News about Max Muncy

Programming decisions can sometimes be a lose-lose for a network - and that was especially the case for some baseball fans who were shocked to find that the playoffs took a backseat to a singing show. Game 3 of the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets - two of the richest teams in baseball - was given the backseat and put on Fox Sports 1 on Wednesday night. Instead of broadcasting the baseball on Fox - the main channel for those without cable access - the network decided to put an episode of 'The Masked Singer' in the same time slot.

Freddie Freeman and the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers came out swinging again and won another road series, but the Texas Rangers suffered a humiliating loss. Max Muncy and J.D. were among the free runs hitting Max Muncy and J.D. Martinez went deep and the Dodgers defeated the AL-leading Texas Rangers 16-3 on Saturday. With 18 hits and five home runs, the Dodgers, who lost for the 10th time in 12 games, tied their season highs. Jonny Deluca's three-run shot in the ninth off Brad Miller, the Texas utility player who pitched the final two innings, was their last long ball.

During Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, struggling new York Mets rookie Brett Baty encapsulated his team's downturn by striking out three times and botching a routine popup at third base. Adding to Baty's misery, the ball he missed bounced straight into his face as he stumbled down towards the Citi Field infield.

Judge Joe Johnson, 30, may have saved the Yankees a run in the eight innings with his dazzling catch on J.D. With Max Muncy on first base and nobody out for Los Angeles, Martinez's liner into the right field corner. The AL MVP made the catch an instant before running into the bullpen door, which was partially open when he was struck as a stadium employee was sitting behind it. With a 113-mph line drive into Chavez Ravine's short left-field porch two innings prior, the AL MVP made his 19th home run of the season.

After playing for years in Japan, Masataka Yoshida has already made some mechanical improvements at the plate during his rookie season with the Boston Red Sox. They certainly paid the bill on Sunday. Boston roared to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 12-5 after Yoshida homered twice during Boston's nine-run outburst in the eighth inning. Since Hall of Fame slugger David Ortiz's debut in August 2008, he became the first Red Sox player to go deep in a single inning.

The National League hosted two games in close fashion as the Divisional Series of the MLB playoffs got off Tuesday. The Wild Card-winning Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Braves in the first game of the afternoon thanks to a flurry of runs in the third to fifth innings. Despite a comeback attempt by the Braves, they ran out of time, and the Phillies took the lead in a 1-0 series. Meanwhile, the Dodgers and Padres stayed close in the late innings, with Los Angeles retaining their 5-3 lead all the way to the end.

After it was revealed Monday that Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis had battled an autoimmune disorder three years ago that threatened his health on multiple fronts, they were seen at Ping Pong 4 Purpose, a charity function at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Kutcher, 44, was dressed in a spruce blue short-sleeved button-up top with denim blue jeans and blue shoes. When he and his wife, 38, posed with Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, 34, and his wife Ellen, he topped it off with a Chicago Bears cap. Kunis squeaked at the function by wearing a white T-shirt with blue jeans and white Converse shoes, with her brown locks parted and slicked back.