White Sox first baseman Munetaka Murakami has been named the American League Rookie of the Month for May.
Murakami batted .244/.382/.556 with eight home runs and 18 RBIs for the month, during which the Sox went 18-10.
The last Sox rookie to win the award was Yermin Mercedes, of all people, in April 2021.
The only downside to this is Murakami ended the month by suffering a Grade 2 hamstring on May 30, which will keep him out four to six weeks.
So far, Murakami has missed five games, and the Sox have gone 3-2. But the road is about to get much harder: Chicago's next 12 games are against the Philadelphia Phillies, the Atlanta Braves, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees.
The Dodgers, Braves and Yankees are probably the three best teams in baseball. All four of those clubs have aspirations of a deep postseason run.
This will be a big test for the Sox to see if they can hold their ground in the AL standings.
Erick Fedde (1-5) tossed five shutout innings to pick up his first win of the season as the Sox salvaged the finale of a three-game set at Minnesota on Wednesday afternoon.
Sam Antonacci went 4 for 4 and reached base in all six of his plate appearances. He had two doubles, two singles, a walk, an HBP, two runs scored and an RBI.
Andrew Benintendi went 2 for 3 with three walks and his sixth home run of the season. Jacob Gonzalez went 2 for 4, including a two-run single that highlighted a four-run top of the first inning that gave the Sox all the runs they would need.
The Sox are 33-29. They remain in second place in the AL Central, 2.5 games behind the Cleveland Guardians. They also occupy the second of three wild card spots in the AL.
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