Munetaka Murakami Homers Twice as Playoff-Bound White Sox Top Rockies 6-1
Munetaka Murakami hit 35 homers as Chicago used a four-hitter and two-run games from Teel and Antonacci to stay in the AL Central race.
- On Friday night, Munetaka Murakami homered twice to reach 35 home runs for the season, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 6-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
- The playoff-bound White Sox moved within a half-game of division-leading Cleveland Guardians after clinching their first postseason berth since 2021 on Thursday.
- Starting pitcher Sean Burke earned his 11th win, allowing one run over 5 1/3 innings, while relievers combined for 3 2/3 hitless innings at Rate Field.
- Chicago shortstop Colson Montgomery set a major league single-season strikeout record with 224, surpassing Mark Reynolds' 2009 mark of 223.
- The Rockies have lost 17 of 20 games and face the White Sox again Saturday night with Colorado LHP Jos Quintana starting.
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[Sports Chosun Reporter Na Yuri] Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami launched his 34th home run of the season. Murakami of the Chicago White Sox started as the cleanup hitter and first baseman in the 2026 MLB home game against the Colorado Rockies held at Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, on the 26th (KST), and hit a home run in his first at-bat. It was the bottom of the first inning, with the White Sox taking a 1-0 lead.
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Munetaka Murakami homers twice as playoff-bound White Sox top Rockies 6-1
Munetaka Murakami homered twice to increase his season total to 35, and the playoff-bound Chicago White Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1 as they tried to gain ground in the AL Central
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thesportsleader.comMunetaka Murakami’s 2 homers power White Sox past Rockies
Munetaka Murakami went 3-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs and Sean Burke pitched effectively into the sixth inning, lifting the host Chicago White Sox to a 6-1 victory against the Colorado Rockies on Friday.Chicago (83-77) moved within a half-ga...
Munetaka Murakami connected two home runs to raise his season total to 35, and the Chicago White Sox, already ranked at the playoffs, beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1 on Friday night as they tried to cut distance at the Central American League.
White Sox 6, Rockies 1: Still gunning for the division
If the White Sox were hung over from celebrating their postseason clincher Thursday night, they didn't show it.Or maybe there's built-in forgiveness facing the Rockies. Either way, the White Sox took the lead in the first inning with a Miguel Vargas sac fly and the first of two Munetaka Murakami homers, and Sean Burke and three White Sox relievers went wire-to-wire with it for their fifth victory in their last six games. The only problem is that…
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