You know you've had a fantastic weekend when four different Topps Now cards are issued to celebrate and memorialize your games. Unfortunately, I had failed to write about any of them, so I'll make up for that now by highlighting them here. Overall, three of the four cards are now sold out -- with only the Max Muncy card shown above being available right now. Go here to check it out and order.As you may know, last night Max Muncy hit a line-drive walk-off double down the right field line to knock in two runs during the ninth inning to defeat the Padres. Per Ken Gurnick at MLB.com:
“We’ve seen Max do it many times,” said manager Dave Roberts. “He has a great way of staying in the strike zone. We showed a lot of resilience there.”
It was the Dodgers’ 32nd comeback win, but only their third when trailing after eight innings. The walk-off hits have been spread around -- two for Cody Bellinger, two for Verdugo, two for Will Smith and one each for Muncy, Pederson and Matt Beaty.
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These next three cards are now sold out through Topps online. The first card celebrates Cody Bellinger's 100th career home run on Friday evening. It was a two-run homer hit off of Padres starter Eric Lauer in the fourth inning. Per Gurnick at MLB.com:“It’s pretty special,” said Bellinger. “I didn’t know it was my 100th until I was told in the dugout afterward. I’m blessed and hope I can keep going.”
Friday also saw the Major League debut of Dodgers' top prospect Dustin May. Unfortunately, May took the loss -- going 5.2 innings with nine hits allowed, three strike outs, no walks and four runs given up (only three earned). Via Gurnick at MLB.com:“It’s a great feeling knowing they have my back and feel I can get the job done,” May said. “Better execution next time and we’ll come out with a ‘W’.”
Lastly, Saturday's complete game win by Walker Buehler earned him his third 2019 Topps card of the season. per the descriptor on the reverse:Buehler allowed one run on six hits wile striking out 15 in a complete-game win over the Padres. Buehler tossed 80 of his 110 pitches for strikes. The 15 strikeouts were his second-highest total in an outing.
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