White Sox first baseman Munetaka Murakami rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run against the Angels during the seventh inning at Rate Field in Chicago on Monday. | Imagn Images / via Reuters

Munetaka Murakami belted a go-ahead three-run home run and Miguel Vargas followed with a solo ⁠shot to key a seven-run seventh inning and lift the host Chicago White Sox to an 8-7 victory against the skidding Los Angeles Angels on Monday.

Chicago regrouped from a sluggish start to send the Angels to their fourth straight loss and eighth ​defeat in nine games.

Grant Taylor allowed two runs in the ninth, ‌including a ‌Nolan Schanuel bloop double with two outs that brought ​the Angels within the final margin. Bryan Hudson retired Adam Frazier on a groundout to second with two runs in scoring position to earn his first ⁠save.

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