Chicago White Sox at Oakland Athletics

CWS 6 — 7 OAK

Final (11) — 2026-04-18

MVP: Nick Kurtz 2-3, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB

Oakland Athletics defeated Chicago White Sox 7-6. Nick Kurtz led the way with 2-3, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB. Jack Perkins earned the win and Lucas Sims took the loss.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
CWS	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	8	0
OAK	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	7	10	0

WP Jack Perkins (2-0)

LP Lucas Sims (0-2)

Scoring Plays

Top 2: Montgomery homered to right (397 feet). (1-0)

Top 2: McGuire singled to left, Pereira scored, Peters to second. (2-0)

Top 2: Benintendi homered to right (372 feet), Peters scored and McGuire scored. (5-0)

Bot 2: Wilson homered to left (384 feet). (5-1)

Bot 3: McNeil hit sacrifice fly to right, Butler scored. (5-2)

Bot 5: Soderstrom singled to left, Wynns scored, Kurtz to third. (5-3)

Bot 6: Butler grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Muncy scored. (5-4)

Top 7: Murakami homered to center (415 feet). (6-4)

Bot 7: Kurtz homered to right (386 feet), Langeliers scored. (6-6)

Bot 11: Muncy hit sacrifice fly to left, Wilson scored. (6-7)

CWS — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Benintendi	DH	6	1	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	.200	.262	.367	.629
Murakami	1B	2	1	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	.209	.386	.522	.908
Vargas	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.153	.287	.306	.593
Montgomery	3B	4	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	.194	.310	.417	.727
Pereira	RF	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	.273	.333	.636	.969
Antonacci	LF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.067	.263	.067	.330
Meidroth	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.239	.325	.338	.663
Peters	CF	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.209	.277	.233	.510
McGuire	C	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.208	.269	.208	.477
Hill	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.370	.261	.631
Acuna	CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.207	.254	.224	.478
Quero	PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.286	.204	.490
Murray	SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.421	.754

OAK — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
McNeil	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.266	.342	.344	.686
Langeliers	C	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.325	.393	.600	.993
Kurtz	1B	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	.235	.429	.368	.797
Soderstrom	LF	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	.200	.297	.363	.660
Wilson	SS	6	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	.256	.264	.360	.624
Cortes	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.366	.400	.766
Muncy	3B	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	.274	.325	.479	.804
Butler	RF	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	.197	.274	.318	.592
Wynns	C	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.100	.182	.100	.282
Ibanez	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321
Clarke	CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.176	.236	.196	.432
Gelof	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
Hernaiz	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.200	.438
Perkins	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

CWS — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Fedde	4.2	2	3	3	4	3	1	75-39	3.92	1.37
Newcomb	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	19-12	4.61	1.17
Leasure	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	15-8	4.76	1.23
Hudson	1.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	28-18	2.08	1.26
Dominguez	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	16-8	6.43	1.33
Hicks	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	17-9	4.91	1.44
Sims	0.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	7-4	3.38	1.60	L, 0-2

OAK — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Severino	5.1	5	5	5	4	3	2	96-57	6.20	1.47
Harris	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	21-13	2.84	1.49
Kuhnel	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14-10	0.00	1.42
Leiter	0.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	12-4	8.31	1.28
Perkins	2.1	1	0	0	2	3	0	44-27	4.91	1.40	W, 2-0

Venue: Sutter Health Park, Sacramento, California (11,131)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Chad Whitson, First Base Umpire: Bill Miller, Second Base Umpire: Brian Walsh, Third Base Umpire: Chad Fairchild

Broadcast: CHSN | NSCA

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