LOS ANGELES — Max Muncy hit three homers, together with a game-winning, two-out solo shot within the ninth inning after Edwin Diaz blew his first save, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied previous the Texas Rangers 8-7 Friday evening within the opener of a collection between the final three World Sequence champions.

Diaz (1-0) blew his first save in six appearances with a three-run ninth that tied the sport, 7-7. He gave up a leadoff single to pinch-hitter Joc Pederson earlier than Evan Carter hammered a first-pitch fastball to proper. After two outs, Josh Jung singled. Pinch-runner Sam Haggerty stole second and Brandon Nimmo was deliberately walked. Ezequiel Duran adopted with a tying single to left.

After Will Smith and Freddie Freeman struck out, Muncy hit a 401-foot shot to proper off Jakob Latz (0-1).

The Dodgers first rallied within the sixth on Andy Pages’ go-ahead, two-run double.

The NL West-leading Dodgers trailed by two runs earlier than ending the AL West-leading Rangers’ three-game successful streak. Texas received the World Sequence in 2023, and the Dodgers adopted with back-to-back titles in 2024 and ’25.

Muncy hit solo photographs within the second and fourth innings off Rangers starter Kumar Rocker. Muncy had his second profession three-homer recreation and moved into sole possession of sixth all-time with 212 profession homers for the Dodgers.

The Dodgers rapped out 15 hits, with Muncy reaching base 4 instances. Within the eighth, the ball went off the glove of first baseman Jake Burger in foul territory, triggering a foot race to the bag. Muncy collided with reliever Luis Curvelo, who went down. Curvelo tossed a pair warmup pitches and remained within the recreation.

Shohei Ohtani singled within the fifth, extending his on-base streak to 44 video games and surpassing Ichiro Suzuki for the longest such streak by a Japanese-born participant. It was Ohtani’s solely hit on his first bobblehead evening of the season.

Pages additionally reached base 4 instances with 4 RBIs, falling a triple wanting the cycle. He singled within the second, walked within the fifth, doubled within the sixth and hit a two-run blast off Curvelo within the eighth, making it 7-4.

The Rangers led 3-1 on Corey Seager’s three-run homer with two outs off Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow.

Wyatt Langford prolonged the Rangers’ result in 4-2 with a two-out solo homer — his first of the season — within the fifth. He was changed within the sixth due to proper quad tightness.

Rangers RHP Jack Leiter (1-0, 2.45 ERA) begins Saturday towards RHP Emmet Sheehan (1-0, 8.00).

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