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PHOENIX (AP) -- About once a year, Randy Johnson has a game like
this.
Johnson lost for the first time in seven starts since May 16,
allowing three earned runs for only the second time this season as
the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-0 Saturday
night.
Johnson (11-2), who allowed six runs over 35 2/3 innings in his
previous five starts, gave up all four runs and five hits in seven
innings. Because one run was unearned, he came out with a 1.60 ERA
-- still the best of any starter in the majors.
But he struck out only six -- his lowest total since June 20,
1999, against Atlanta -- walked two, hit one batter and threw a wild
pitch.
"I thought he was the same old Randy," said Brian Hunter, who
was 2-for-4 and scored two runs. "It just wasn't the same result.
He's still one of the best pitchers in baseball, but we wanted to
be aggressive and take what we could."
Johnson's only other loss this year was to Montreal's Javier
Vazquez on May 16. He had been 7-0 at home.
In the sixth inning, he fanned Neifi Perez for the 2,856th
strikeout of his career, moving past Jim Bunning for 12th on the
career list. Johnson, who got just one more strikeout, leads the
majors with 164.
"We never really got anything going, and they did," Johnson
said. "They got on base, stole some bases, got in scoring
position. They got key hits and they produced everything they
got."
Masato Yoshii (3-7), who improved to 3-0 against Arizona this
year, hasn't beaten any other team.
"Yoshii was outstanding, as was their bullpen," Diamondbacks
manager Buck Showalter said. "I thought we pitched well too."
Yoshii, who beat the Diamondbacks 9-1 in Phoenix on April 17 and
19-2 in Denver on June 18, allowed five hits in 5 2/3 innings,
struck out four and walked just one.
"It's nothing special about the Diamondbacks," said Yoshii,
who has a 1.37 ERA in 19 2/3 innings against the Diamondbacks. "I
try to pitch the same way every day."
He escaped a first-and-third jam in the fifth when shortstop
Perez fielded a grounder by Tony Womack, stepped on second and
threw to first for an inning-ending double play.
Gabe White relieved with two on and two outs in the sixth, and
struck out Travis Lee.
White allowed one hit in 2 1/3 innings, setting a Rockies record
with 23 consecutive scoreless innings. Curtis Leskanic held the
previous mark of 21 1/3 innings, set from July 1-Aug. 24, 1999.
Arizona outhit Colorado 7-6. Mike Myers followed White and got
one out and Jose Jimenez, who beat Johnson with a no-hitter for St.
Louis at Bank One Ballpark last year, finished up.
After retiring his first six batters, Johnson fell behind in the
third when Scott Servais led off with a walk and scored on Jeff
Cirillo's sacrifice fly.
Colorado added three runs in the fifth, when Yoshii singled
leading off, making him 8-for-28 at the plate this season, and
stole a base for the first time in 74 career games in the major
leagues.
It was one of four stolen bases in six attempts by the Rockies.
Tom Goodwin doubled for a 2-0 lead and attempted to steal third
and came home when Kelly Stinnett's throw was misplayed by Craig
Counsell and rolled into left for an error on the third baseman.
Hunter then singled, stole second, and scored on Mike Lansing's
single.
"When you face this guy (Johnson), our guys really have to be
as good as they can be everywhere -- on the field, on the bases,"
manager Buddy Bell said. "You know you're not going to get 10 or
12 baserunners against this guy, so our guys did what they had
to."
Game notes
Johnson's ERA was the highest since after his first start,
when it was 2.08. ... Yoshii had not walked anyone in 10 1-3
innings _ a stretch of 45 batters _ until Erubiel Durazo got a base
on balls in the first. ... Jay Bell was 0-for-12 on the homestand
before a sixth-inning single. ... Colorado 1B Todd Helton was out
of the starting lineup after going 0-for-3 against left-hander
Brian Anderson on Friday night. Terry Shumpert got the first start
of his career at first in his 507th career game. Helton came in
after Shumpert's error.
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