White Sox third baseman Miguel Vargas and shortstop Colson Montgomery each reached the 30-home run mark in a 4-1 win over the Twins on Friday. First baseman Munetaka Murakami joined them Saturday with a two-run shot off Twins right-hander Taj Bradley in the first inning. The homer broke a 16-game drought for Murakami. The rookie became the fourth Japanese-born player to club 30 in a season, joining Shohei Ohtani (six times), Seiya Suzuki and Hideki Matsui. Although the first-place White Sox wound up taking a 6-4 loss, they now have three 30-HR hitters for the first time since Jim Thome, Jermaine Dye and Carlos Quentin accomplished the feat in 2008.
1. Devers’ dominant run continues in win over Mets
Giants first baseman Rafael Devers went deep two more times in a 9-5 win in New York on Saturday, giving him five HRs in as many games this month. He also became the third Giant since at least 1900 to tally six-plus homers and seven or more walks in a six-game span in a season, per Sarah Langs of MLB.com. The only other two? Willie Mays in 1958 and Barry Bonds in 2004. Decent company. The 29-year-old Devers got off to a miserable start this season, as he owned the majors’ ninth-lowest wRC+ (48) when the calendar flipped to May. Devers has posted an elite 157 wRC+ since then, trailing only Cubs NL MVP front-runner Pete Crow-Armstrong (174) and Astros Triple Crown contender Yordan Alvarez (166).
2. Toronto: Over .500 and into Wild Card position
This season has not gone smoothly for the reigning AL pennant-winning Blue Jays, who have dealt with a rash of injuries and gotten down years from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and others. Not only have the Blue Jays stayed in the fight, but they are now in favorable position after a 4-3 win over the Royals on Saturday. Toronto, which earned its fourth straight victory, climbed to 72-71 and will go into Sunday holding the third Wild Card spot in the AL. The Blue Jays and Guardians have matching records, but Toronto owns the tiebreaker over Cleveland. The Jays are above .500 for the first time since April 3, when they were 4-3 (h/t: Keegan Matheson of MLB.com).
3. Red Sox mow down Orioles again, will go for sweep on Sunday
Seeking a four-game road sweep and a third consecutive shutout, the Red Sox will send southpaw Payton Tolle to the mound against righty Kyle Bradish and the sputtering Orioles on Sunday. After lefty Ranger Suarez tossed seven strong innings to lead the Red Sox to a 1-0 win on Friday, righty Sonny Gray stymied the Orioles in a 5-0 triumph Saturday. Gray fired seven frames of three-hit ball and recorded seven strikeouts against three walks en route to his major league-leading 17th win. Losers of five straight and in possession of a lackluster 69-74 record, Baltimore sits three games behind AL East rival Toronto in the Wild Card race. The Orioles and Jays will meet six times later this month, but the O’s need to get off the mat in the meantime.
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