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Tuesday, Sep. 12 10:05pm ET
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Just when things were looking up for Masato Yoshii, his season might be finished. Yoshii pitched five solid innings but had to leave with arm soreness in the Colorado Rockies' 6-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night. The injury to Yoshii (6-14) could sideline the right-hander for the year after his third consecutive strong outing. "It could be his last start, I don't know," Colorado manager Buddy Bell said. "We'll have to see how he feels tomorrow." Yoshii, who skipped his last start on Saturday with soreness in his right biceps, was unsure of his immediate future. "I'll have to take a look at it tomorrow and see if I can still pitch," Yoshii said. Colorado's Todd Helton, the National League's leading hitter, went 2-for-3 with a walk and raised his average to .381. He was 1-for-11 in his previous three games. Yoshii, who had not pitched since Sept. 3, gave up two runs on three hits with three walks and two strikeouts. Yoshii helped himself at the plate with two sacrifice bunts. "I thought I was able to pitch a little longer," Yoshii said. "But my condition was not 100 percent. I stopped before it got worse." Matt Clement (12-15) surrendered four runs -- two earned -- on eight hits as he lost his third straight start. Clement struck out six and walked one. "I had a pretty good sinker that helped me out for the most part," Clement said. "But you know how it gets when things start to go bad." San Diego closed to within 4-3 in the eighth inning on pinch-hitter Joe Vitiello's RBI single off Jose Jiminez, who earned his 20th save. Jiminez and three other relievers combined to limit the Padres to one run on four hits over four innings. The Rockies added two runs in the ninth on Jiminez's RBI single and Juan Pierre's run-scoring groundout. Jeff Frye went 4-for-4 and scored three runs. "It wasn't a great game, but we did the little things to win, like the sacrifices," Frye said. The Rockies took a 2-1 lead in the third after Frye led off with a single, was sacrificed to second by Yoshii and went to third on Nefi Perez's bunt single. Jeff Cirillo followed with an RBI double before an intentional walk to Helton loaded the bases. Clement then hit Jeffrey Hammonds with his first pitch to give Colorado a 2-1 lead. Ben Petrick reached on Dave Magadan's throwing error to lead off the Colorado fourth and Frye followed with an infield single. Yoshii sacrificed the runners and Pierre beat out an infield single to second base that scored Petrick. Frye also scored on the play when second baseman Damian Jackson's throw sailed over the head of first baseman Ryan Klesko. San Diego made it 4-2 when Eric Owens led off the fifth with a single, stole second and went to third when Petrick's throw sailed into center field. Owens scored easily as Pierre misplayed the ball, which bounced past him to the center field fence. The Padres took a 1-0 lead on Magadan's RBI single in the first. Game notesYoshii is 5-0 in 10 career September starts with an ERA of 2.83. ... Cirillo set a career high with his 47th double. He had 46 doubles in 1996 and 1997 with Milwaukee. ... The Padres stole three more bases, giving them nine steals in as many attempts in the two games against Colorado. ... In his previous three starts, Clement walked 30 batters. Clement leads the majors in walks allowed with 115. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Colorado Clubhouse San Diego Clubhouse RECAPS Texas 9 Baltimore 1
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