Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox
Final
Recap
CHICAGO -- Munetaka Murakami homered twice and drove in three runs, helping the Chicago White Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 8-3 on Saturday night. Miguel Vargas, Colson Montgomery and Andrew Benintendi also connected as the White Sox improved to 6-2 on a nine-game homestand. Davis Martin (6-1) struck out seven while pitching six innings of one-run ball. Murakami's solo drive to center made it 4-0 in the third inning. The Japanese slugger added his 17th homer in the fifth, a two-run shot to center off Jameson Taillon that traveled an estimated 428 feet.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteCHC -112 · 50% to win
UpsetRun LineCHC -1.5
CHW coveredTotalO/U 8.5 · 11 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 10 books
Team stats
8Hits8
2Home runs5
2Walks2
9Strikeouts6
0Stolen bases0
134Pitches thrown156
6Pitching strikeouts9
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian HappDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nico HoernerSS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Miguel AmayaC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya SuzukiRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Shaw2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Busch1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael ConfortoLF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jameson TaillonP | 5.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Ethan RobertsP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ryan RolisonP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |