Murakami mashes moonshot grand slam en route to Sox 9-2 victory over the A’s

Munetaka Murakami admires his first MLB grand slam! | (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) I don’t want to take ALL the credit, but the White Sox put on a show for their first game out west this season and my first game back with South Side Sox. Let’s break it down because the scoring, taking advantage of the Athletics mistakes and making the plays on defense started early and often.

The White Sox came out swinging and put the A’s on their heels early in the ballgame. Leading off the evening, Andrew Benintendi hit a bloop to center field that scooted by Denzel Clarke. As soon as I saw the ball roll deeper into center field, I couldn’t believe Benintendi was going to record his third triple of this early season.

Alas, the ball lost its momentum, and Andrew held up at second. With two quick outs to follow, Colson Montgomery shot a ball down the right field line, bringing Andrew home to open up the night’s scoring, 1-0. View Link In the bottom half of the opening frame and against the 2025 AL Rookie of the Year, Chase Meidroth robbed Nick Kurtz of a two-out hit as he activated his inner Superman to stop the ball and laser it to Munetaka Murakami at first base.

As Gordon Beckham said on the broadcast, “We have a man there! ” View Link With back-to-back singles from Murakami and Miguel Vargas to begin the third inning, the third “M” for “Montgomery” brought home Mune for his second RBI of the game, and Vargas took to some aggressive baserunning to go first to third on Colson’s single. He would have been out too, if the ball hadn’t hit him and trickled away.