The White Sox have won three consecutive games to begin their postseason.
Cleveland – Munetaka Murakami belted a two-run homer off All-Star Parker Messick and five pitchers combined on a three-hitter as the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-0 in Game 1 of the AL Division Series on Saturday afternoon. Later in the day, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Tarik Skubal dominated over six innings while three home runs powered the offense in a 5-3 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves in Game 1 of their NL Division Series. Murakami, a 26-year-old from Japan in his first MLB season, hammered a 440-foot shot to right field off Messick in the fourth inning.
His first postseason homer — and 36th overall this year — plated Miguel Vargas to put the White Sox up 2-0.
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