Chicago White Sox at Athletics

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Chicago White Sox

7-13, 4-7 Away

Final
9 - 2

Athletics

10-10, 4-4 Home

Murakami hits first career grand slam and the White Sox beat the Athletics 9-2

Munetaka Murakami unleashes a 431-foot grand slam for White Sox

Murakami went 3 for 5 with singles in the third and fourth innings before his 431-foot grand slam in the seventh, the third of the season for the White Sox, who now lead the majors. It was Murakami's sixth homer of the season.

The White Sox had 15 hits. A's starting pitcher Aaron Civale (2-1) gave up a career-high 11 through 4 2/3 innings. He threw 103 pitches and gave up five earned runs with four strikeouts and a walk.

Colson Montgomery doubled in a run in the first to get the White Sox rolling early and followed it up with an RBI single in the third. Edgar Quero hit an RBI groundout in the third and Luisangel Acuña and Andrew Benintendi both hit RBI doubles in the fifth.

Martin (3-1) had four strikeouts and gave up three hits, two walks and only one earned run.

Nick Kurtz hit an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth for the Athletics, sending Shea Langeliers home, and Andy Ibáñez drove in Max Muncy in the bottom of the eighth.

Up next The White Sox and Athletics continue their three-game series on Saturday, with Erick Fedde (0-3, 3.38 ERA) taking the mound for Chicago opposite Luis Severino (0-2, 5.59).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Gelof grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Gelof hit for Cortes
	9th Inning	Wilson grounded out to pitcher, Kurtz to third.
	9th Inning	Kurtz to second on wild pitch by Nikhazy.
	9th Inning	Soderstrom struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Kurtz walked.

Statistics

CHW		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	14
11	Strikeouts	5
9	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	4
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
41	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	0
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
23	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	2
19	Fly Balls	10
1	Caught Stealing	0
194	Pitches	128
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
22	Total Bases	6
46	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	2
9.1	Runs Created	0.7
.366	Batting Average	.138
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.537	Slugging Percentage	.207
.268	Secondary Average	.207
.435	On Base Percentage	.242
.971	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.449
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.4
9.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.7
63.0	Batter Rating	16.0
41.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.22	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.88
.171	Isolated Power	.069
0.36	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.80
.087	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.121
-.098	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.069
18.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.2
106.0	MLB Rating	66.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0