Chicago White Sox at Arizona Diamondbacks

PHOENIX – For a brief moment during an 11-5 White Sox victory over the Diamondbacks Tuesday night at Chase Field, it looked like Home Run Derby for the South Siders. The White Sox scored four in the first off Merrill Kelly, but that was only the appetizer for the second inning main course. Munetaka Murakami went deep, covering 426 feet to right and a 113 mph exit velocity, according to Statcast. That blast marked Murakami’s fourth straight game with a home run, but we’ll get back momentarily to the slugging first baseman from Japan. Miguel Vargas followed with a 372 foot drive to left field with a 111.7 mph exit velocity, while Colson Montgomery completed the trifecta with a 440 foot cannon shot and a 107.2 mph exit velocity. It was the first time the White Sox went back to back to back since Sept. 19, 2020, when Tim Anderson, Yasmani Grandal and Jose Abreu accomplished said feat in the eighth inning. Over the last four games, the White Sox have knocked out 12 homers with Sam Antonacci’s ninth-inning inside-the-park homer representing the first of his career. Over the prior 10 games, they hit just six. The weather warms up, and the White Sox appear to get going. “We're very much connecting from top to bottom in the lineup,” said Murakami through interpreter Kenzo Yagi. “It's just really important that we continue as a team to get good results.” “Yeah, I was trying to hit a homer. I tried in that scenario,” Montgomery said. “The guy was throwing great pitches. It was just one of those nights where we were flowing, the hits were contagious, the homers were contagious.”