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White Sox strive to keep rolling vs. Tigers despite injury to Munetaka Murakami
May 29, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago White Sox first baseman Munetaka Murakami (5) looks on and chats with interpreter Kenzo Yagi (center) before being taken out of the game on a hamstring injury during the third inning against the Detroit Tigers at Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images The Chicago White Sox ran into their first bit of really bad luck this season on Friday when slugger Munetaka Murakami strained his right hamstring and is expected to be out four to six weeks.
After three seasons of 100-plus losses, the White Sox are above .500 and contending in the American League Central heading into Sunday afternoon’s home game against the Detroit Tigers.
Murakami, a 26-year-old Japanese star who signed a two-year, $34 million contract in December, has 20 home runs to share the AL lead in that category. The rookie first baseman is hitting .240 with 41 RBIs, 44 walks and 43 runs while building a .938 OPS in 57 games.
“It’s tough, obviously,” Chicago manager Will Venable told ESPN. “He makes a massive impact on our group, on and off the field.
“He’s probably pretty down right now, knowing that’s going to take a different form here over the next few weeks,” Venable added. “This is what every single team deals with, and you’ve got to try to find ways to continue to put plays together and play well and play good baseball.”
The White Sox played inspired baseball in the first game without their slugger on Saturday as Edgar Quero, Colson Montgomery and Andrew Benintendi hit home runs in a 7-1 rout of the Tigers.
Murakami has a Grade 2 strain in his right hamstring after beating out a grounder Friday.
“My goal was to (play) the full season healthy, but that really didn’t come out well,” Murakami told ESPN through an interpreter. “But after this injury, I will recover fully, 100%, and give them all each and every day. I’m not going to be adjusting anything after the injury or nothing like that.”
Chicago has won four straight games, but Detroit has three losses in a row and only six wins in May.
“We just have to keep plugging and dig ourselves out of this hole,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “It just seems to get deeper every day. Nothing really matters now until the next day’s game. We have to do something better, and we have to block out a lot of noise.”
After falling behind 2-0 in the first inning on Saturday, the Tigers fought back to make it 2-1. They had runners on second base for three straight innings but could not score again.
“I don’t ever want to say I am out of answers,” Hinch said. “I know a lot of these games are rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat, but we just have to start finding solutions.”
The Tigers will try to end the month on a good note Sunday when they send Keider Montero (2-3, 4.09 ERA) to the mound.
The 25-year-old right-hander last won on May 2, when he beat the visiting Texas Rangers 5-1. In his last start on Tuesday, Montero went five-plus innings, giving up eight hits, four runs and one walk with seven strikeouts in his team’s 10-6 home loss to the Los Angeles Angels.
In his career, Montero is 13-12 with a 4.47 ERA in 49 games, including 38 starts. He is 0-0 with a 3.97 ERA in three games (one start) against the White Sox.
The White Sox will counter with Sean Burke (2-3, 3.90 ERA). The 26-year-old right-hander last won on May 2, 4-0 over the host San Diego Padres.
Chicago has lost four straight starts by Burke, including Tuesday in his most recent outing, 5-3 to the visiting Minnesota Twins in 11 innings.
Burke was sharp, however, going seven innings, giving up three hits, two runs and two walks while striking out eight in 100 pitches.
He is a career 8-14 with a 3.88 ERA in 43 games, including 34 starts. Burke is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA in two starts against the Tigers.
–Field Level Media
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Mariners go yard 4 times, Bryan Woo shuts down D-backs in win
May 30, 2026; Seattle, Washington, USA; Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Bryan Woo (22) throws against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning at T-Mobile Park. Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images Julio Rodriguez hit one of Seattle’s four solo home runs and Bryan Woo pitched seven scoreless innings as the Mariners defeated the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 on Saturday night in an interleague game.
Luke Raley, Dominic Canzone and Colt Emerson also went deep as the Mariners won their fifth game in a row and moved above .500 (30-29) for the first time since they were 3-2 on March 30.
Woo (5-3) retired the first 13 batters he faced before Adrian Del Castillo lined a one-out single to center field in the fifth. An out later, Ildemaro Vargas lined a single to center, but Woo caught Jose Fernandez looking at a called third strike to get out of the inning.
Those were the only two hits Woo allowed. The right-hander didn’t walk a batter and struck out nine, matching his season high.
Raley hit a solo shot to right-center with one out in the second off Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson (2-4). It was Raley’s team-leading 13th homer of the season. An out later, Canzone went deep to right, nearly reaching the second deck, to make it 2-0.
Emerson led off the Seattle third with another homer to right. An out later, Rodriguez went deep to straightaway center, his 10th homer of the month and 12th of the season.
The Mariners added on without the benefit of a long ball in the sixth. Randy Arozarena reached on a throwing error by third baseman Fernandez, Raley singled to left and Cole Young lifted a sacrifice fly to right for a 5-0 lead to end Nelson’s night.
The Diamondbacks, who have lost two in a row, scored their lone run in the ninth. Geraldo Perdomo walked with two outs, took second on defensive indifference and scored from there on a passed ball by catcher Mitch Garver as reliever Alex Hoppe failed to cover the plate.
