Munetaka Murakami's double blast helped the White Sox defeat the Rockies, setting a career high in RBIs in 6 consecutive games.

Munetaka Murakami. (AP)

[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] White Sox Japanese star Munetaka Murakami faced off against the Rockies today. He twice bombarded Japanese university president Tomoyuki Sugano with double blasts in a single game. He accumulated 35 homers this season and continued to rewrite the record for most homers by a Japanese rookie. His RBI in 6 consecutive games also set a career single-season high. The White Sox won 4:1 in the end, ending their 2nd consecutive victory. Tomoyuki Sugano suffered his 12th loss of the season.

Munetaka Murakami and Tomoyuki Sugano faced each other in the major leagues for the first time. In the first inning, they locked an 86-mile slider with a low inside angle. They swept the ball to the right field and hit the wall for a home run, scoring the second run. They hit hits in 4 consecutive games, and started again after 3 games. The 34th shot of the season had an initial velocity of 103.3 miles and a flight distance of 386 feet.

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Tomoyuki Sugano struck out Munetaka Murakami in the 4th inning, but Murakami successfully got his revenge in the 7th inning. He aimed at a 92.9-mile slider in the red and hit a super-large Yangchun Cannon with an initial speed of 109.4 miles and 412 feet. The 35th shot of the season helped the team gain a 4:1 lead.

In this campaign, Tomoyuki Sugano used 90 pitches in a total of 6.2 innings, allowing 6 hits and 4 runs, including 2 hits by Murakami, and 5 strikeouts, and his ERA rose to 5.37.

Munetaka Murakami felt hot, hitting a hit with one RBI in the 8th inning. He had a double blast and 3 hits in a single game, contributing 3 RBIs, accumulating a total of 77 RBIs, and his batting average rose to 0.209. Munetaka Murakami also surpassed Shohei Ohtani in 2022 with 35 home runs, ranking fifth in the single-season home run list of Japanese players.

The White Sox defeated the Rockies 6-1 in the end. Sean Burke, a 26-year-old right-hander, started 5.1 innings and allowed 1 run in 7K, earning his 11th victory of the season. Tomoyuki Sugano suffered his 12th loss. The White Sox currently have 83 wins and 77 losses, firmly ranking third in the American League wild card, and only 0.5 games away from the leading guardians of the Central Division.