LOS ANGELES -- None of his current teammates have spent more continuous time wearing Dodger blue than Max Muncy -- and only five former Dodgers can say they've outhomered him in that jersey.
Muncy continued his steady ascent up the home run leaderboard by going deep three times -- including a walk-off blast -- in a series-opening 8-7 win over the Rangers on Friday night at Dodger Stadium, helping the Dodgers become the first MLB team to 10 wins.
The longest-tenured Dodger hit his 211th and 212th and 213th career homers with L.A., passing Steve Garvey for sole possession of sixth place in franchise history.
Only two Dodgers have hit more homers than Muncy since the franchise moved to L.A. in 1958: Eric Karros and Ron Cey.
Dodgers' all-time home run leaders:
- Duke Snider, 389
- Gil Hodges, 361
- Eric Karros, 270
- Roy Campanella, 242
- Ron Cey, 228
- Max Muncy, 213
Per Elias, Muncy became the second Dodger to hit three home runs in a game -- including a walk-off -- in franchise history, following Don Demeter on April 21, 1959.
In his first at-bat, Muncy got an elevated 2-1 cutter from Rangers right-hander Kumar Rocker and pulled it a Statcast-projected 399 feet to right field to open the scoring in the second inning. His second homer of the season brought him into a tie with Garvey.
The next time he stepped to the plate, Muncy didn't need to see anything other than the first-pitch sinker that Rocker left over the middle of the plate in the fourth inning. Muncy drove that one the other way, launching it a projected 396 feet to left-center. That gave him the 20th multihomer game of his career.
Muncy waited until his final at-bat to pull off the home run hat trick after closer Edwin Díaz could not hold onto a three-run lead in the top of the ninth. Muncy picked his teammate up with a game-winning blast off Jacob Latz to walk off the Rangers.