Chicago White Sox at Athletics

Munetaka Murakami homers and White Sox go deep 4 times to back Noah Schultz in 7-4 win over A's

Making his second career start, Schultz (1-1) gave up Darell Hernaiz's solo home run in the second inning. The left-hander struck out six and walked one in the rubber game of the series.

Vargas led off with a single in the fifth and Murakami followed with his third homer of the series and eighth of the season — a 425-foot shot to right field. Colson Montgomery homered with two outs — his fifth — for a 7-1 lead.

Murakami has more home runs than any Japanese-born player through his first 22 games. He hit his first grand slam in a 9-2 victory on Friday.

Zach Gelof hit a two-out, two-run double off Chicago's Grant Taylor in the seventh. Jordan Leasure entered and threw a wild pitch to score Gelof and make it 7-4 before retiring Jacob Wilson on a foul popup. Bryan Hudson pitched the eighth and Seranthony Domínguez retired Wilson on a fly ball to center field with two on in the ninth for his fourth save in six opportunities.

Chase Meidroth singled leading off the game against Springs (3-1) before scoring on Edgar Quero's bases-loaded sacrifice fly.

Derek Hill hit his first home run — a one-out solo shot — and Vargas hit his third for a 4-0 advantage in the second.

Springs, who came in with a 1.46 ERA through four starts, saw it climb to 3.34 after surrendering seven runs on nine hits in five innings. He didn't allow a homer in his first 24 2/3 innings.

Up next Athletics RHP J.T. Ginn (0-0, 3.31 ERA) starts Monday at Seattle against Mariners RHP Emerson Hancock (2-1, 2.28).

White Sox RHP Sean Burke (0-2, 4.43) starts Tuesday at Arizona. RHP Merrill Kelly (1-0, 3.38) pitches for the Diamondbacks.

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