The Los Angeles Dodgers unleashed a torrent of offense on Tuesday night, August 5, 2025, crushing the St. Louis Cardinals 12-6 at Dodger Stadium in a game that reignited the team’s swagger and sent fans into a frenzy. Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez, each smashing two home runs, powered the Dodgers’ most explosive performance since June, with Mookie Betts adding three hits to snap a prolonged slump. As the dust settled on the lopsided victory, Muncy and Hernandez stood at home plate, fists raised, shouting a seven-word rallying cry—“We’re back, and we’re not stopping!”—that echoed through the stadium, sparking an uproar from the 47,000-strong crowd.
Muncy, in only his second game back from a month-long stint on the injured list due to a bone bruise in his left knee, was a force of nature. Going 4-for-5 with four RBIs and three runs scored, he launched a 416-foot solo shot to right field in the first inning off Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas, then added a 404-foot two-run homer in the third. His performance was a triumphant return, especially after a hitless Monday. “I was getting to the pitches at the top of the zone,” Muncy said postgame, per the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. “When I’m doing that, my swing’s in a good spot.” His four hits, including a crucial RBI single in the seventh, pushed him past Matt Kemp for seventh on the Dodgers’ all-time home run list with 204.
Hernandez was equally devastating, matching Muncy’s output with a 4-for-5 night, four RBIs, and two runs scored. His solo homer in the third followed Muncy’s, marking the Dodgers’ first back-to-back home runs since Shohei Ohtani and Betts achieved the feat against Arizona on May 18. Hernandez sealed the game with a 429-foot three-run blast in the seventh, per ClutchPoints, putting the Cardinals out of reach. “It’s been fun to be part of this team,” Hernandez told the Los Angeles Times earlier this season, a sentiment that rang true as he celebrated with teammates. The Dodgers’ 17 hits, including nine extra-base hits, were their most since May 31 against the Yankees, per True Blue LA.
Betts, shaking off an 0-for-22 skid, went 3-for-4 with a walk and three runs scored, his double in the third snapping the drought. “It’s good to get the results, but it’s one game,” Betts cautioned, per the Pasadena Star-News, wary of jinxing his resurgence. Ohtani contributed a leadoff double and scored three times, while Freddie Freeman and rookie Alex Freeland added RBIs in a five-run seventh that buried St. Louis. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts praised the team’s energy, noting, “The baserunning was good, the at-bats opportunistic,” per the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
On the mound, Emmet Sheehan (3-2) delivered five solid innings, allowing four hits and no earned runs, though a Muncy error led to two unearned runs on a Nolan Gorman homer for the Cardinals. St. Louis’ Mikolas (6-9) struggled mightily, chased after three innings with five runs allowed on seven hits, including three homers. The Cardinals’ bullpen fared no better, surrendering six earned runs. St. Louis managed home runs from Gorman and Willson Contreras but couldn’t keep pace, dropping to 3-2 against Los Angeles this season, per Reuters.
The victory, the Dodgers’ most lopsided since June 25, improved their record to 66-48, maintaining their NL West lead as the San Diego Padres lurk three games back, per ClutchPoints. Fans on X erupted, with @DodgersNation tweeting, “IT’S A HOME RUN PARTY!” and @MLB highlighting the trio of Muncy, Hernandez, and Betts for their 10-for-14, nine-RBI night. The game was a statement for a Dodgers lineup that had averaged just 3.52 runs per game without Muncy, a stark contrast to their 5.61-run average with him, per True Blue LA. As the team heads into the series finale with Ohtani on the mound against Matthew Liberatore, the momentum from this offensive outburst could propel them toward a deeper postseason run, with Muncy and Hernandez’s declaration still ringing in fans’ ears.
