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The Chicago White Sox got an outstanding lift from some of their sluggers in a win on Saturday against the Chicago Cubs . Munetaka Murakami , Colson Montgomery and Miguel Vargas all homered for Chicago 's American League club.
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This feat puts the White Sox trio in historic territory .
"This is already the 4th time this season that Miguel Vargas, Munetaka Murakami and Colson Montgomery have homered in the same game," MLB reporter Sarah Langs posted to X, formerly Twitter. "That's the most by any teammate trio in their team's first 45 games of a season since at least 1900."
Murakami blasted two homers Saturday to continue his special season with the White Sox. The rookie slugger from Japan now has 17 homers on the season.
"This is already the 8th time Colson Montgomery (and) Munetaka Murakami have homered in the same game this year," Langs added in a separate post.
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The White Sox record is 10 games, where the same two teammates homered in the same game during a season. That has been done three times in the club's history. Those seasons came in: 2003, 2006 and 2023, Langs reported.
Luis Robert Jr. and Jake Burger were the last two White Sox players to homer in 10 of the same games together. That was during the 2023 campaign.
The White Sox are having their best season in a long time . Chicago is very much alive in the race for a postseason berth, even though it is still very early in the campaign.
One of the reasons why the team is doing so well is because of Murakami. The Japanese slugger is second in Major League Baseball in home runs this season , behind only Kyle Schwarber .
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"I told you guys he's just fine," White Sox manager Will Venable said of Murakami, per MLB.com. "Obviously he sets a high expectation, continues to have good at-bats, make good swing decisions and gets really good swings off. When he does, they usually go over the fence."
The White Sox are 23-22 on the year. Chicago plays their rival the Cubs again on Sunday.
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