JACOBS FIELD Indians down Padres, 3-2, but lose Vizquel to knee injury

The Tribe shortstop will be sidelined for at least three weeks.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Not even Omar Vizquel could stop the pain.
Cleveland's dazzling shortstop, who usually gets his hands on anything hit his way, will have arthroscopic surgery today to remove torn cartilage from his right knee.
Vizquel waited until after the Indians' 3-2 victory Wednesday night over the San Diego Padres before announcing he was having the operation. He will be sidelined at least three weeks.
Despite excruciating pain, Vizquel risked further injury by testing his knee and playing one more game. He went 0-for-3 with a walk and scored a run, but decided afterward to have the surgery.
"I tried to play without a brace, but in the fourth inning I had to put it on because it hurt too much," Vizquel said. "It was really sore and swollen."
As long as no other damage is found, Indians trainer Paul Spicuzza said the 35-year-old Vizquel could be back in three-to-four weeks. In a worst-case scenario, he will be out for six weeks.
Sabathia wins
C.C. Sabathia took a shutout into the eighth inning thanks to some great defense.
Jody Gerut homered off Adam Eaton (2-5) and made two nice plays in right field -- one crashing face first into the outfield wall -- behind Sabathia as the Indians won for the 10th time in 12 games at home since May 16.
"That wall tasted pretty good," Gerut joked. "Sometimes, you just have to bite it."
Sabathia (5-3) blanked the Padres on nine hits for 7 2/3 innings before giving up Brian Buchanan's two-out, two-run homer.
David Riske got the final out for Sabathia in the eighth and Danys Baez worked the ninth for his 14th save.
Baez fielded pinch-hitter Dave Hansen's slow roller toward first and made a headfirst dive to tag the base with his glove for the final out.
Sabathia struck out four, walked none and pitched into the seventh inning for the eighth time in 14 starts. He was also backed by some stellar defense from Gerut and second baseman Brandon Phillips.
"Those guys really got me going," Sabathia said. "Once they made those plays behind me, I felt like I needed to step things up."
The Padres were bracing for Sabathia's fastball, but were just as impressed by his offspeed stuff.
"His changeup was outstanding," Eaton said. "When he throws that where he wants, at 84 mph, that's 12 to 15 off his fastball. Try hitting that."