Overview
- Murakami, who went deep Monday in Anaheim, matched Aaron Judge at 14 home runs and later logged his first MLB double to end a stretch where all his extra-base hits were homers.
- Davis Martin set a career high with 10 strikeouts over seven scoreless innings, allowing five hits with no walks to anchor the 6-0 win.
- Angels starter José Soriano recorded a season-low four innings and gave up a season-high five runs on eight hits, including back-to-back homers to Murakami and Miguel Vargas.
- Los Angeles struck out 14 times Monday and leads MLB with 361 strikeouts, with manager Kurt Suzuki saying, “We’re struggling.”
- Chicago has won six of its last seven to sit one game under .500, boosted by unexpected power from recent call-up Drew Romo, who has three homers in his first five games with the club.