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09/25 21:32 CDT Munetaka Murakami homers twice as playoff-bound White Sox top
Rockies 6-1
Munetaka Murakami homers twice as playoff-bound White Sox top Rockies 6-1
By MATT CARLSON
Associated Press
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 as they tried to gain ground in the AL Central.
Already assured at least a wild card, Chicago (83-77) has won five of six. The
White Sox entered one game behind division-leading Cleveland (83-76), which
played at Kansas City. Chicago has the tiebreaker.
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 has 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 Jos 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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