Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Angels
Final
Recap
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Munetaka Murakami hit his 14th homer and Miguel Vargas also went deep as the Chicago White Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-0 Monday night. Murakami’s two-run blast in the fourth inning kept the Japanese rookie tied with New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge for the major league lead in home runs. Murakami also hit his first double of the season in the sixth, singled and scored in the eighth, finishing 3 for 4 with two RBI and three runs scored. Davis Martin allowed five hits in seven shutout innings, with 10 strikeouts and no walks. He improved to 5-1 and lowered his ERA to 1.64. The right-hander escaped his only jam in the seventh, getting Josh Lowe to fly to deep center with runners on first and third.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteLAA -154 · 58% to win
UpsetRun LineLAA -1.5
CHW coveredTotalO/U 7.5 · 6 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 15 books
Team stats
16Hits5
2Home runs0
3Walks0
9Strikeouts14
0Stolen bases0
113Pitches thrown161
14Pitching strikeouts9
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randal GrichukPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam AntonacciLF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Miguel Vargas3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Derek HillCF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Munetaka Murakami1B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chase Meidroth2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Colson MontgomerySS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jarred KelenicRF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tristan PetersCF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew BenintendiDH | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew RomoC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis MartinP | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Sean NewcombP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
