San Diego — munetaka murakami Hit his major-leading 13th homer of the season to highlight a six-run second inning, colson montgomery added his ninth home run, and chicago white sox Green San Diego Padres 8-2 Friday night for their fourth consecutive win.
Murakami’s three-run shot broke the tie aaron judge And yordan alvarez For the MLB lead.
Montgomery’s blast in the fifth gave Chicago its 14th multihomer game of the season and a 7–0 lead.
Murakami has hit nine home runs in his last 16 games. According to ESPN Research, he now has the most homers by a White Sox player in the first 32 games of his career, tied with José Abreu (2014).
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

