With Karros on the call, Muncy passes him for most homers at Dodger Stadium
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LOS ANGELES -- Since Dodger Stadium opened its doors in 1962, no one has hit more home runs at the venue than Max Muncy.
Muncy moved into sole possession of first place on the ballpark's home run leaderboard in clutch fashion, coming off the bench to belt a go-ahead three-run blast in the sixth inning of Thursday night's 5-4 loss to the Brewers. Muncy's 131st blast at Dodger Stadium passed Eric Karros, who happened to be on the call for SportsNet LA.
"You did it, Munce, you did it!" Karros said on the broadcast. "Now the all-time home run leader at Dodger Stadium, Max Muncy. Congratulations, brother."
Despite Muncy's milestone blast, the Dodgers dropped the series opener after closer Edwin Díaz could not hold onto a two-run lead in the top of the ninth. The Brewers tied the game on four consecutive one-out singles. Díaz's night came to an end after he recorded the second out of the inning, but the Crew took the lead on Jake Bauers' RBI single off southpaw Alex Vesia.
The loss dropped the Dodgers (73-49) two games behind the Brewers (75-47) for the best record in the National League. L.A. could win the season series against Milwaukee with two wins this weekend, which could have implications down the road should tiebreakers be needed to determine postseason seeding.
With the Brewers tabbing left-hander Shane Drohan for the opener, Muncy was out of the Dodgers' starting lineup, and Kiké Hernández started at third base in his place. But when Drohan was lifted from the game in the sixth inning after issuing back-to-back walks with one out, Muncy appeared in the on-deck circle to face righty reliever Antonio Senzatela.
Muncy came to the plate with two outs. He took a ball, then just missed going deep on the next pitch he saw, fouling it to deep right field. Muncy worked the count full before jumping on a 100.1 mph fastball. From the moment he made contact, there was little doubt it would be leaving the yard.
As the ball traveled a Statcast-projected 426 feet to right-center and landed in the stands, Muncy took a slow trot around the bases, having flipped the script on the Brewers. It was his fourth pinch-hit home run and the 19th that put his team into the lead in his career.
Muncy also continued his ascent up another home run leaderboard. He's alone in fifth place for the most homers in Dodgers franchise history, and after hitting No. 232, he's 10 away from tying Roy Campanella for fourth.