{"id":225486,"date":"2025-10-15T02:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T02:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/225486\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T02:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T02:39:07","slug":"max-muncy-sets-dodgers-record-by-hitting-his-14th-career-postseason-homer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/225486\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Muncy sets Dodgers record by hitting his 14th career postseason homer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy set a franchise record by hitting his 14th career postseason homer\u2026<\/p>\n<p>MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy set a franchise record by hitting his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLB\/status\/1978275317174157489\" rel=\"nofollow\">14th career postseason homer<\/a> in the sixth inning of Game 2 of the National League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Muncy\u2019s 412-foot drive over the center-field wall broke the Dodgers record he had shared with Justin Turner and Corey Seager. The solo shot off Freddy Peralta extended Los Angeles\u2019 lead to 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>It was Muncy\u2019s 70th postseason game with the Dodgers. Turner played 86 postseason games for Los Angeles from 2014-22. Seager appeared in 61 postseason games with the Dodgers from 2015-21.<\/p>\n<p>Muncy nearly set the team record in Game 1 when he hit a long drive to center that was inches from becoming a grand slam. That shot instead turned into an unusual <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/dodgers-brewers-double-play-nlcs-69daa1a145acc8979578382e4e873df8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8-6-2 double play<\/a> after the ball popped out of center fielder Sal Frelick\u2019s glove. Frelick attempted to make a leaping grab, but the ball bounced off the top of the wall before he caught it and the Brewers ended up <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/teoscar-hernandez-nlcs-dodgers-51893da94863910c5872bd2e7a322ef9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">forcing runners<\/a> out <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLB\/status\/1977903873193902242\" rel=\"nofollow\">at home plate and third base.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Muncy also holds the Dodgers record with 60 career postseason walks.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright<br \/>\n                        \u00a9\u00a02025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy set a franchise record by hitting his 14th career&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-225486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}