ANAHEIM, Calif. — Munetaka Murakami and Miguel Vargas hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning on Monday, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 6-0 victory against the Los Angeles Angels in front of 26,262 at Angel Stadium.

Murakami matched Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees for the major-league lead with his 14th home run, a two-run blast to center field against Angels starter José Soriano.

Vargas followed with a home run to right-center, his seventh of the season.

It was the third time this year the Sox have hit back-to-back home runs, and Murakami has been involved in all three. Murakami, Vargas and Colson Montgomery hit three home runs in a row on April 21 at Arizona. Murakami and Montgomery went back-to-back on April 27 against the Angels at Rate Field.

Monday was more of the same from Murakami, who added his first career double in the sixth and a single in the eighth.

Sox starter Davis Martin also had another dominant outing Monday. The right-hander allowed five hits in seven scoreless innings, lowering his ERA to 1.64. Martin had a career-high 10 strikeouts.

He received run support early.

The Sox took advantage of a pair of walks during a two-run first inning. The first two batters, Sam Antonacci and Murakami, walked.

Two strikeouts followed, but Chase Meidroth came through with an RBI single to center. Andrew Benintendi followed with another run-scoring single, making it 2-0. Benintendi finished with four singles.

Antonacci singled with one out in the fourth. Murakami followed with the 429-foot, two-run home run. Vargas made it 5-0 with his home run.

Soriano saw his ERA go from 0.84 to 1.74 after allowing five runs on eight hits in four innings.

The Sox (17-18) finished with a season-high 16 hits while winning for the sixth time in their last seven games.

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