Chicago White Sox at Athletics
Final
Recap
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Munetaka Murakami hit his first career grand slam, Davis Martin gave up three hits over seven innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Athletics 9-2 on Friday night. Murakami went 3 for 5 with singles in the third and fourth innings before his 431-foot grand slam in the seventh, the third of the season for the White Sox, who now lead the majors. It was Murakami's sixth homer of the season. The White Sox had 15 hits. A's starting pitcher Aaron Civale (2-1) gave up a career-high 11 through 4 2/3 innings. He threw 103 pitches and gave up five earned runs with four strikeouts and a walk.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteOAK -159 · 59% to win
UpsetRun LineOAK -1.5
CHW coveredTotalO/U 9 · 11 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 15 books
Team stats
15Hits4
1Home runs0
4Walks4
11Strikeouts5
1Stolen bases0
128Pitches thrown194
5Pitching strikeouts11
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munetaka Murakami1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Chase Meidroth2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Edgar QueroC | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luisangel AcunaCF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Miguel Vargas3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sam AntonacciLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew BenintendiDH | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Everson PereiraRF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Colson MontgomerySS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 41 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis MartinP | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Doug NikhazyP | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |