Muncy powers Dodgers with 7 RBIs in 18-2 rout of Yankees, LA’s most runs ever vs New York
LOS ANGELES AP Max Muncy hit two three-run homers and tied his career high with seven RBIs helping the Los Angeles Dodgers rout Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees - on Saturday The Dodgers pounded out a season-high hits and their runs were their largest part ever against the Yankees whose only runs came on Judge s th and st homers Los Angeles set a record for runs by a National League organization against the Yankees The Dodgers batted around in the first two innings pummeling Yankees starter Will Warren - He needed pitches in the first when the Dodgers led - on RBI singles by Will Smith and Muncy a sacrifice fly by Michael Conforto and Tommy Edman s RBI double Los Angeles was just getting started Muncy s -foot blast in the second was his th career homer and chased Warren Edman had a RBI double and Kim followed with his second career homer a -foot shot with two outs off Brent Headrick that made it - He and Shohei Ohtani waiting to bat bowed their heads to each other after Kim scored Muncy went deep off Mark Leiter Jr with a -foot shot in the fifth and Andy Pages added a solo shot in the seventh Rookie Dalton Rushing had his first major-league homer a -run shot off position performer Pablo Reyes in the eighth Dodgers starter Landon Knack - allowed one run and five hits in six innings with six strikeouts Position participant Kik Hern ndez finished off the blowout by allowing one hit in the ninth Key moments Kim made a terrific play at shortstop in the third Starting in place of injured Mookie Betts he caught Jorbit Vivas liner and dived head-first to tag the bag doubling Austin Wells off second The Dodgers successfully challenged the out call In the seventh Judge singled to center but was thrown out stretching to second on Pages throw to Edman Key stat The Dodgers have outscored the Yankees - in the first two games of their World Series rematch They beat New York in five games last year for their eighth world championship Up next Yankees LHP Ryan Yarbrough - ERA starts Sunday against Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto - in the series finale AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source
