He routinely exited starts after the fifth inning or earlier. The numbers suggest he was a different pitcher then Anderson put up a 4.37 ERA in 13 games (11 starts) during the pandemic-shortened season. Muncy has hit more home runs against San Francisco – 20 in 68 career games – than he has against all but one team, the Colorado Rockies.Īnderson was a member of the Giants’ rotation for the 2020 season. Muncy and Anderson are especially familiar foes to the Giants. Hoornstra: Closing arguments in Shohei Ohtani vs. Chris Martin threw a scoreless eighth inning in relief of Anderson, and Craig Kimbrel recorded his 22nd save with a 1-2-3 ninth inning. Trea Turner went 2 for 4 with a stolen base. “When he’s covering the entire strike zone, he’s hitting to all fields,” Roberts said of Muncy, “and it makes him so hard to pitch to.” Muncy capped the scoring with a solo home run in the sixth inning, an opposite-field shot, off right-hander Dominic Leone in the sixth inning. In the third inning, Muncy scorched the first pitch he saw – another Garcia fastball – over the fence in right field for a two-run homer. Gallo’s fourth home run as a Dodger, in his 24th game since a deadline-day trade, came on a center-cut 3-and-1 fastball from lefty Jarlin Garcia in the second inning. Instead, the game got out of hand quickly. With former Dodger Alex Wood on the injured list, the Giants turned to a bullpen game to try to steal back-to-back wins at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers improved baseball’s best record to 93-42, and mathematically eliminated the Giants (65-69) from repeating as NL West champions. The win reduced the Dodgers’ magic number to clinch the National League West to seven games. The Dodgers never trailed after the second inning. Only one other ball left the yard, when Brandon Crawford turned on a changeup for a two-run homer in the sixth inning that stayed inside the right field foul pole. He threw just 26 fastballs out of 87 pitches total. The remainder of the night, Anderson allowed his changeup to lead the way. The Giants’ aggressive approach forced the left-hander to adjust his. That was enough to support starting pitcher Tyler Anderson (14-3), who allowed three runs in seven innings.Īnderson allowed a home run to the first batter of the game, Lewis Brinson, who had also homered the previous night off a fastball too.
When he’s going well it seems like guys feed off that because he’s always in the middle of things.”īetween Muncy’s two home runs and a three-run shot by Joey Gallo in the second inning, the Dodgers collected all of their runs by virtue of the home run.
“He’s a big part of what we’re doing as an offense. “He’s been grinding all year to get to this position,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of Muncy. A double in his second at-bat Tuesday against Jarlin Garcia (1-4) allowed him to finish with 10 total bases, matching a career high he last achieved in a July 2021 game in Colorado. Tuesday was a reminder of Muncy at his peak.
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Since becoming an everyday player with the Dodgers in 2018, Muncy hasn’t finished a full season with fewer than 35 homers. His home runs in the second and sixth innings were his 17th and 18th this season, respectively. Muncy has never been a high-average hitter, but his slow recovery from a torn UCL in his left elbow late last season seemed to sap his power stroke too. For the most part, they haven’t paid off. Muncy has been trying to make adjustments all season.
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