Carlos Gonzalez left the Colorado Rockies game Tuesday night against San Diego with a tight left hamstring.

Gonzalez, who led off the bottom of the first inning with a standup triple and scored on a balk, was replaced in left field in the bottom of the second inning by Seth Smith, who doubled and scored in his first at-bat.

The game-time temperature was 48 degrees and it appeared Gonzalez was removed as a precautionary measure.

Manager Jim Tracy had wanted to give Smith the night off so he could regain his hitting stroke.

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