Chicago White Sox's Munetaka Murakami to be out four to six weeks with hamstring injury

[p]The 26-year-old infielder, who spent the past eight seasons with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, was placed on 10-day injured list with a strained right hamstring.[/p][p]"It hurts," [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/murakami-munetaka/Um3qc5aF/"]Murakami[/a] said through a translator.[/p][p]"[b]It's really disappointing at this point of the season to be injured, but there are a lot of ways to contribute to the team, like cheering on and other stuff. I'll keep doing that so that we can keep grinding as a team.[/b]"[/p][p]Murakami [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/white-sox-star-slugger-munetaka-murakami-leaves-game-with-hamstring-injury/fVTS3tbk/"]was injured in the third inning[/a] of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-white-sox/SW9D1eZo/"]Chicago[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/baseball/chicago-white-sox-SW9D1eZo/detroit-tigers-0QIlt8pi/?mid=txHgKyqJ"]4-3 triumph[/a] over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/detroit-tigers/0QIlt8pi/"]Detroit[/a] on Friday. He reached second on a fielder's choice ground ball to second but grabbed his right hamstring as he walked to the base and was removed from the game.[/p][p]The White Sox, 31-27, stood second in the American League Central division, 2.5 games behind [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cleveland-guardians/4K05MrFG/"]Cleveland[/a], and left-handed hitter Murakami has been a major reason why Chicago is a contender.[/p][embed guid="a14d56ed-f880-42ec-84f7-bf632b50cd73" url="https://x.com/CHSN_WhiteSox/status/2060763297356398799?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Murakami, who signed a two-year MLB deal worth $34 million with the White Sox, shared the AL home run lead with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/houston-astros/lfZXonNq/"]Houston[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alvarez-yordan/dINBHBc3/"]Yordan Alvarez[/a] at 20, led the AL with 43 runs scored and was second in the AL with 41 runs batted in.[/p][p]"[b]It's tough. Obviously, he makes a massive impact on our group, on and off the field,[/b]" [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/venable-will/Ai8nA913/"]Venable[/a] said.[/p][p]"[b]He's someone that puts so much energy into his work and to other people. He's probably pretty down right now, knowing that's going to take a different form here over the next few weeks.[/b]"[/p][p]The White Sox have not had a winning season or reached the playoffs since 2021, have made the post-season only three times in the past 20 years and have not won a playoff series since capturing the 2005 World Series title by sweeping Houston.[/p][p]After starting this year 6-13, the White Sox have a 25-14 mark.[/p][p]"[b]I never really thought about us being a losing team,[/b]" Murakami said. "[b]It's always having that winning culture and going into games with that kind of mindset. We're here to win.[/b]"[/p]