The Dodgers break the post-season record for runs in an inning, a breakdown
What Happened
In Game 3 of the 2020 NLCS at Globe Life Field, the Dodgers exploded for 11 runs in the first inning against the Braves, setting postseason records for runs in an inning and home runs in an inning. It started with a Mookie Betts infield single that survived a replay challenge, snowballed through soft contact and Atlanta pitching that fell apart, and ended with a Max Muncy grand slam. Three different Dodgers homered in the frame. Starter Kyle Wright unraveled after just a couple of batters and never recovered.
Why This Matters
This inning rewrote the postseason record book and flipped a series the Braves led 2-1. Atlanta would go up 3-1, then watch the Dodgers win three straight to take the pennant on their way to a title, so this frame reads as the hinge of the whole series. The video also catches a real rulebook quirk: when JT Turner appeared to intentionally kick a wild pitch to let a run score, umpires couldn't penalize it because replay rules don't allow officials to judge intent on a hit-by-pitch during review. They could confirm contact but not call him out. The breakdown turns a blowout, normally boring to dissect, into a tour of a meltdown, a clever rule loophole, and Jomboy eating a packet of crickets on a Muncy grand slam bet.
At 1.9M views and ranked #119 of 1,583 breakdowns, this sits in the top 7.5% of Jomboy's catalog, rare air for a one-inning blowout.
Key Moments
Who / What Is Involved
Players: Mookie Betts. Teams: Dodgers.
Key Terms Mentioned
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentthe dodgers set the record for the most
run scored in a
single inning in the postseason this
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let's take a look at how it went down
mookie bet swings at the first pitch
hits it down the third base line camargo
makes a great play and
almost gets them but replay shows
he was safe they called him out on the
field and this
this play how much could this have
changed the whole trajectory of the game
who knows because they overruled it
they got it correct they said you're
safe and then the dodgers dugout starts
cheering for chop
cause that's the guy that does their
replays chop chop chop
and they're all pointing them out and
chop gets the big win no one cares that
mookie hit a single
it's chop he's the man of the hour the
very next pitch
seeger puts one the left Austin Riley
has to avoid his teammate
puts on the brakes which leads to him
sliding into the wall
mookie bet sees this he puts on the
burners
and speeds home that's two pitches
thrown two runs so now
kyle wright on the braves like hey i
can't put another pitch in the strike
zone we can't have three pitches two
runs
so he just dirt's one completely dirts
one and then he puts another one in the
dirt
now he's gotta come to him two oh when
he gets the ground out and camargo makes
the play then he gets muncie to ground
out
runner moves to third but hey you're two
outs now only one run
scored now Will Smith is up he loses him
he throws three straight balls smith
takes a fastball down the middle the
free strike
and then he puts one into the outfield
it drops in front of him but he makes a
hell of a scoop
and gets it in another run would score
and they almost get him at second
but they do not safe so now there's two
runs
but still only two outs and cody swings
at that
and man that's bad and then
and then our dude cowright kind of gets
squeezed a little bit because i mean
that looks pretty good but it's called
the ball it's a little
high i mean technically the letters ah
that's called a ball
and then let's see the next pitch we got
here okay that's a ball
that's truly a ball and then this pitch
is called a ball
and i don't know that looks pretty nice
to me not
bad uh so now it's three and one and
then that pitch is way on the ground
so there's a walk i mean starts the
at-bat sweet and let go of your bat
takes his bat the whole way now that is
called a ball which might have been low
then he chases there so jocks in one one
count way off the plate
change up and then another change up and
jack throws
that into the bullpen melanson where are
you at
i thought you catch it they wave to each
other as around the bases hey you headed
home
yeah me too they show mookie cheering
and then fs1 cuts back to the game and
bam another home run just like that
rios goes deep and kyle wright gets
into a robot blinkfest can't believe it
what's happening what is this trying to
function
trying to figure it out next batter
nowhere near the plate i'm not
i know where dude i'm not gonna give up
another home run so he just walks in
snitch comes out says nice job uh but
not really
and then he ponders it for a little bit
don't think too long on it you know
gotta have a short memory
Mookie Betts is up again for the new
pitcher he goes 2-0
he goes 3-0 he walks
how about that now seeger's up again and
he goes first pitch hunting
and he sends mookie flying around the
bases all the way to third this time
doesn't score now we're at seven nothing
and here's where it gets
pretty fun unless you're a braves fan
turner's up and he uh
well they call that just a wild pitch
and they let the run score and then they
go to review it and they check the
replay
and this is what the replay shows and it
shows turner kicking the ball
i mean just straight i think that ball
might bounce right there
might be helpful if i kick it the rule
says that the batter has to
avoid the ball which is not what he did
here
it's not it's not he's out if he
intentionally puts his body in front of
the pitch it says he has to make an
effort to avoid the pitch which you know
jt didn't really do here but because
they called it a wild pitch and they
went to replay to check it
the rule also explicitly states that
when you go to replay
you cannot determine whether the batter
hit the ball on purpose or that rule at
all i don't know they don't let you do
that during replay so the only thing
they can do is say yeah it hit him
it looked pretty intentional but we
don't have the power to say that so now
the bases are loaded
max muncie comes up i'm watching on my
live stream
having some fun can't believe this is
happening just
and throw this out there i mean if
muncie doesn't hit
if muncie hits a grand slam here i will
empty
a packet of bugs into my mouth three-two
pitch coming
base is loaded two outs
no no too high
so yeah muncie went super deep
uh real painful hit the grand slam hey
let's go
makes it 11 nothing i have to eat bugs
unflavored crickets
original flavor crickets a whole entire
packet in my mouth
disgusting holy at the end here
it tastes like bugs yeah so this one was
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three home runs in the first inning
that's a record three home runs in a
single inning in the playoffs that's a
record
11 runs in a single inning in the
playoffs that's a record i ate a
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