CHICAGO – It’s time for a White Sox power hitting roll call.
Munetaka Murakami, leading the Majors in home runs at 12? Check.
Colson Montgomery, who homered during a 5-2 White Sox victory over the Angels on Tuesday at Rate Field, his eighth of the season? Also present.
And of course, catcher Drew Romo.
Wait, what? Yes, the switch-hitting catcher went deep twice as the White Sox claimed the series victory with a second straight win. Not only twice, but Romo homered from the left side against José Soriano on a 0-2 pitch in the fourth and then from the right side in the sixth, becoming the first player to homer from both sides in the same game since Leury García on July 25, 2020, vs. the Twins.
Those two blasts represented homers Nos. 1 and 2 in Romo’s career. They also represented Romo’s first hit since the 2024 season with the Rockies. Romo stands as the 13th player in White Sox history to hit each of his first two career home runs in the same game.
He is the first of those since July 31, 2021, when Seby Zavala hit three. Zavala is the only player in MLB history to hit his first 3 career homers in the same game.
This contest was billed as a pitchers' battle between Soriano, who came into the night at 5-0 with a ridiculous 0.24 ERA, and the White Sox’ Davis Martin, who entered the evening at 3-1 with a 2.01 ERA. Martin got the best of the battle, allowing one run on seven hits over 5 2/3 innings, striking out seven.
Soriano yielded three runs in five innings with six strikeouts. He had given up one run over 37 2/3 innings all season entering the game before facing the White Sox.
The White Sox improved to 13-17 overall are just two games behind the Tigers for the American League Central lead, with no teams in the division above .500.