{"id":682929,"date":"2026-04-26T02:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T02:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/682929\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T02:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T02:15:16","slug":"dodgers-max-muncy-exits-saturdays-game-vs-cubs-in-4th-inning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/682929\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers&#8217; Max Muncy Exits Saturday&#8217;s Game vs Cubs in 4th Inning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6i\">Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star third baseman Max Muncy has exited Saturday&#8217;s game against the Chicago Cubs in the fourth inning after drawing a walk to load the bases.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6l\">Muncy was replaced by Santiago Espinal, who pinch-ran for him at first base.<\/p>\n<p>Why Did Max Muncy Leave Dodgers Game on Saturday?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6r\">Manager Dave Roberts said before the game that Muncy was a little under the weather. That is likely the reason for his early departure from the game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\">Muncy had reached base in all three of his plate appearances, twice via a walk and once on a two-run home run, his ninth of the season.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dave Roberts moved Max Muncy up to the No. 3 hole today.<\/p>\n<p>Muncy rewarded the decision with a game-tying, two-run home run, 110 mph off the bat.<\/p>\n<p>Muncy is second in the National League with nine home runs this year for the Dodgers.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3oO2Vyux0Y\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3oO2Vyux0Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Noah Camras (@noahcamras) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noahcamras\/status\/2048193667748577606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"70\">On the year, Muncy is hitting .300 with nine home runs, 11 runs batted in and an OPS of 1.027.<\/p>\n<p>Dodgers Offense Explodes in Fourth Inning vs Cubs<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"76\">The Dodgers entered the bottom of the fourth inning down 3-2 against the Cubs. The offense promptly put together a six-run inning.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"79\">Andy Pages led off with a groundout, followed by a Hyeseong Kim single. Then, Alex Freeland hit an RBI double off the wall to tie the game at three apiece.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7c\">Shohei Ohtani came up next and walked, followed by a Freddie Freeman RBI single that chased Cubs starter Colin Rea out of the game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7f\">Muncy then walked (and was replaced by Espinal) before Kyle Tucker popped out, bringing up Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez with the bases loaded and two outs in a 4-3 game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7i\">Hern\u00e1ndez came through with a two-run single, and Dalton Rushing followed with an RBI single to make it 7-3. Pages, who led off the inning with an out, then singled in another run, pushing the lead to 8-3 before Kim grounded out.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A six-spot in the fourth! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rxxGYMB7Wn\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/rxxGYMB7Wn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dodgers\/status\/2048205821541011504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7o\">The Dodgers are coming off a disappointing 6-4 loss to the Cubs on Friday night in which LA led 4-0 going into the seventh inning.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7r\">Alex Vesia allowed three runs in the seventh, one of which was an inherited runner charged to starter Emmet Sheehan. Blake Treinen gave up one run in the eighth, while Tanner Scott allowed a go-ahead, two-run home run in the top of the ninth.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7u\">The team will hope that the five-run lead going into the fifth inning is more than enough with Roki Sasaki on the mound and the bullpen behind him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7x\">If so, Sunday&#8217;s game will be a rubber match between two of the National League&#8217;s best teams.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"80\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/dodgers\/onsi\/newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for our free newsletter<\/a> and follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DodgersOnSI\" rel=\"nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61574700751221\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> for the latest news.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star third baseman Max Muncy has exited Saturday&#8217;s game against the Chicago Cubs in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5],"class_list":{"0":"post-682929","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116468602160045431","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}