White Sox hit 4 homers to cruise past the Rays 6-1
[August 01, 2026]
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Miguel Vargas, Andrew
Benintendi, Munetaka Murakami and Colson Montgomery homered and the
Chicago White Sox beat the American League-leading Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 on
Friday night.
Vargas, Murakami and Montgomery have all homered in the same game five
times this season, becoming the first trio to accomplish that feat since
Cody Bellinger, Corey Seager and Joc Pederson for the Dodgers in 2019. |
Tampa Bay Rays's Chandler Simpson (14) steals second as the throw gets
away from Chicago White Sox shortstop Colson Montgomery (12) during the
fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 31, 2026, in St.
Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken) |
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Vargas opened the scoring in the first inning with the longest
home run of his career at 433 feet, and Benintendi made it 2-0
in the second.
Murakami tied Kazuma Okamoto for the Japanese rookie home run
record with his 24th in the third, and Montgomery gave the AL
Central-leading White Sox a 6-1 lead in the sixth with a two-run
shot over the Tropicana Field wall.
Murakami has the 24 home runs and a .381 on-base-percentage in
74 career games. The only player in MLB history to reach those
marks or better through that same stretch is Yordan Alvarez.
Erick Fedde (6-6) threw five innings, striking out six and
giving up one run on four hits for Chicago. Alex Cook and Chris
Roycroft gave up one hit combined in the final three innings.
Junior Caminero plated the Rays' only run in the fourth with his
team-leading 30th homer. He is the first Rays hitter with
back-to-back 30-homer seasons since Carlos Peña from 2007-09.
Nick Martinez (10-3) surrendered all six runs in six innings.
Prior to tonight, Martinez had given up more than three runs in
a game just once this season. He also allowed four homers for
the first time in his career.
Up next
Rays RHP Drew Rasmussen (9-5, 3.07 ERA) was set to face White
Sox LHP Noah Schultz (3-7, 6.15) on Saturday.
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