Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago White Sox

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Toronto Blue Jays

4-4, 0-2 Away

Final
3 - 6

Chicago White Sox

3-5, 2-0 Home

Murakami and Montgomery homers help power White Sox to a 6-3 win over the Blue Jays

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. crushes a 437-foot homer

Murakami’s 431-foot shot to straightaway center off Brendon Little was his fourth homer and first at home since signing with the White Sox (3-5) as a free agent in December. He added a sacrifice fly to finish with three RBI. Miguel Vargas added two hits, including a double.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his first homer of the season, a two-run shot in the top of the sixth to give Toronto (4-4) a 2-1 lead. Pinch hitter Nathan Lukes drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.

Before the game, the Blue Jays placed two-time All-Star catcher Alejandro Kirk on the injured list with a dislocated and fractured left thumb.

Chris Murphy (1-0), the third of six Chicago pitchers, worked one inning and earned the win. Seranthony Dominguez worked around a single and walk in the ninth for his first save.

Little (0-2) got only one out, while allowing three runs on three hits.

Murakami’s sac fly in the first gave the White Sox a 1-0 lead off Toronto opener Mason Fluharty. Lazaro Estrada followed with four scoreless and hitless innings.

Chicago right-hander Grant Taylor opened and pitched a scoreless inning for a second straight day. Anthony Kay followed and pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing three hits and Guerrero’s two-run homer, a 437-foot shot to left-center that gave the Jays the lead.

After Murakami and Montgomery gave Chicago a 4-2 lead, Lukes' sac fly cut it to 4-3 in the seventh.

The White Sox added two unearned runs in the eighth on a botched rundown when Toronto catcher Tyler Heineman threw the ball over third base and into left.

Up next Toronto LHP Eric Lauer (1-0, 3.38 ERA) faces Chicago RHP Davis Martin (1-0, 5.40) on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lukes grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Springer struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Sánchez singled to left, Giménez to second.
	9th Inning	Sánchez hit for Heineman
	9th Inning	Giménez grounded into fielder's choice to third, Barger out at second.
	9th Inning	Barger walked.

Statistics

TOR		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	9
2	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	1
5	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
0	Doubles	2
15	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
154	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	15
38	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
3.3	Runs Created	5.4
.188	Batting Average	.241
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.517
.281	Secondary Average	.448
.289	On Base Percentage	.324
.571	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.841
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
3.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.4
22.0	Batter Rating	38.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	14.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.24
.094	Isolated Power	.276
2.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.132	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.118
.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.207
6.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
74.8	MLB Rating	85.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0