Muncy's Three-Run Double Rescues LAD After KC Built 3-0 Lead

Los Angeles came back from three runs down to beat Kansas City 6-5 on August 11, 2026, with the game turning on a single swing in the sixth inning. Max Muncy's two-out double to right cleared the bases, plating three runs and swinging the win probability from 55% to 90% in favor of the Dodgers.

Kansas City came out swinging. Jac Caglianone drove in the game's first run with a single to center in the first, and then in the third he went deep — a 410-foot shot to right center that scored Nick Loftin and pushed the Royals to a 3-0 lead. Caglianone finished 2-for-4 with a homer, 3 RBI, and a run scored, and for two-plus innings it looked like KC had brought enough offense to make Noah Cameron's night manageable. Los Angeles answered immediately in the third — Shohei Ohtani doubled to center to score Feduccia, then Freddie Freeman singled to left to score Ohtani — but the Royals still held a 3-2 edge heading into the middle innings.

Then came the sixth, and the game changed completely. With Muncy at the plate, he doubled to right and Edman scored, Tucker scored, and Rojas scored — three runs on one swing, flipping a 3-2 Kansas City lead into a 5-3 Los Angeles advantage. The win probability swung from 55% to 90% on that single play. That's the story of the night: one at-bat erasing three innings of Royals work. Muncy finished 1-for-4 with 3 RBI, and it appears that one hit was all he needed to matter. Ohtani, meanwhile, crossed the plate twice and went 2-for-4 with an RBI, while Freeman was quietly excellent — 3-for-4 with 2 RBI, doing damage in both the third and the seventh.

Kansas City refused to go quietly. Kyle Isbel launched a 370-foot homer to right in the seventh to score Massey, knotting the game at 5-5 and giving the Royals real life. But Ohtani scored again in the bottom of the seventh on a Freeman single to right — Freeman was thrown out trying to stretch it to a double, but the damage was done. LAD led 6-5, and that's where it stayed. On the mound, Tarik Skubal went 5.0 innings for Los Angeles, allowing 3 earned runs on 4 hits with 6 strikeouts. Cameron went 5.2 innings for Kansas City, giving up 4 earned runs on 6 hits. Both starters left before the seventh, and the bullpen arms — Jose Cuas for KC and Alex Vesia for LAD — each threw a scoreless inning. The Royals had the talent to make this uncomfortable right until the end. It just wasn't enough.