Munetaka Murakami hit a three-run homer in a big seventh-inning rally, and the Chicago White Sox held off the slumping Los Angeles Angels for an 8-7 win Monday night.<\/p>\n
Andrew Benintendi had three RBIs as Chicago improved to 6-4 in its last 10 games. Miguel Vargas hit a solo drive, and Tristan Peters had two hits and scored two runs.<\/p>\n
Jorge Soler hit a solo homer for Los Angeles in the rain-delayed opener of a three-game series. Mike Trout had two hits and scored twice.<\/p>\n
The Angels blew a 5-1 lead in their fourth consecutive loss and eighth in nine games overall. They had a 6-0 lead Sunday at Kansas City and lost\u00a011-9<\/a>\u00a0when Lane Thomas hit a three-run homer for the Royals in the 10th inning.<\/p>\n The White Sox sent 10 batters to the plate while scoring seven times in the seventh. It was their biggest inning of the season.<\/p>\n Benintendi’s two-run double off Nick Sandlin (0-1) trimmed the Angels’ lead to one. Murakami then greeted Drew Pomeranz with a drive to right-center for his major league-best 12th homer. Vargas followed Murakami with another homer for an 8-5 lead.<\/p>\n The 26-year-old Murakami, a rookie slugger from Japan, is batting .349 (15 for 43) with seven homers and 14 RBIs in his last 10 games.<\/p>\n Osvaldo Bido (2-0) pitched three innings of one-run ball for the win.<\/p>\n Soler and Nolan Schanuel each drove in a run in the ninth against Grant Taylor before Bryan Hudson retired Adam Frazier on a bouncer to second, stranding runners at second and third. It was Hudson’s first career save.<\/p>\n The start was delayed three hours as rain and thunderstorms rolled over Rate Field.<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n Jos\u00e9 Soriano (5-0, 0.24 ERA) starts for the Angels on Tuesday night, and fellow right-hander Davis Martin (3-1, 2.01 ERA) pitches for the White Sox.<\/p>\n