Max Muncy delivered a dramatic walk-off home run with two outs in the ninth inning Friday night, completing his three-homer performance and lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-7 comeback victory over the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium.
The clutch blast marked Muncy’s second career three-homer game and capped a thrilling finish that saw the Dodgers overcome their closer’s first blown save of the season. Edwin Diaz surrendered the lead in the ninth but was credited with the victory.
Los Angeles extended its hot streak with a sixth win in seven contests, recording their sixth comeback victory this season while becoming the first Major League Baseball club to reach 10 wins in 2026.
Andy Pages continued his outstanding early-season performance, connecting for his team-high fourth home run of the year – a crucial two-run blast in the eighth inning that put the Dodgers ahead 7-4. Pages also delivered a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth frame, giving Los Angeles a 5-4 advantage after trailing 4-2. The young outfielder recorded his fourth three-hit performance of the campaign.
The scoring began when Muncy launched his first homer in the second inning for a 1-0 Dodgers lead. Former Los Angeles star Corey Seager quickly responded with a three-run shot to put Texas on top.
Seager, who captured two All-Star selections, National League Rookie of the Year honors, and both World Series and NLCS MVP awards during his time with the Dodgers, connected for his second three-run homer against his former club.
Muncy’s second long ball trimmed the deficit to 3-2 in the fourth inning. Wyatt Langford then took Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow deep to extend Texas’ lead to 4-2 before Hyeseong Kim added a sacrifice fly for Los Angeles.
Pages’ eighth-inning homer appeared to put the Dodgers in command heading to the final frame, but Diaz encountered trouble in the ninth. The closer allowed a two-run homer to Evan Carter and a game-tying single to Ezequiel Duran with two outs, setting up Muncy’s heroics against Rangers reliever Jacob Latz, who suffered his first loss of the season.
Before the first pitch, the Dodgers honored the memory of Davey Lopes with a moment of silence. Lopes, who died earlier this week, served as the team’s second baseman for much of the 1970s and early 1980s as part of one of baseball’s most successful infields.
