Offense brings the boom, pitching brings the bust as White Sox fall 11-7 to the Diamondbacks

Munetaka Murakami stays locked in at the plate, continuing his historic tear. | (Rick Scuteri/Imagn Images) Plenty of power. Not nearly enough pitching.

That’s the story. The White Sox jumped out exactly how you’d want them to do. Back-to-back singles from Chase Meidroth and Miguel Vargas in the top of the first set the tone, and even after Munetaka Murakami went down looking, the pressure didn’t let up.

Everson Pereira and Edgar Quero worked consecutive walks to push across the first run, and Colson Montgomery followed with a productive at-bat. It wasn’t a hit thanks to a stellar play by Ketel Marte, but it plated Vargas for his 17th RBI of the season. Two runs without a ball leaving the yard.

Sox up 2-0. View Link Montgomery flashed the glove in the bottom half, too, making a clean play on a Lourdes Gurriel Jr. grounder to strand a Geraldo Perdomo triple and keep Anthony Kay out of immediate trouble.