The Pirates -- who had won four straight -- were hitting .311 in the month of June, and had registered 10 or more hits in nine out of their last 12 games. Marquez, though, scattered just four hits in five innings. He ran into trouble in the sixth after placing runners on first and third with no outs, but Rockies reliever Chris Rusin got Gregory Polanco to ground into a double play with his first pitch. The bullpen only allowed two more hits from that point.
"They have good pitchers, man," Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli said.