WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The lowly White Sox were due for a bang-up afternoon, and they got one Sunday against the Athletics.There was Japanese phenom Munetaka Murakami admiring his towering home run for a third straight game. There were Colson Montgomery and Miguel Vargas tagging their own impressive blasts, plus Chase Meidroth scratching out two hits.Nevermind a few late bullpen hiccups, because most importantly, there was left-hander Noah Schultz dealing through five strong innings in the second start of his career — and letting his 97-mph sinker answer any lingering questions about his shaky Chicago debut last week.The Aurora native gave up a solo home run, a walk and nothing else while striking out six over five innings against a powerful Athletics lineup en route to a 7-4 win and a sunshiny day for the rebuild. He threw 82 pitches, identical to his first outing last Tuesday at Rate Field that was spoiled by a three-run first inning including a two-run throwing error from the 6-10 Schultz.Schultz was charged with an error in West Sacramento, too, after he couldn’t handle Murakami’s toss while covering first on a grounder. But there wasn’t any hint of jitters from the Oswego East product who acknowledged he had to shake them off the first time he took the mound.”Learned a lot about myself, a lot of things. Calm myself down with nerves, and stuff like that, that hopefully are gone,” Schultz said after his teammates gave him the clubhouse beer shower that awaits any…
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