In front of another sold out crowd, the Colorado Rockies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 8-4 on Sunday afternoon and won their fourth consecutive series in the process. German Marquez pitched 5 2⁄3 solid innings and Gerardo Parra went 3-for-3 with a three-run homer in the victory.
A day after being completely baffled by Adam Wainwright, the Rockies weren’t fooled by Lance Lynn. After all three batters in the first inning made hard contact but failed to reach base, Gerardo Parra and Ian Desmond hit back-to-back singles in the second, and Parra scored on a ground ball by Alexi Amarista that was too hot for Cardinals third baseman Jedd Gyorko to handle cleanly.