'Home run-home run-to-end home run' Muncy dominated! Kim Hye-sung's first RBI of the season → Dodgers come from behind to beat Texas 8-7 [LAD Review]

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Los Angeles Dodgers veteran infielder Max Muncy (36) dominated the game with three home runs over the fence.

The Dodgers beat the Texas Rangers 8-7 in the 2026 U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season home game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on the 11th (Korea time).

The main character of the day was Munshi, not Shohei Ohtani (32) or Kim Hye-sung (27). Muncy started as the fifth batter and third baseman and led his team to victory with four hits in five at-bats (three home runs) and three RBIs and five runs.

It was unusual from the first at-bat. Muncy hit a four-pitch cutter by Texas starter Coomer Locker with one out in the bottom of the second inning and crossed the right-center fence. In Texas, Dodgers native Corey Seager quickly turned the tables 3-1 in the top of the third inning when Tyler Glasnow's sixth pitch went out of the center fence with two outs and runners on the first and third bases.

But Muncy's bat fired again. With two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning, Rocker's first pitch sinker crossed the left-center wall. It wasn't the end here. Texas tied the game 7-7 in the top of the ninth inning with Evan Carter's two-run shot over the right-center wall and Ezekiel Duran's timely RBI single to the left with two outs and runners on the first and second bases.

When Will Smith and Freddie Freeman struck out in a row in the bottom of the ninth inning, the atmosphere seemed to go to extra time. Jacob Latz caught two strikes first with two sliders on the lower side. And when the slider on the third pitch came a little high, Muncy's bat turned once more, and the ball headed over the right-center wall to the stands. It was a home run that ended the game in 2 hours and 47 minutes.

According to Sarah Lang of the Major League's official website MLB.com , it was the first time since Jack Swinsky (Pittsburgh Pirates) hit three home runs in a game, including a walk-off home run. It was the second time in 57 years in Dodgers history after Don Demeter on April 22, 1959.

Thanks to this, the Dodgers were the first of the 30 major league teams to win in double digits this year with 10 wins and 3 losses, ranking first in the National League West. Texas, which was teased by Muncy, maintained the top spot in the American League West with a 7-6 record.

Kim Hye-sung was also included in the starting lineup again three days after the away game of the Toronto Blue Jays on the 8th, recording no hits, one RBI and one strikeout in one at-bats. His batting average for this season is 0.375 (3 hits in 8 at-bats).

The first RBI of the season was valuable to revive the chase atmosphere. Kim Hye-sung, who entered the batter's box at the bottom of the fifth inning with no outs and runners on the first and third bases when the Dodgers were losing 2-4, pushed the ball outside after a match between the rocker and the seventh pitch. It was enough distance for third baseman Andy Paz to come in.

Since then, Ohtani's right-handed hit, Kyle Tucker's walk, and Smith's double play have failed to tie. However, with one out and runners on the second and third bases in the bottom of the sixth inning, Pazs made a 5-4 turnaround with a two-run timely double on the right field line. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Pazs hit a two-run home run in the middle of the month with one out and a runner on the first base, making three hits in three at-bats (one home run), four RBIs, one walk, and two runs, playing as well as Muncy.

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