Houston Astros at Chicago White Sox

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Houston Astros

52-55, 26-28 Away

Final
3 - 12

Chicago White Sox

55-49, 32-19 Home

Murakami hits 2 HRs, drives in 6 runs to lead AL Central-leading White Sox past Astros 12-3

Munetaka Murakami's pair of homers carries White Sox to 12-3 win

With his parents in attendance and on his bobblehead giveaway day, Murakami hit a 385-foot, two-run homer in the bottom of the first that gave Chicago its first lead of the game. It was his first homer since May 27th. He added a go-ahead, RBI groundout in the third inning and a two-run single in the seventh. He closed out his three-hit game with his 22nd homer of the season — a solo shot — to right-center in the eighth.

Vargas hit his 22nd homer of the season in the sixth — a go-ahead, two-run shot to put the White Sox back on top 5-3. Meidroth followed in the seventh with a solo shot to break the game open. Perez hit his third homer of the season 376 feet to left in the eighth.

Andrew Benintendi had an RBI single in the seventh for a 9-3 lead.

Sean Newcomb (1-2) picked up his first win of the season after allowing one hit in two-thirds of an inning. Erick Fedde worked 4 1/3 innings in the start and surrendered three runs on five hits while striking out two.

Ronel Blanco (0-1), making his second start of the year, allowed five runs on four hits in 5 1/3 innings. Houston used four pitchers in the game, and all allowed at least two runs.

Jeremy Peña hit two solo homers for Houston — one in the first for a 1-0 lead and another in the third. Taylor Trammell added a solo homer in the fifth inning.

Houston had its five-game win streak halted.

Up next White Sox LHP Noah Schultz (3-7, 6.04 ERA) takes the mound against the Yankees on Monday. The Yankees have not announced a starter.

The Astros have not announced a starter for their series opener against the Angels on Monday. Host Los Angeles has not named its starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Vázquez struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Allen to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Vázquez hit for Alvarez
	9th Inning	Allen singled to left.
	9th Inning	Allen hit for Peña
	9th Inning	Dezenzo flied out to right.

Statistics

HOU		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
6	Ground Balls	11
7	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	12
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	12
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	34
3	Home Runs	5
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
20	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	1
158	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
16	Total Bases	28
38	Plate Appearances	39
486.0	Projected Home Runs	810.0
3	Extra Base Hits	6
5.0	Runs Created	10.5
.212	Batting Average	.353
.500	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.485	Slugging Percentage	.824
.394	Secondary Average	.559
.316	On Base Percentage	.436
.801	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.259
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
5.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	12.4
28.0	Batter Rating	77.0
11.0	At Bats Per Home Run	6.8
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.16	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.87
.273	Isolated Power	.471
0.57	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.105	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.103
.182	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.206
6.0	Runs Produced	24.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.9
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
81.0	MLB Rating	117.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0