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03/29 14:40 CDT White Sox's Murakami joins Guardians' DeLauter in exclusive
club with HRs in first 3 MLB games
White Sox's Murakami joins Guardians' DeLauter in exclusive club with HRs in
first 3 MLB games
MILWAUKEE (AP) --- Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox and Chase
DeLauter of the Cleveland Guardians have accomplished something in the last
week that had been done only twice before.
The two rookies homered in each of their first three major league games.
According to Sportradar, the only other players to hit home runs in at least
their first three Major League Baseball games were Trevor Story with the
Colorado Rockies in 2016 and Kyle Lewis with the Seattle Mariners in 2019.
Story owns the MLB record with homers in his first four career games. DeLauter
will try to match that when the Guardians play at Seattle on Sunday night.
Murakami, 26, added his name to the club Sunday by sending a 3-2 pitch from
Milwaukee's Brandon Sproat over the wall in right-center and into the White Sox
bullpen in the second inning. The Japanese slugger homered off Jake Woodford in
the ninth inning of his debut Thursday and went deep against Chad Patrick in
the fourth inning Saturday.
This is Murakami's first series in the majors since signing a two-year, $34
million contract with the White Sox in December. Murakami hit 246 homers over
eight seasons with the Yakult Swallows of Japan's Central League --- including
a 56-homer season in 2022.
DeLauter, 24, has four homers in his first three games.
The outfielder went deep twice in his MLB debut on Thursday and became the
fifth player in the Guardians' 126-year history to homer in his first career
regular-season at bat. He added a solo shot off Seattle's George Kirby on
Friday and then hit a two-run blast off Andrs Muoz in the 10th inning
Saturday.
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