{"id":6288,"date":"2026-07-18T04:07:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6288"},"modified":"2026-07-18T04:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:07:56","slug":"max-muncy-hits-2-run-homer-off-gerrit-cole-in-7th-to-lift-dodgers-over-yankees-2-1-in-series-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6288","title":{"rendered":"Max Muncy hits 2-run homer off Gerrit Cole in 7th to lift Dodgers over Yankees 2-1 in series opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Max Muncy hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning on Gerrit Cole\u2019s 103rd and final pitch, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers over the New York Yankees 2-1 on Friday night in their first game in the Bronx since winning the 2024 World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6286\">Scheffler rues missed putts but happy with his game after tee-to-green clinic at the British Open<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shohei Ohtani went 0 for 4 with a pair of warning-track flyouts, five days after the four-time MVP had a lubricant injected into his irritated left knee. <\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles began the second half by improving to a big league-best 62-36. New York (54-43) dropped to 18-20 without captain Aaron Judge, still sidelined by a fractured rib.<\/p>\n<p>On a night with smoke in the air from Canadian wildfires, New York led on an unearned run against Roki Sasaki in the fourth. Jasson Dom\u00ednguez doubled, took third when center fielder Andy Pages dropped the ball while picking it up by the warning track and scored on Dalton Rushing\u2019s passed ball. <\/p>\n<p>Cole (3-5), who struck out eight, issued his first walk to Mookie Betts starting the seventh.<\/p>\n<p>Yankees manager Aaron Boone went to the mound and left in the 35-year-old former Cy Young Award winner. Muncy fell behind 0-2 and with a 2-2 count on the seventh pitch drove a hanging slider into the right-field second deck for his 18th home run.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6284\">DeChambeau gets 2-shot penalty in dramatic late-night British Open ruling<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cole had a 5-0 lead over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the 2024 Series before errors by the pitcher and Judge in center led to five unearned runs in the fifth. Los Angeles went on to win 7-6 and take the title.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Dreyer (4-1) threw a called third strike to Dom\u00ednguez that stranded two runners in the sixth, then retired the side in order in the seventh. New York\u2019s Trent Grisham was thrown out trying to score from first on Ben Rice\u2019s eighth-inning double. Pages threw to Betts, who relayed to Rushing as Pages got his big league-high 13th outfield assist.<\/p>\n<p>Tanner Scott pitched a perfect ninth for his 14th save in 16 chances.<\/p>\n<p>Sasaki allowed the unearned run and five hits in 5 2\/3 innings. He reached 100 mph with 21 pitches \u2014 Sasaki had thrown 12 this season coming in. He is 0-2 with a 5.05 ERA in eight starts since May 23.<\/p>\n<h3>Up next<\/h3>\n<p>Yankees LHP Ryan Weathers (3-7, 4.15 ERA) and Dodgers RHP Emmet Sheehan (4-6, 4.81) start Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6282\">Uncertainty clouds the forecast on whether wildfire smoke will affect the World Cup final<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Max Muncy hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Max Muncy hits 2-run homer off Gerrit Cole in 7th to lift Dodgers over Yankees 2-1 in series opener - 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