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05/23 00:02 CDT Murakami's three-run double highlights nine-run fourth, White
Sox beat Giants 9-4
Murakami's three-run double highlights nine-run fourth, White Sox beat Giants
9-4
By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Baseball Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --- Rookie Munetaka Murakami hit a bases-clearing,
bases-loaded double in his second plate appearance of a wild nine-run fourth
inning, Andrew Benintendi doubled in two runs earlier in the frame to help back
Davis Martin's latest strong outing, and the Chicago White Sox beat the San
Francisco Giants 9-4 on Friday night.
Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (2-1) retired the first nine Chicago
hitters in order then didn't make it out of the fourth. He plunked leadoff
hitter Sam Antonacci then followed by hitting Murakami. Colson Montgomery hit a
single for Chicago's first hit one out later to load the bases and Chase
Meidroth drew walk to force home the first run before Benintendi's double.
The nine runs allowed by the Giants in the fourth were their most in any inning
since surrendering nine to the Athletics in the fifth inning on Aug. 16, 2020.
Martin (7-1) struck out seven and walked two over 5 2/3 innings, allowing four
runs on six hits. He is 11-2 over his 19 outings since Aug. 10 last year while
allowing three earned runs or fewer 18 of those appearances until Friday. The
right-hander struck out seven or more batters for the sixth straight start.
Chicago won for the ninth time in 12 games, improving its interleague record in
the Giants' ballpark to 9-3.
Hundreds of fans at Oracle Park removed their shirts and twirled them in the
eighth inning in the trending "tarps off" phenomenon taking place in ballparks
everywhere.
A couple of hours before first pitch, the Giants placed right fielder Jung Hoo
Lee on the 10-day injured list with a mid-back strain and called up outfield
prospect Victor Bericoto from Triple-A Sacramento.
The 24-year-old Venezuelan made his major league as a pinch-hitter in the
bottom of the eighth and struck out swinging then stayed in the game to play
right field.
Up next
RHP Erick Fedde (0-4, 4.30 ERA) was set to take the mound for the White Sox in
the middle game of the series opposite Giants RHP Adrian Houser (2-4, 5.25).
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