The third ball landed in right center, and the game was over.
Max Muncy had already hit two home runs — one to right center, one to left center — and the Dodgers and Rangers were tied when he came to the plate for the fifth time. He hit a fly ball to right center. Los Angeles 8, Texas 7. Walk-off.
The first three-homer game of 2026.
Three home runs in one game is not one swing repeated three times. It is five plate appearances across a full game, against a staff that has seen your timing, in a game close enough that the score rides every at-bat. Muncy's scorecard tells the whole night: home run to right center, home run to left center, a force out — Josh Smith to Corey Seager, Freeman out at second — a sharp single to first baseman Jake Burger, and then the third home run, back to right center.
Three home runs, three RBI. The Dodgers won by one run.
He finished with four hits, three for extra bases — every extra-base hit a home run. His best contact came off the bat at 106.5 mph; his deepest ball traveled 401 feet. And the last one carried far enough to end it.
