{"id":736411,"date":"2026-04-18T09:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/736411\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T09:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:30:25","slug":"chicago-white-sox-munetaka-murakami-hits-a-grand-slam-in-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/736411\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox: Munetaka Murakami hits a grand slam in win"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 The Chicago White Sox broke out in a big way offensively Friday, crushing the Athletics 9-2 in front of a sellout crowd of 12,027 at Sutter Health Park.<\/p>\n

The Sox collected a season-high 15 hits while winning the opener of the three-game series.<\/p>\n

First baseman Munetaka Murakami added the exclamation point, hitting a 431-foot grand slam that went over the batter\u2019s eye in center field in the seventh inning. It was the team-leading sixth home run of the season for Murakami, and his first major-league grand slam.<\/p>\n

Murakami and designated hitter Andrew Benintendi both had three hits. Benintendi doubled twice, scored two runs and had one RBI.<\/p>\n

Shortstop Colson Montgomery had two hits, two RBIs and a walk. Catcher Edgar Quero, second baseman Chase Meidroth and center fielder Luisangel Acu\u00f1a also had two hits.<\/p>\n

The nine runs matched a season high for the Sox. They also scored nine runs on March 30, topping the Miami Marlins 9-4 in a game that featured a grand slam by Miguel Vargas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pitching also stood out Friday for the Sox (7-13). Starter Davis Martin shined, allowing one run on three hits in seven innings. The right-hander struck out four and walked two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 The Chicago White Sox broke out in a big way offensively Friday, crushing the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":736412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[3955,960,1274,27044,5386,1818,1822,150026,22875],"class_list":["post-736411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-athletics","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-davis-martin","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-mlb-baseball","tag-munetaka-murakami","tag-sacramento"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116425013932516085","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}