The White Sox scored all nine of their runs in a single inning on Friday night, producing one of the strangest and most historic box scores in franchise history during a 9-4 win over the Giants.
As far as unconventional box scores go, Friday night's game was up there for the Chicago White Sox, as they rolled the San Francisco Giants by a final score of 9-4.
Davis Martin didn't have his best stuff, but he still got into the sixth inning with seven strikeouts and four runs allowed, earning the win and improving to 7-1 on the season. The White Sox are now 9-1 when Martin takes the mound.
Andrew Benintendi's two-run double gave the White Sox a comfortable lead, and Munetaka Murakami’s bases-clearing three-run double broke the game open and helped propel Chicago to the victory.
But perhaps the final boxscore doesn't fully capture just how out of the ordinary this game was.
For starters, the White Sox ran away with it early. It was a blowout that felt over by the fourth inning, when Chicago put up nine runs and took a 9-0 lead. That reality isn't fully reflected in the 9-4 final score.
But outside of that massive nine-run fourth inning, the White Sox didn't record a single hit. They had five hits in the entire ballgame, but capitalized on some walks, errors, and Sam Antonacci getting hit by a pitch twice in the same inning.
I can't say I've seen many box scores where a team scores nearly 10 runs while still finishing with almost twice as many runs as hits.
That’s exactly what Chicago did on Friday night, and along the way, they made a bit of history.
This marked the first time in White Sox franchise history that the team scored nine or more runs while producing five or fewer hits in a game. The White Sox also became the only team in the modern era of Major League Baseball to score nine-plus runs in a nine-inning game with all of their runs and hits coming in the same inning.
For a team that has exceeded expectations and now sits at 26-24 through 50 games in the 2026 season, I suppose it's only fitting that they continue finding new ways to win by making franchise history and doing things that haven't been done in the modern era.
That seems to be the M.O. of this White Sox club. You never quite know what to expect, but it's always a team effort that keeps them competitive. Murakami said as much to Connor McKnight after the game.
"Just a team win. We're all in this together,” said the Japanese superstar.
I don't expect this to be the last time the White Sox make franchise history this season. This team just seems to have a knack for that sort of thing.
