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White Sox’s Munetaka Murakami, Colson Montgomery join forces for historic HR feat
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The Chicago White Sox fell 11-7 to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Wednesday night, in a game featuring an offensive outburst and a historic power display from Colson Montgomery and Munetaka Murakami .
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Both Montgomery and Murakami homered in the same game for the fourth consecutive contest , making them the first teammates in league history to accomplish that feat.
A 1-for-5 day at the plate featured a 423-foot solo homer in the fourth inning and an RBI for Montgomery, his fourth straight game with a home run. The 24-year-old now has 7 home runs, 18 RBI, 10 runs scored, five doubles, and a stolen base through 24 games, while carrying a .212 batting average and an .834 OPS. He also has 8 strikeouts in his last five games and a 32.7% strikeout rate.
Meanwhile, Murakami tied a White Sox franchise record by homering in five consecutive games, previously reached by players such as A.J. Pierzynski (2012), Paul Konerko (2011), Carlos Lee (2003), Frank Thomas (twice in 1994), Ron Kittle (1983), and Greg Luzinski (1983). His latest blast came in the seventh inning off Ryan Thompson, a 454-foot two-run homer with Miguel Vargas on base and no outs. It was the longest White Sox home run of the 2026 season per Statcast.
The 26-year-old now has 10 home runs in just 24 MLB games, tying for the fourth-most homers through a player's first 24 career games since 1900 alongside Trevor Story and George Scott, behind only Aristides Aquino (12), Rhys Hoskins (12), and Gary Sanchez (11). His five-game homer streak also matches the longest by a Japanese-born MLB player, previously held by Shohei Ohtani .
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Murakami's season line now sits at a .256 batting average with a 1.026 OPS, along with 19 RBIs and 19 runs scored. In 104 plate appearances, he has 21 hits (11 singles and 10 home runs), 21 walks, and 32 strikeouts, meaning 63 of his plate appearances ended in either a home run, walk, or strikeout.
Collectively, the White Sox have hit 15 home runs in their last five games, with the two emerging power hitters driving much of that production.
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