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CHICAGO -- Chris Sale got his groove back, but he didnt get a win.The White Sox ace struck out a season-high 14, but was outpitched by Felix Hernandez and the Seattle bullpen, and the Mariners ended a three-game skid Friday night by beating Chicago 3-1.Hernandez (9-4) improved to 5-0 in eight starts since returning from the disabled list, throwing 7 1/3 innings of one-run ball. Sale (15-7) gave up five hits and walked none in his fifth complete game of the season. He retired the final 16 batters, striking out 10 of them.No Seattle hitter reached base after Adam Lind doubled in the Mariners third run with two outs in the fourth inning.After the fourth, I found like a good cruising speed, Sale said. I had good tempo.I felt like I got into a pretty good groove. I just tried to lengthen it as much as I could, fill up as many innings as I could and give us a chance to win, Sale said.Sale struck out six straight in the sixth and seventh innings, one shy of Joe Cowleys team record.Still, Sale is just 1-5 in his last eights starts. He was 14-2 after winning at Houston on July 2.I guess it looks good on paper, Sale said, but you want to come out on top in a game like that, no doubt.Franklin Gutierrez hit a solo home run. Todd Fraziers 32nd home run in the seventh was one of eight hits off Hernandez until he left with the bases loaded.Hernandez, a six-time All-Star, entered leading the AL in ERA (2.95) since 2012. Sale, a five-time All-Star, was tops in that period in strikeouts (1,065).Both guys pitched great, White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. You got a couple solo homers that cancel each other out and they just executed better when they got the chance.Sale started for the AL in the All-Star Game this year after Hernandez did in 2015.I know Im facing Sale and hes a great pitcher and its going to be a tough game, Hernandez said. We scored those three runs and the bullpen was a little tired, so I needed to go deep in the game.Gutierrez sent Sales 97 mph fastball into the seats in right-center in the second and the Mariners added another run on a double play in the third.Nelson Cruz singled and scored on Linds double in the fourth.The White Sox hit into two double plays and had two players picked off first before Frazier homered.TRAINERS ROOMMariners: 3B Kyle Seager (foot) missed a third straight game, but said he was definitely getting better and was expected back Saturday. Manager Scott Servais said when Seager returns theyll switch out a position player for a 12th pitcher. We do need the extra arm, Servais said. You cant carry what were carrying right now for too many days.White Sox: C Alex Avila (hamstring) was activated off the disabled list to replace C Dioner Navarro, who was traded to Toronto. ..LF Melky Cabrera (sick) missed a second straight game. It looks like hell be fine for tomorrow, manager Robin Ventura said.UP NEXTChicagos Jose Quintana (10-9), holder of the ALs third-best ERA at 2.84, faces fellow LHP Ariel Miranda (1-0, 5.49) on Saturday night. Cheap Van Shoes Wholesale . -- The Sacramento Kings are set to become the first major professional sports franchise to accept Bitcoin virtual currency for ticket and merchandise purchases. Vans Wholesale Uk .S. hockey team after paying his dues as an NHL general manager for more than three decades and giving up a lot of his free time to help USA Hockey. http://www.vanssaleuk.com/ . Ferrer, trying to win his fourth title on Mexican soil, will next play South Africas Kevin Anderson, who eliminated American Sam Querrey,7-6 (2), 6-4. 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Just a little discomfort here and there with some things. Im excited and ready to go.I dont let anything kind of surprise me or catch me off guard. I just stay prepared the whole time. If its me starting, then Im going to go. If its not, or however it may be, I just want to stay ready no matter what.Jackson, howeverr, was not ready to say that Josh McCown will be the backup.dddddddddddd McCown is coming back from a broken left collarbone that he suffered Sept. 18.If McCown isnt ready, the Browns would use a combination of Kevin Hogan (just brought up from the practice squad) and perhaps Terrelle Pryor as the backup.Jackson also said that Cameron Erving will start at center. Erving has been out since bruising a lung Sept. 18.Finally, left tackle Joe Thomas missed practice Wednesday and Thursday due to a knee issue, but Jackson said his streak of not missing a play in his career is not threatened and Thomas will play.He wont miss a down, Jackson said. No question in my mind about that. 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