Munetaka Murakami homers twice as playoff-bound White Sox top Rockies
6-1
[September 26, 2026]
By MATT CARLSON
CHICAGO (AP) — Munetaka Murakami homered twice to
increase his season total to 35, and the playoff-bound Chicago White Sox
beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1 on Friday night to remain one game behind
first-place Cleveland in the AL Central.
Already assured at least a wild card, Chicago (83-77) has won five of
six. The White Sox failed to gain ground on the Guardians (84-76), who
pulled out a 12-9 win at Kansas City by scoring five runs in the top of
the ninth inning. |
Chicago White Sox's Munetaka Murakami, of Japan, watches his solo home
run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado
Rockies Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) |
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Both the White Sox and Guardians have two games remaining.
Chicago has the tiebreaker if they finish with identical
records.
Sean Burke (11-7) allowed one run and four hits in in 5 1/3
innings, and three relievers completed a four-hitter.
Chicago's Colson Montgomery set the season record for strikeouts
with 224 when he was set down looking in the fifth inning by
Tomoyuki Sugano. Montgomery topped Mark Reynolds’ 223 in 2009.
Colorado has lost 17 of 20 and dropped to a major league-worst
57-103, matching 2023 for the second-most losses in club history
behind 119 last year The Rockies are the first team with four
straight 100-loss seasons since the 1962-65 New York Mets.
Murakami had the third multi-homer game of his rookie season.
Kyle Teel drove in two runs and Sam Antonacci lined three hits
for the White Sox.
TJ Rumfield homered for the Rockies.
Sugano (12-12) lost his seventh straight decision, allowing four
runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings.
Up next
Colorado LHP José Quintana (2-3, 5.44 ERA) faces one of his
former teams Saturday night. The White Sox start RHP Davis
Martin (9-7, 3.84).
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