White sox rookie Munetaka Murakami joins Cleveland's Chase DeLauter as fourth player to hit home run in first 3 MLB games
Murakami and Guardians rookie Chase DeLauter are now two of four players in MLB history to hit home runs in each of their first three games.
Munetaka Murakami has done it again. The rookie Chicago White slugger hit a home run Sunday off Milwaukee Brewers starter Brandon Sproat. The solo shot extended Chicago’s lead to 5-2 after a first-inning grand slam by Colson Montgomery.
The home run was Murakami’s third in his third MLB game. MUNETAKA MURAKAMI HAS POWER 💪 pic. twitter.
com/NmPZ6mwqwe — Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) March 29, 2026 Murakami started his MLB career on Friday with a ninth-inning home run into the right-field bleachers at American Family Field. Munetaka Murakami hits a MOONSHOT for his first Major League home run 👏 pic. twitter.
com/rU8MOXna9l — MLB (@MLB) March 26, 2026 After a day off Friday, he hit another on Saturday, this time to right-center field in Milwaukee. And now, in his third MLB game, he he has his third MLB home run. Murakami’s yet to make his home debut in Chicago.