Los Angeles Dodgers top Texas Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Max Muncy<\/a> hit three homers, including a game-winning, two-out solo shot in the ninth inning after Edwin Diaz<\/a> blew his first save, and the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> rallied past the Texas Rangers<\/a> 8-7 Friday night in the opener of a series between the last three World Series champions.<\/p>\n

Diaz (1-0) blew his first save in six appearances with a three-run ninth that tied the game, 7-7. He gave up a leadoff single to pinch-hitter Joc Pederson<\/a> before Evan Carter<\/a> hammered a first-pitch fastball to right. After two outs, Josh Jung<\/a> singled. Pinch-runner Sam Haggerty<\/a> stole second and Brandon Nimmo<\/a> was intentionally walked. Ezequiel Duran<\/a> followed with a tying single to left.<\/p>\n

After Will Smith<\/a> and Freddie Freeman<\/a> struck out, Muncy hit a 401-foot shot to right off Jakob Latz (0-1). <\/p>\n

The Dodgers first rallied in the sixth on Andy Pages<\/a>\u2019 go-ahead, two-run double.<\/p>\n

The NL West-leading Dodgers trailed by two runs before ending the AL West-leading Rangers\u2019 three-game winning streak. Texas won the World Series in 2023, and the Dodgers followed with back-to-back titles in 2024 and \u201925.<\/p>\n

Muncy hit solo shots in the second and fourth innings off Rangers starter Kumar Rocker<\/a>. Muncy had his second career three-homer game and moved into sole possession of sixth all-time with 212 career homers for the Dodgers. <\/p>\n

The Dodgers rapped out 15 hits, with Muncy reaching base four times. In the eighth, the ball went off the glove of first baseman Jake Burger<\/a> in foul territory, triggering a foot race to the bag. Muncy collided with reliever Luis Curvelo<\/a>, who went down. Curvelo tossed a couple warmup pitches and remained in the game.<\/p>\n

Shohei Ohtani<\/a> singled in the fifth, extending his on-base streak to 44 games and surpassing Ichiro Suzuki for the longest such streak by a Japanese-born player. It was Ohtani\u2019s only hit on his first bobblehead night of the season.<\/p>\n

Pages also reached base four times with four RBIs, falling a triple short of the cycle. He singled in the second, walked in the fifth, doubled in the sixth and hit a two-run blast off Curvelo in the eighth, making it 7-4.<\/p>\n

The Rangers led 3-1 on Corey Seager<\/a>\u2019s three-run homer with two outs off Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wyatt Langford<\/a> extended the Rangers\u2019 lead to 4-2 with a two-out solo homer \u2014 his first of the season \u2014 in the fifth. He was replaced in the sixth because of right quad tightness.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Rangers RHP Jack Leiter<\/a> (1-0, 2.45 ERA) starts Saturday against RHP Emmet Sheehan<\/a> (1-0, 8.00).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n

Beth Harris, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Max Muncy hit three homers, including a game-winning, two-out solo shot in the ninth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-596566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}