Muncy in a sentence

Not only has Cody Bellinger moved to center field so that Muncy can start at first base against right-handed pitching, the Dodgers are planning to get Muncy some time at second base as well.

But enter a new key character: Muncy's brother Teddy.

But Freeman struck out, and after J.D. Martinez reached on an infield single to load the bases, Max Muncy struck out to end the inning.

But he was more irked that the umpires allowed Max Muncy, who had been on first base, to move up to second because, technically, Judge stepped out of the field of play — all because the fence could not hold him.

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jameson Taillon, left, pitches to the Dodgers’ Max Muncy during the first inning on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium.

It was his longest first house run, a 420-foot blast that broke a tie within the third inning after Max Muncy and former Dodger Cody Bellinger traded solo blasts within the second.

Max Muncy, an All-Star nabbed off the scrap heap six years ago, built the lead with one of eight LA extra-base hits.

Max Muncy and Freddie Freeman each had a pair of hits and drove in three runs.

Mookie Betts, Freeman, J.D. Martinez, Max Muncy and David Peralta each hit a home run.

Muncy added a grand slam in the seventh inning of a 9-1 win.

Muncy made the Mariners pay, lining an opposite-field single to left field to score Betts as the largely blue-clad crowd at T-Mobile Park let loose with a deafening roar.

Muncy’s 4-for-33 start with four times as many strikeouts (16) as hits started with a five-strikeout game in the season opener and snowballed from there, conjuring painful memories of last season’s struggles.

Muncy was eventually ejected for a poor strike call on his own account.

Offensively, the Dodgers have been buoyed by the precocious start of rookie James Outman and Max Muncy’s revival.

Peralta rifled a double past first baseman Christian Walker to score Betts, who led off with an infield single, and Heyward followed with a double to right-center to score Muncy and Peralta for a 3-0 lead.

That’s because the guy is Muncy’s brother, Teddy.

The 24-year-old prospect needed to restrict the harm within the first, when he walked a pair of batters and received little assist from his protection (together with a Muncy error that led to an unearned run).

The ball wound up in left field, Muncy scored easily from second base, and the Dodgers had the kind of lucky break that has eluded them so often in 2023.

The Cards catcher did an excellent job pitch-framing on Sunday, and Max Muncy noticed.

The Dodgers’ Max Muncy, center, is mobbed by teammates after he delivered the game-winning RBI single in the ninth inning of their 3-2 walk-off win against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.