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Frazier comes through late as Chicago White Sox rally past Mariners

Creeping toward the end of an uneven offensive season, Todd Frazier was having a tough night.

In his first 3 at-bats against the Mariners, Frazier struck out three times. He stuck with it.

"You learn something," the White Sox's third baseman said. "You take the last at-bat and throw it away and just keep on going. Unfortunately, it took me three times to do that. To come up clutch today felt pretty good."

In his fourth at-bat, Frazier drilled a 2-run single with two outs in the seventh inning to pull the Sox into a 6-6 tie with the Mariners.

In his fifth and final trip to the plate, Frazier came through with another RBI single in the ninth as the White Sox edged Seattle 7-6 at U.S. Cellular Field.

"You just go out and think of nothing, stay relaxed, knowing that you've been there before," Frazier said. "The bottom line is if I don't get the job done, there will be another time that I'm going to have an opportunity. You know, it would have stunk if I didn't get the job done, but for me it felt pretty darn good to get it done."

Frazier leads the Sox with 31 home runs and 80 RBI, but he's batting .211, has an equally poor on-base percentage (.293) and he has struggled with runners in scoring position all season.

"Great night for Fraz," manager Robin Ventura said. "The guys are happy for him. You can't rely just on the homer. There's more to his game than that. You have to be able to knock in runs when you're not hitting them over the fence.

"He can use the other side of the field; I think he can level it out somewhat and get some hits. Just put it in play more because you don't know what's going to happen."

Injury report:

Out since June 10 with a torn meniscus in his left knee, center fielder Austin Jackson's days return to the White Sox is not looking good.

"Austin is progressing but unfortunately, it's been a slow pace," general manager Rick Hahn said. "He has not taken baseball activities. I wouldn't expect him back this season."

The same goes for third baseman Matt Davidson, who broke his right foot on June 30 in his debut game with the Sox.

"Would not expect him either," Hahn said. "It was a pretty bad fracture. It's progressing and he's hitting the early milestones. There just isn't enough time for either of those two."

What's in a name?

The White Sox have been getting skewered for selling stadium naming rights to Chicago-based mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate on Wednesday.

"The way I view the naming thing is fans are going to call it what fans are going to call it," GM Rick Hahn said. "It's going to be Guaranteed Rate Field, it's going to be something cute off of that. It's going to be Comiskey. It's going to be New Comiskey. It's going to be Sox Park. It's going to be whatever people come up with, naturally.

"I do know this is an opportunity to add a little bit of revenue to the operations, which is then our responsibility to channel properly in the best way to get us better on the field."

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