Max Muncy leaves after HBP on wrist, X-rays negative
Dodgers third baseman will miss at least a few games, manager Dave Roberts said
MILWAUKEE, WI - MAY 22: Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy (13) is looked at after being hit in the hand with a ball during a game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers at American Family Field on May 22, 2026 in Milwaukee, WI. (Photo by Larry Radloff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Dodgers’ loss in Friday’s series opener to the Milwaukee Brewers added injury to insult when third baseman Max Muncy left the game after getting hit by a pitch on his right wrist. Muncy was hit by a 95.
5-mph fastball from Aaron Ashby in the top of the eighth inning on Friday, and immediately left the game, replaced by pinch-runner Santiago Espinal. View Link X-rays on the wrist came back negative. “We just gotta monitor the next couple days.
Typically, especially in that area, the X-rays never come back positive immediately. It kind of forms a little bit. I’m pretty sure it hit half my wrist pad and then half my wrist,” Muncy told reporters in Milwaukee, as shown by SportsNet LA .
“Me deciding to wear that wrist guard the last couple of years might have saved my wrist, at least tonight. ” Muncy has been the Dodgers’ best hitter this season, hitting . 258/.