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Tuesday, Sep. 19 9:05pm ET
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DENVER (AP) -- Matt Clement was not going to let a leg cramp ruin his night. The San Diego Padres used a strong effort from Clement to send the Colorado Rockies to their fourth straight loss, 7-2 Tuesday night. "I definitely wanted to go on," Clement said after cramping up in the fifth inning. "I didn't think that what I was doing decreased at all." Clement (13-15) gave up four hits and two runs in 5 2/3 innings to win for the first time since Aug. 20 at Chicago. He matched a season-high with eight strikeouts. "At the end of the fifth inning, the top of my calf started to cramp when I pushed off," Clement said. "It wasn't killing me, but it was something different, and you don't want anything different on the mound." Ben Davis, Ruben Rivera and Wiki Gonzalez hit home runs. Rivera and Davis hit solo shots in the second inning to give San Diego a 2-0 lead. Rivera's one-out shot ended a string of 72 2/3 innings without a home run by the Padres. Brian Bohanon (10-10), who had given up only 12 runs in his last 53 innings, gave up five runs and seven hits in six-plus innings. He hit his second home run of the season as the Rockies were eliminated from the NL West Division race with the loss. "Bo couldn't get to his breaking ball," Colorado manager Buddy Bell said. "When Bo doesn't have a breaking ball, he doesn't have a chance." San Diego took a 4-1 lead in the fourth inning on two-out RBI hits by Davis and Greg LaRocca. Bohanon got a double play ground ball from Kory Darr after a single by Ed Sprague and walk to Rivera, but Davis drilled a single to center and LaRocca followed with a double to center. Bohanon hit a solo home run to left with one out in the fifth to get Colorado within 4-2. The Rockies got their first run on an RBI single by Brent Mayne. Gonzalez homered in the seventh and John Mabry had a pinch-hit RBI double in the eighth to increase the Padres lead to 6-2. "I had problems with location," said Bohanon, who shut the Padres out on nine hits six days earlier. Game notesSan Diego hadn't hit a home run since Ryan Klesko's one-out homer on Sept. 9 in the third inning at San Francisco. ... 3B Phil Nevin missed his 11th straight game. Nevin has been out since Sept. 9 with a strained rib cage muscle. ... With the three walks, Clement is four walks shy of tying Steve Arlin's franchise record of 122 set in 1972. ... Bohanon's home run was the third of his career. His nine RBIS is a single-season franchise high for a Colorado pitcher. ... Todd Helton drew his 21st intentional walk of the year. ... Rookie Juan Pierre has a 12-game hitting streak. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard San Diego Clubhouse Colorado Clubhouse Construction to be suspended next month on Padres ballpark
RECAPS Oakland 7 Baltimore 4
Oakland 0
San Diego 7
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