Michael Grove (1-2) got the victory with six innings of relief after Alex Vesia pitched the first.
The left-hander gave up seven runs and six hits, struck out four and walked one. He hit Vargas, Muncy and Miguel Rojas, along with home-plate umpire Will Little. Rengifo airmailed the throw to the plate for an error as Betts and Freeman scored and Smith took second.ĭetmers (2-6) had a nightmarish outing on his 24th birthday. Will Smith followed with a single to left. Rengifo started the game at second base and replaced injured left fielder Jo Adell in the second. Luis Rengifo was playing deep and the ball dropped in, scoring Miguel Vargas and James Outman. Taking a page from Betts, Max Muncy led off with his 21st homer over the wall in center.īetts was intentionally walked to load the bases with two outs to get to Freddie Freeman, who hit a slicing double to left field. The Dodgers extended their lead to 6-0 with five more runs in the second. His 46th career leadoff homer tied Philadelphia’s Jimmy Rollins for seventh all-time. Betts eclipsed the mark of nine homers set by Houston’s George Springer in the first half of the 2017 season. The two-way superstar singled in the first and tripled in the third.īetts’ 408-foot solo shot, his 26th of the season, came on the second pitch of the game by Reid Detmers.
He came up a double shy of hitting for the cycle. Muncy's kept them afloat in the early going, so just imagine what it'll all look like once everyone comes around.Angels All-Star Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 32nd homer, a 433-foot, two-run blast in the seventh. Instead, the team guaranteed him his salary for 2023 and extended him through 2024 (with another club option), which is looking genius right about now.Īs one of the veterans in the lineup, Muncy's return to form is a welcome one for the Dodgers, who are very much still in their contention window but have had a hard time winning games this year after all of the offseason changes. Some fans wanted his team option for the 2023 season declined by the Dodgers. His struggles last year stemmed from an injury in Game 162 the season prior, but now he's primed to be one of the best hitters in the lineup for 2023.
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While most of these numbers are not sustainable throughout the course of a full season, there are many Dodgers fans who should reassess where they're at with Muncy. He's drawing a ton of walks (18, which is 20% of his plate appearances) and has his average up to. In 71 at-bats, Muncy has a major league-leading 11 home runs with 21 runs batted in already. Turning the clocks forward a bit, he has been lighting the opposition up through 22 games this year, seemingly back to the level of play he was at as recently as the 2021 season when he finished 10th in the NL MVP voting. 713 OPS and 98 OPS+ just wasn't what was expected of him. He was still a valuable hitter (1.9 oWAR) but the overall consistency just wasn't there. Through 136 games, the once powerful Muncy hit just 21 home runs with 69 RBI and saw his average dip below the Mendoza Line to. In 2022, he had a massive down year, leading to a ton of Dodgers fans turning their backs on him. He has topped 30 home runs twice since then while being one of the most valuable assets in this club's lineup. Muncy, a two-time All-Star, has been a heavily relied upon infielder for the Dodgers dating back to 2018 when he hit 35 home runs with 79 RBI and an OPS+ of 161. Max Muncy of the Los Angeles Dodgers has looked like a brand new version of himself through the first three weeks of the 2023 regular season.
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