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CHICAGO -- Since racing to a 23-10 start, nothing has been easy for the Chicago White Sox.Even after moving back above .500 Thursday, they were stung by another injury to a young player.J.B. Shucks two-out single scored the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning, Todd Frazier hit his 23rd home run and the White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5.But on what should have been a special day for Matt Davidson, he broke his right foot rounding first after an RBI single in his White Sox debut.You could see it when he went from second to third, manager Robin Ventura said. I know hes not a good runner, but it was remarkably poor at that point.The former Arizona first-round pick was traded to Chicago before the 2014 season but had two poor years in the minors before this months selection as a Triple-A All-Star.He expressed excitement before the game about being back in the big leagues for the first time since 2013 with the Diamondbacks. Now hes out indefinitely.Chicago also lost Kevan Smith to back spasms an hour before his scheduled big league debut in April, and Jason Coats had to leave his first major league game after colliding with Shuck in the outfield earlier this month.Were hot that way, Ventura said.The White Sox turned to Shuck after blowing a 5-2 lead.Fernando Abad (1-2), in his first appearance in eight days because of a stiff back, got the first two batters in the eighth before consecutive walks. Shucks career high-tying third hit of the game scored Avisail Garcia from second.I knew we were going to have a chance there once it got over the shortstops head, Shuck said.Nate Jones (4-2) allowed a hit while getting four outs and David Robertson worked around a single in the ninth for his 21st save in 23 tries as the White Sox won their third straight series for the first time this season.Tim Anderson added three hits and made a jump throw from the outfield grass at shortstop to throw out Trevor Plouffe in the second as Chicago improved to 39-38.Brian Dozier homered and drove in two runs and Eduardo Nunez had RBI singles in the sixth and seventh innings in the Twins fifth loss in seven games.White Sox starter Carlos Rodon retired the first 11 batters before giving up consecutive home runs to Robbie Grossman and Dozier. Rodons day was over after Doziers RBI single with one out in the sixth. He allowed four runs and five hits.Frazier, who entered the day one homer behind major league leader Mark Trumbo of Baltimore, pulled a changeup from Tommy Milone into the bullpen to lead off the second inning.It was the 14th consecutive solo homer by Chicago, one shy of the team record set in 1965.Milone didnt get out of the fourth for a second straight start. The lefty was charged with five runs and nine hits while getting 10 outs. He also served up the first walk to the free-swinging Anderson in his 86th big league plate appearance.Manager Paul Molitor wouldnt say if Milone will make his next scheduled start.The Twins also made two more baserunning mistakes, with Grossman thrown out at third and Nunez caught off first.We talk with the guys about controlling your emotions, Molitor said, not letting whatever situation youre involved with overwhelming you to the point that you lose clarity about whats going on.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: RHP Trevor May (back) is scheduled to throw in consecutive games for Triple-A Rochester beginning Friday.White Sox: LF Melky Cabrera (sprained right wrist) missed his second straight game. Hes expected to sit out at least one more day.SCARY MOMENTA woman sitting in the second deck on the first base side took Nunezs line drive off the left side of her head in the sixth inning. A lens from her sunglasses flew backward into the press box. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Theres one question swimmers wont hear this month around the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro: What are you wearing?Olympic coaches and swimmers would prefer it remain that way, never wanting to go back to the swimsuit wars that culminated with a ludicrous display of speed at the 2009 world championships.Yet, the big-money swimsuit companies -- so crucial to the sports financial viability -- are always pressing to show off their high-tech chops, which are severely crimped by rules that restrict the size and fabrics for competition swimsuits.Some are wondering just how long the status quo will remain in place after the Rio Games end on Aug. 21.I do believe there will be something thats coming, American swimmer Elizabeth Beisel said. Whether its in the next five years, 10 years, who knows? But itll get back to where it was, for sure.That prospect is anathema to those who remember what happened seven years ago in Rome, when a decade of radical changes in swimsuit design led to the introduction of rubberized bodysuits.Forty-three world records were set at a meet that was more farce than competition, leading governing body FINA to hastily impose new swimsuit rules that mandated only textile fabrics, banned zippers and restricted the amount of coverage from the waist to the top of the knees for men -- so-called jammers -- and to the upper body and upper legs for women.While the swimsuit companies still tout the quality of their suits and push the limits as far as they can within the rules, its clear they would like a little more leeway.It definitely unleashes a little more creativity and innovation if the rules are relaxed a bit, said Todd Mitchell, who helped develop Michael Phelps signature swimsuit line for Aqua Sphere.Kate Wilton, the senior director of merchandising and design at Speedo, said the current rules forced the swimsuit giant to change its design approach.A lot more energy now goes into the actual design of the suit and its print, she said. The suits have become more colorful.But, Wilton added, obviously, we love it when people can push innovation a little bit more.Specifically, she mentioned the idea of allowing the mens suits to cover more of their bodies.If that happens, well be ready, she said.Speedo was on the cutting edge of the swimsuit wars with its revolutionary LZR Racer, which was developed with help from NASAs wind tunnel testing facilities and became the go-to attire heading into the 2008 Beijing Olympics.With polyurethane incorporated into the fabric and strategically placed panels that compressed the body in key spots, the suit helped a swimmer stay higher in the water and minimize resistance -- essentially mimicking the effect of a dolphin gliding through the ocean.Phelps was wearing the LZR when he won a record eight gold medals in China, famously capturing a $1 million bonus from Speedo. BBut by the following summer, the suit was basically rendered obsolete by the fully rubberized models that led the assault on the record books in Rome.ddddddddddddPretty much anybody could swim fast in those suits, Beisel said. Now, you definitely need to be a hard worker and have some yardage and stuff under your belt. You cant just rely on the suits to make you fast anymore.USA Swimming wants to keep it that way, but also knows that swimsuit companies have huge influence within the sport.Its not that we are opposed to science, but we want the performance on the athletes to be gauged on their hard work, on what theyre able to accomplish without technological aids, specifically swimsuits, said Chuck Wielgus, executive director of USA Swimming. The swimming suit manufacturers are always pushing the envelope, and thats understandable, and then they become sponsors of governing bodies. This is what happens in Washington D.C., right, with our government?Cornel Marculescu, who runs FINA, insisted there is nothing on the table to change the current suit rules.We dont have any big issue in this, he said.There is still room for innovation.Speedo, for instance, unveiled the Fastskin LZR Racer X for the Rio Olympics, touting a one-way stretch technology that allows more flexibility, a thinner fabric around the core of the womens suit to provide better feel of the water, and an X strip across the backside -- hence the suits name -- to give a bit more power and snap off the turns.Then theres the new kid on the block, Aqua Sphere, which developed a suit for Phelps signature MP line that uses two different fabrics to create a material known as Exo-Core, hoping to provide both the compression and the flexibility desired by the most decorated athlete in Olympic history.Thats one advantage of being newer in the space, Mitchell said. Michael wants a suit thats fast, compressive and hydrodynamic. He wants it to be flexible. When you have a wide-open canvas, it gives you room to innovate.While everyone agrees that top-of-line racing suits help swimmers go faster than something just off a store shelf, theres also a recognition that much of the edge is psychological.Some of it is the placebo effect, lets be honest, said Bruce Gemmell, who coaches American star Katie Ledecky.I think theyre all about the same, he said of the suits, before jokingly adding, Im never going to get a suit contract!Actually, thats just the way the swimmers want it.I know the suit rules are there to make it equal for everyone, said Missy Franklin, who won four gold medals at the 2012 London Games. Thats what is most important.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry . ' ' '