White Sox Rout Athletics Behind Martin’s Arm, Murakami’s Grand Slam

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Interstat) — Davis Martin pitched seven strong innings and Munetaka Murakami hit a seventh-inning grand slam as the Chicago White Sox routed the Athletics 9-2 on Friday night at Sutter Health Park.

Martin allowed one run on three hits to earn the win. The White Sox scored in four different frames, amassing 15 hits. Colson Montgomery and Andrew Benintendi each drove in runs early before Murakami’s slam off reliever Justin Sterner broke the game open.

Aaron Civale took the loss for Oakland, which managed only four hits. The Athletics scored on an RBI single by Nick Kurtz in the fourth and a groundout in the eighth. Attendance was 12,027. The game took 2 hours, 53 minutes.