09/15/2008 6:38 PM ET Triceps pain makes Kuo questionable Reliever will sit for a few days; Saito will return to mound By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com http://0rz.tw/e24Iq PITTSBURGH -- Dodgers reliever Hong-Chih Kuo, who reported no left elbow problems immediately after pitching Sunday, reported discomfort in his triceps Monday, casting a cloud on his future availability for the Dodgers down the stretch and beyond. "From what I'm told, if we wait a few more days, it'll be the same result," manager Joe Torre said. "He's not out of the mix, but we have to be a little more aware of his usage. Even earlier in the season, when he was lights-out, it's safe to assume there was no time he never felt something." Kuo was the losing pitcher Sunday in Colorado, allowing four hits and the winning run in the 10th inning of a 1-0 loss to the Rockies. It was his first appearance in a week, during which he received a cortisone injection in his triceps muscle above the left elbow. Kuo's durability has always been the worry, considering his elbow has undergone four operations, two of them Tommy John reconstructions. He emerged as Torre's primary multiple-inning setup man this year, supplanting Joe Beimel, and is 5-3 with a 2.14 ERA, throwing 80 innings in 42 games. Torre said that Beimel, who has served as a situational lefty, and rookie Scott Elbert, could take over some of the appearances that would have gone to Kuo. With Kuo out and Corey Wade having pitched two innings Sunday, Torre saidthat he planned to give Takashi Saito his first game action Monday nightafter missing two months with a torn right elbow ligament. If a long relieverwere needed, it probably would be Brad Penny. "If we're going to consider him for a starter role, he has to give us a few innings," said Torre. --

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