The Dodgers couldn’t hold onto a late lead on Thursday night against the Milwaukee Brewers.

But with a history-making swing, Max Muncy at least gave one.

Summoned from the bench for a pinch-hit at-bat in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Dodgers’ veteran third baseman belted a towering three-run, go-ahead homer off Milwaukee right-handed reliever Antonio Senzatela.

It would only go down as a footnote on the night, with the Dodgers losing 5-4 after Edwin Díaz’s three-run blown save in the top of the ninth.

In franchise’s record books, however, the drive catapulted Muncy to the top of a notable list.

With the 131st home run of his career at Dodger Stadium, Muncy passed retired star slugger Eric Karros for most by a single player in the ballpark’s 65-year history.

“You did it Munce! You did it!,” said Karros, who was serendipitously calling the game on the team’s SportsNet LA broadcast.

“What a career. You just can’t imagine, especially if you’re Max Muncy, you can’t imagine that this is how things would end up.”

Indeed, Muncy would have once been an unthinkable candidate to become Dodger Stadium’s home run king, having joined the team on a minor-league contract a decade ago before blossoming into an unexpected star.

Yet, over his Dodgers career, his power has remained consistent –– there through injuries and positional changes and mechanical struggles that have led to more than a down seasons overall for the three-time All-Star.

“Definitely not a spot I ever thought I’d be in,” he said earlier this year.

Muncy had been chasing down Karros’ record for most of this season, in which the 35-year-old has had a resurgent campaign that earned him a trip back to the Midsummer Classic.

With 23 long balls, Muncy trails only Shohei Ohtani for most on the team. He is also batting above .250 for the first time since 2019, and on the verge of recording his most wins above replacement (he entered Thursday at 3.4, according to Baseball-Reference) since 2021.

Despite that, eclipsing Karros’ mark had required patience.

Muncy sat one homer off the record for a stretch of 59 home plate appearances in July, before finally tying it on July 29.

Since then, he had hit only one more big fly (during a road trip at Wrigley Field earlier this month) while becoming one of several Dodgers hitters to endure a midsummer slump.

Things have gone better on this homestand, however.

With Thursday’s blast –– which came on the sixth pitch of an at-bat that saw Muncy just miss an earlier home run on a fly ball that sailed wide of the right-field foul pole –– Muncy is hitting 4-for-12 this week with seven RBIs.