Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox

CHC 3 — 8 CWS

Final — 2026-05-16

MVP: Munetaka Murakami 2-3, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB

Chicago White Sox defeated Chicago Cubs 8-3. Munetaka Murakami led the way with 2-3, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB. Davis Martin earned the win and Jameson Taillon took the loss.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	8	0
CWS	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	x	8	8	1

WP Davis Martin (6-1)

LP Jameson Taillon (2-3)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Vargas homered to left center (421 feet), Antonacci scored and Murakami scored. (0-3)

Bot 3: Murakami homered to center (391 feet). (0-4)

Bot 3: Umpire reviewed (home run), call on the field was upheld: Colson Montgomery homers (442 feet) on a fly ball to right field. (0-5)

Bot 5: Murakami homered to center (428 feet), Antonacci scored. (0-7)

Top 6: Amaya homered to left center (372 feet). (1-7)

Bot 6: Benintendi homered to right center (406 feet). (1-8)

Top 9: Crow-Armstrong homered to right (380 feet), Conforto scored. (3-8)

CHC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Hoerner	SS	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.337	.393	.730
Busch	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.350	.354	.704
Bregman	3B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	.256	.341	.367	.708
Happ	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.235	.374	.469	.843
Suzuki	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.263	.371	.475	.846
Conforto	LF	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	.333	.444	.608	1.052
Shaw	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.245	.294	.404	.698
Crow-Armstrong	CF	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	.238	.312	.381	.693
Amaya	C	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	.246	.372	.400	.772

CWS — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Antonacci	LF	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.284	.385	.420	.805
Murakami	1B	3	3	2	0	2	3	1	1	.236	.376	.567	.943
Vargas	3B	4	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	.247	.373	.506	.879
Montgomery	SS	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	.238	.333	.531	.864
Meidroth	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.344	.384	.728
Benintendi	DH	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	.227	.277	.375	.652
Kelenic	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.231	.318	.333	.651
Peters	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.255	.315	.314	.629
Romo	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.184	.340	.553	.893
Grichuk	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.220	.245	.480	.725

CHC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Taillon	5.0	8	8	8	1	2	5	90-61	4.97	1.36	L, 2-3
Roberts	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	31-17	0.00	1.40
Rolison	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-7	3.75	1.27

CWS — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Martin	6.0	5	1	1	0	7	1	91-62	1.61	1.26	W, 6-1
Eisert	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	31-16	10.80	1.40
Richards	2.0	2	2	2	0	2	1	34-23	6.75	1.05

Venue: Rate Field, Chicago, Illinois (38,795)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Brian O'Nora, First Base Umpire: Chris Segal, Second Base Umpire: Erich Bacchus, Third Base Umpire: Laz Diaz

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