The Chicago White Sox knew Japanese third baseman Munetaka Murakami might hit for energy, however they most likely did not know he had this a lot pop.
Murakami, 26, homered within the prime of the second inning of a 9-7 highway loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. In doing so, he turned the fourth participant in MLB historical past to homer in his first three profession video games (by way of ESPN Insights). The others are Cleveland Guardians proper fielder Chase DeLauter, former Seattle Mariners/Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Kyle Lewis and Boston Pink Sox shortstop Trevor Story.
Munetaka Murakami sounds off on spectacular feat
“I am actually grateful and glad that I used to be capable of preserve that type of document, however like I mentioned earlier than, there’s nonetheless a protracted approach to go and quite a lot of methods to enhance,” he mentioned postgame by interpreter Kenzo Yagi, per Scott Merkin of MLB.com. “So, that’s what I will carry on doing within the upcoming days.”
If he does, that will make the White Sox really feel even higher about signing him to a two-year, $34M deal this offseason.
