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Familiar story: Frazier HR, but Sox strand runners
- Updated: August 31, 2016
DETROIT — Todd Frazier hit his 33rd home run in the White Sox 8-4 loss to the Tigers on Tuesday night, inching closer to the career-high 35 homers he hit last season with the Reds.
While Frazier, who has the fifth-most home runs in the American League this season, continues to close in on that number, he hasn’t seemed to notice that he has only hit four home runs in August and went 14 games between homers before hitting one Friday in Chicago. None of that mattered when he battled back from an 0-2 count against Detroit’s Daniel Norris in the second inning to send a 2-2 pitch 425 feet to left field, according to Statcast™.
“It was just a fastball,” Frazier said. “When you get a fastball and it’s over the plate, you go and get it. But I think power has been there all year.”
Frazier finished the night 1-for-4. His homer in the …
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