SACRAMENTO, California - Chicago White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami homered for the third straight game in Sunday's 7-4 win against the Athletics, achieving the feat for the second time in his brief Major League Baseball career.

The Samurai Japan slugger, who cleared the fences in his first three MLB regular-season games, took his home run tally to eight with a two-run blast in the fifth inning at Sutter Health Park.

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