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The Giants’ top two starters have an early-season fastball problem

Armed with a three-run lead in the bottom of the sixth inning on Monday, Giants starter Johnny Cueto had a chance to become the team’s first pitcher to earn a quality start this season.

One of the league’s coldest sluggers, Nolan Arenado, ruined the opportunity.

The Rockies’ five-time All-Star took a 91-mile per hour fastball up in the zone and hammered it halfway up the left field bleachers for a two-run home run.

The four-seam fastball was one of only 21 Cueto threw on Monday against Colorado, bu. . .