Nelson gave up five runs (four earned) on seven hits over 5 1/3 innings. The right-hander didn’t walk a batter and struck out three.
Arizona third baseman Nolan Arenado was a late scratch from the lineup for what the team called “precautionary reasons.” Arenado, who has been dealing with groin tightness, was hit in the left arm by a fastball from Mariners closer Andres Munoz in the ninth inning Friday night.
–Field Level Media
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Edmundo Sosa's 2-run homer helps Phillies rally past Dodgers
May 30, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith (16) scores past Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto (10) during the second inning at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images Edmundo Sosa hit a go-ahead two-run home run with two outs in the eighth inning as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.
Bryce Harper added an RBI single in a three-run eighth, while Alec Bohm hit a second-inning home run for the Phillies. Orion Kerkering (3-0) gave up a run in the eighth and Jhoan Duran pitched the ninth for his 12th save.
The Phillies improved to 4-1 on a six-game West Coast road trip, while ending the Dodgers’ season-best six-game winning streak.
Alex Call had an RBI single and a run scored for Los Angeles, while Santiago Espinal drove in a run in his return and Mookie Betts added a run-scoring single. Left-hander Tanner Scott (1-2) gave up all three Phillies runs in the eighth inning.
Dodgers right-hander Roki Sasaki gave up one run on three hits over 5 1/3 innings while Phillies left-hander Jesus Luzardo gave up two runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.
The Phillies’ only hit off Sasaki in the opening five innings came when Bohm hit a home run to center in the second for a 1-0 lead. It was his sixth of the season.
The Dodgers answered immediately in the second when Will Smith led off with a single, Miguel Rojas walked and Call singled to center to score Smith and tie the game.
Call doubled in the fourth and went to third base when Adolis Garcia bobbled the ball in right-center field. Espinal followed with his sacrifice fly.
Philadelphia had a prime scoring opportunity in the sixth when Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner singled with one out against Sasaki and Harper walked against left-hander Alex Vesia. Sosa struck out and Bohm grounded out to end the threat.
Los Angeles took a 3-1 lead in the seventh when Betts singled to right field to score Andy Pages.
–Field Level Media
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Los Angeles Thieves open Call of Duty Stage 4 qualifying with victory
A backlit keyboard is part of the gear online video game streamer Jordan Woodruff uses in his Gilbert home.
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Coming off winning the Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major, the Los Angeles Thieves opened Stage 4 qualifying with a 3-2 comeback win over FaZe Vegas on Saturday.
The Paris Gentle Mates swept the Carolina Royal Ravens 3-0, the Boston Breach bested the Vancouver Surge 3-2 and the Riyadh Falcons beat the Miami Heretics 3-2 in the day’s other matches.
The 12 Call of Duty League teams are playing five qualifying matches apiece to determine seeding for the fourth major of the season, to be held June 25-28 at Nanterre, France. Each team receives 10 CDL points for every win.
Los Angeles dropped the opener 250-207 on Gridlock Hardpoint, bounced back with 6-4 Fringe Search and Destroy and 5-2 Gridlock Overload victories, failed to close out the match with a 250-119 Scar Hardpoint loss but came through in the final game, winning 6-3 on Gridlock Search and Destroy.
Paris completed the only sweep of the day with a 250-197 Colossus Hardpoint victory, a 6-5 Gridlock Search and Destroy triumph and a 5-4 Scar Overload clincher against Carolina.
Boston delivered the most dramatic win of the day after falling behind 2-0 with a 250-234 Scar Hardpoint loss followed by a 6-4 Raid Search and Destroy defeat. Vancouver squandered that strong advantage as Boston won 4-1 on Gridlock Overload, 250-192 on Den Hardpoint and 6-3 on Hacienda Search and Destroy to complete the comeback.
Miami jumped ahead 1-0 over Riyadh with a 250-234 Colossus Hardpoint victory. The Falcons surged back with a 6-5 Fringe Search and Destroy win and a 6-5 Exposure Overload victory to take a 2-1 lead. The Heretics won 250-207 on Hacienda Hardpoint to force the decisive fifth game, which Riyadh won 6-1 on Sake Search and Destroy.
The weekend schedule:
Sunday
–Riyadh Falcons vs. Paris Gentle Mates
–OpTic Texas vs. Miami Heretics
–Cloud9 New York vs. Boston Breach
Call of Duty League Stage 4 Major qualifying, with match record and map differential
T1. OpTic Texas, 1-0, +3
T1. Paris Gentle Mates, 1-0, +3
3. G2 Minnesota, 1-0, +2
T4. Boston Breach, 1-0, +1
T4. Los Angeles Thieves, 1-0, +1
T4. Riyadh Falcons, 1-0, +1
7. Carolina Royal Ravens, 1-1, 0
T8. FaZe Vegas, 0-1, -1
T8. Miami Heretics, 0-1, -1
10. Cloud9 New York, 0-1, -2
11. Toronto KOI, 0-1, -3
12. Vancouver Surge, 0-2, -4
–Field Level Media
Mariners go yard 4 times, Bryan Woo shuts down D-backs in win
Edmundo Sosa's 2-run homer helps Phillies rally past Dodgers
