Munetaka Murakami Ties MLB Record with 5 Straight Homers

0:00It's April 23rd, welcome to MLB News Today, powered by AI, I'm Corey with the story. Chicago White Sox Rookie, Munitaka Murakami, just tied a major lead baseball record by homering in his fifth straight game. He crushed a 451-foot shot to right center against the Arizona Diamondbacks, marking his tenth homer of the season. That two run blast came in the seventh inning off for Lever Ryan Thompson, trimming Arizona's lead to 10-7. Murakami's 10 homers ranked second league-wide, trailing only Houston's Yord Navarez with 11. White Sox manager Will Venable is blown away, saying Murakami's nailing perfect swings on quality pitches, barreling balls with serious damage. Even his single scream off the bat. He's the 13th rookie in Big League history to pull off five straight homers, and he mashed the White Sox franchise mark, shared by guys like Paul Kinerko and Frank Thomas. Most impressively, those ten dingers are the most ever by a Japanese-born player in

1:02his first 24 games, with eight on the road. He's tearing up the majors right out the gate.