PHOENIX —Make it five in a row for raking White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami, who homered in yet another game Wednesday as his teammates Colson Montgomery and Miguel Vargas continued their own stunning long-ball streaks against the Diamondbacks.
It wasn’t enough as Arizona launched their own home run barrage against Sox starter Anthony Kay, who surrendered eight runs in an 11-7 loss.
Murakami’s latest moonshot was his longest yet, a 451-foot, two-run rainbow to left field in the seventh inning off D-backs reliever Ryan Thompson for his 10th of the season, passing Aaron Judge for the second-most in Major League Baseball.
The rookie's five-game homer streak has also tied the franchise record previously matched by Paul Konerko, A.J. Pierzynski, Carlos Lee, Frank Thomas, Ron Kittle and Greg Luzinski.
"I’m really happy that I have the record," Murakami said via interpreter Kenzo Yagi. "At any plate appearance, I stay the same. I’m very focused on each and every at-bat."
