White Sox's offense keeps rolling

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What recent games did the White Sox win and how did they perform?

Mark Grote 0:00

0-2. Popped up. Colson Montgomery is calling for it. Ball game on this Memorial Day. The White Sox come back home to Chicago and get a 3-1 win to start this series.

Leila Rahimi 0:18

That courtesy of CHSN. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody, and your Chicago White Sox are 27-26 after they took down the Twins 3-1. And don't look now, but he did it again. Mune Murakami with yet another home run. Mark Grody, Sarah Langs, our friend, had this stat to share. Would you like to hear the names that he is now among in their first 53 career Major League Baseball games?

Unknown 0:46

I would love to.

Leila Rahimi 0:47

These are some dudes with some incredible seasons that are a part of this list. 2017, Cody Bellinger had 22. Mune's got 18, just so you're aware. 2015-16, Gary Sanchez had 20.

Unknown 1:02

I remember.

Leila Rahimi 1:03

I don't think you remember 1930 Wally Berger, but he had 20. 2019 Yordan Alvarez had 19.

Ian Happ 1:11

He's so scary.

Leila Rahimi 1:12

He really is. He's a threat at the plate.

Ian Happ 1:14

Frightening man.

Leila Rahimi 1:15

A slugger, if you will.

Ian Happ 1:16

I will.

Leila Rahimi 1:17

2017-2018 Reese Hoskins had 19. 2014 Jose Abreu. 19 home runs through 53 games, his first 53. 2026, you've got Mune at 18. 2025, Colson Montgomery with 18. And then 1986-87, Mark McGuire with 18. That is a list. And more so, most importantly, that is an indication of some tremendous years when you consider the seasons that are mentioned in that list.

Unknown 1:47

That is pretty amazing. Well, and he had been very quietly because when you go out on those West Coast trips, you don't see everything that's going on. Murataka Murakami on that road trip was just five for 21, homerless, my God, in seven games.

Who is Mune Murakami and what records is he approaching?

Unknown 2:04

And so he treats the home crowd to a home run right away. One thing that's weird is, he doesn't always talk to the the media have you noticed that like he sometimes his availability is scattered yeah are you allowed to do that as a rookie now he did say that yesterday he didn't talk like i guess i give him credit for this because he did homer and he wanted to give riku nishida all he wanted it to be his day his fellow countrymen was getting all the credit and i suppose that was a nice thing but in general come on man you're a rookie you gotta talk you gotta talk

Leila Rahimi 2:37

You've got to talk when you've got 18 home runs to your name in 53 games. We want to hear from you. Yeah, among the major league leaders, actually. And I did love when we were watching the games yesterday on the group thread. Not to be outdone. Yeah, Drew Romo coming through as well. You were thrilled to see that home run.

Unknown 2:56

He doesn't stop, man. I always think with these guys, and maybe I was guilty with Michael Conforto as well, that when you get one good thing out of them, you're like, okay, that's it. We're not going to see this continue to be like that. But all of a sudden, Drew Romo has, what, five home runs this year? It's a big two-run blast yesterday. That was the difference in the game. It made it 3-1, and the Sox won the game 3-1. So we said it before. Winning teams get these weird contributions, and that's exactly what's going on with the White Sox. And Nishida was example number one yesterday.

Leila Rahimi 3:28

So entering Monday, the White Sox had scored 48.1% of their runs via the home run. That was good for second in Major League Baseball. See, that's the thing. I hear that if your team has guys who can hit balls out of the park, then that's going to help you win games.

Unknown 3:45

Go on.

3:46

Yeah.

Leila Rahimi 3:46

I mean, big if true. I'm just not sure. But once again, not only do they get contributions from hitting, keep in mind the final was 3-1, and Anthony Kaye was a big reason for that. He lets the one home run get loose out of Brooks Lee, but other than that is able to stay the course. Six innings for Anthony Kaye, who is now 4-1 on the season. Only one earned run gave up five hits on a day where the ball was alive. On the south side, temperature warmed up, and that's what we saw. We saw an exciting game where I think anything you thought could happen at the plate if you're watching these hitters, only one walk, five strikeouts. His ERA is now under four at 396, and what a body of work he's putting together this season.

Unknown 4:29

Yeah, no doubt. And I mean, what was it against?