Baseball: Murakami blasts 25th homer as White Sox lose 4 straight

Munetaka Murakami hit his 25th home run but could not prevent the Chicago White Sox from losing 8-2 against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday for their fourth straight defeat.The slugger scored the game's last run with a solo shot in the bottom of the sixth inning at Rate Field, crushing a 0-1 four-seamer from Parker Messick (9-6) to center for his first homer in six games.That was the only hit of the game for Murakami, who was "really frustrated" to suffer a defeat a day after the White Sox lost to the Boston Red Sox 12-11 in 13 innings."I wanted to win in any way possible after losing lik…READ FULL ARTICLE