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Marquez pitches Rockies by Bucs

PITTSBURGH (AP) — German Marquez struck out seven over eight dominant innings, Trevor Story hit his 11th home run and the Colorado Rockies cooled off the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 Tuesday night.

Marquez (5-2) gave up three hits, walked one and didn’t allow a runner to third base as the Rockies snapped a four-game losing streak. Marquez improved to 4-1 in five career starts against the Pirates and lowered his ERA to 2.08 away from Coors Field.

Charlie Blackmon went 3 for 5 for Colorado, including a two-run triple to left off Chris Archer (1-4) in the fourth. Story homered for the second straight game when his shot to deep left field in the third inning glanced off the glove of Pittsburgh leftfielder Bryan Reynolds and into the seats.

That was more than enough offense for Marquez, who gave the Rockies just their second win during their current eight-game road swing by shutting down the surging Pirates.

Pittsburgh came in off a 7-4 road trip through St. Louis, Arizona and San Diego bolstered by the white-hot bat of first baseman Josh Bell.

Bell entered with a major league-leading 44 RBIs — the third-most by a Pirates player through 44 games since it became an official statistic in 1920 — but went 0 for 4. Bell’s teammates didn’t fare much better. Pittsburgh mustered only a first- inning double by Reynolds and a pair of singles in the fifth by Melky Cabrera and Francisco Cervelli.

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