Max Muncy becomes all-time Dodger Stadium home run…
The Dodgers couldn’t maintain onto a late lead on Thursday night time against the Milwaukee Brewers.
But with a history-making swing, Max Muncy at least gave one.
Summoned from the bench for a pinch-hit at-bat in the underside of the sixth inning, the Dodgers’ veteran third baseman belted a towering three-run, go-ahead homer off Milwaukee right-handed reliever Antonio Senzatela.
It would only go down as a footnote on the night time, with the Dodgers shedding 5-4 after Edwin Díaz’s three-run blown save in the top of the ninth.
In franchise’s report books, however, the drive catapulted Muncy to the top of a notable listing.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Max Muncy hits a three-run home run during the sixth inning. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
With the 131st home run of his profession at Dodger Stadium, Muncy handed retired star slugger Eric Karros for most by a single participant in the ballpark’s 65-year historical past.
“You did it Munce! You did it!,” said Karros, who was serendipitously calling the sport on the staff’s SportsWeb LA broadcast.
“What a career. You just can’t imagine, especially if you’re Max Muncy, you can’t imagine that this is how things would end up.”
Indeed, Muncy would have once been an unthinkable candidate to change into Dodger Stadium’s home run king, having joined the staff on a minor-league contract a decade in the past before blossoming into an sudden star.
Yet, over his Dodgers profession, his energy has remained constant –– there through accidents and positional adjustments and mechanical struggles that have led to more than a down seasons total for the three-time All-Star.
“Definitely not a spot I ever thought I’d be in,” he said earlier this 12 months.
Muncy had been chasing down Karros’ report for most of this season, in which the 35-year-old has had a resurgent marketing campaign that earned him a journey back to the Midsummer Classic.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Max Muncy watches his bomb go away the sector. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
With 23 long balls, Muncy trails only Shohei Ohtani for most on the staff. He is also batting above .250 for the first time since 2019, and on the verge of recording his most wins above alternative (he entered Thursday at 3.4, according to Baseball-Reference) since 2021.
Despite that, eclipsing Karros’ mark had required endurance.
Muncy sat one homer off the report for a stretch of 59 home plate appearances in July, before finally tying it on July 29.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Max Muncy celebrates his homer. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
Since then, he had hit only one more big fly (during a highway journey at Wrigley Field earlier this month) while turning into one of a number of Dodgers hitters to endure a midsummer droop.
Things have gone better on this homestand, however.
With Thursday’s blast –– which got here on the sixth pitch of an at-bat that noticed Muncy just miss an earlier home run on a fly ball that sailed broad of the right-field foul pole –– Muncy is hitting 4-for-12 this week with seven RBIs.
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