Murakami hits majors-leading 13th homer, White Sox beat Padres 8-2 for 4th straight win
Munetaka Murakami hit his MLB-leading 13th home run, helping the Chicago White Sox defeat the San Diego Padres 8-2 for their fourth consecutive win. The White Sox broke the game open with a six-run second inning, highlighted by Murakami's three-run homer and Colson Montgomery's ninth home run of the season. Chicago starter Noah Schultz pitched six scoreless innings, allowing just two hits while overcoming a bases-loaded jam in the first.
- ▪Munetaka Murakami hit his majors-leading 13th home run of the season, a three-run shot in the second inning.
- ▪Colson Montgomery added his ninth home run, contributing to Chicago's 14th multi-homer game of the season.
- ▪Noah Schultz earned the win with six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and walking three while escaping a bases-loaded situation in the first.
- ▪Murakami and Montgomery have now homered in the same game seven times this season, the most by any teammate duo in their team’s first 35 games in MLB history.
- ▪German Marquez took the loss for the Padres, giving up seven earned runs over five innings.
- ▪Fernando Tatis Jr. recorded three hits, including his first triple of the season, and scored one of San Diego's two runs.
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