DENVER -- In the midst of a dominating outing, German Marquez had one wayward pitch that fueled a near brawl.
Marquez matched a career best with nine strikeouts in seven solid innings and also became the latest Rockies pitcher to hit a Pirates batter with a pitch as Colorado beat Pittsburgh 7-3 on Saturday night.
Marquez (8-4) plunked Andrew McCutchen in the sixth inning, and the Pirates outfielder strode toward the mound before being headed off by home plate umpire Chad Fairchild and slowly taking his base. Going into the game, the Pirates had a major league-high 55 batters hit by pitches, including four by Rockies pitchers on Friday night.
"It never was on purpose," Marquez said through a translator. "All I want to do is play baseball."
Said Rockies manager Bud Black: "No way he hit Andrew McCutchen (on purpose). That ball got away."
In apparent retaliation, Chad Kuhl threw an inside pitch leading off the bottom of the sixth that narrowly missed Carlos Gonzalez, who had to back away from the plate sharply to avoid it. He dropped his bat and walked toward the mound, exchanging words with Kuhl as Fairchild and catcher Francisco Cervelli blocked his path. Players and coaches from both teams streamed onto the field and though there were some heated exchanges, no punches were thrown.
"You know, we got hit five times in two games and we try to push somebody off the plate and they took exception to it," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said.
McCutchen shrugged off the tension and the back-and-forth between the teams as part of the game.
"I don't think it's a matter of being hit by one pitch too many," he said. "It's baseball. People are going to get hit by pitches. It's going to happen."
Calm ultimately prevailed after warnings were issued to both teams and play resumed without further incident.
Mark Reynolds added a pair of run-scoring singles and Charlie Blackmon scored after doubling in the third and tripling in the eighth.
The Pirates had their six-game winning streak halted despite Josh Bell's home run leading off the fourth.
Marquez gave up an RBI double to McCutchen in the first but kept the Pirates largely in check the rest of the way. He set down three straight batters in the fourth after yielding Bell's homer to start the inning, and recorded strikeouts in six of his seven innings.
Black said Marquez's slider and curveball were particularly effective strikeout pitches.
"The fastball has velocity and when he hits his spots, he's going to go through stretches where he gets quick outs," Black said. "But you saw some of their swings on breaking balls. They didn't see it. They did not see the breaking ball."
Marquez also singled for the Rockies' first hit of the game in the third and scored.
Greg Holland got four outs for his major league-leading 31st save in 32 chances. The Pirates loaded the bases in the ninth with one out but Holland struck out pinch-hitter Jose Osuna and got Josh Harrison to fly out to center around an infield RBI single by Starling Marte.
Kuhl (3-7) allowed four runs on nine hits in six innings. He started strong but the Rockies got to him for a three-run third that put Colorado in front to stay.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Pirates: OF Gregory Polanco has been placed on the 10-day disabled list after straining his left hamstring running out a grounder in Friday's win over the Rockies. LHP Steve Brault was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis to fill the roster vacancy. Brault is expected to work out of the bullpen.
Rockies: RHP Chad Bettis, who's battling back from testicular cancer, is slated to make his third rehab start and first at the Triple-A level for Albuquerque on Sunday. He's slated to throw 60-65 pitches.
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Pirates: RHP Ivan Nova (10-6, 3.27 ERA) has gone 0-2 with an 8.40 ERA in three previous career starts against the Rockies, all while he was with the New York Yankees.
Rockies: LHP Kyle Freeland (9-7, 3.67 ERA), who carried a no-hitter into the ninth in his last start, faces Pittsburgh for the second time this season. A rookie, Freeland took the loss in Pittsburgh's 7-1 home victory earlier this season.
Marquez matched a career best with nine strikeouts in seven solid innings and also became the latest Rockies pitcher to hit a Pirates batter with a pitch as Colorado beat Pittsburgh 7-3 on Saturday night.
Marquez (8-4) plunked Andrew McCutchen in the sixth inning, and the Pirates outfielder strode toward the mound before being headed off by home plate umpire Chad Fairchild and slowly taking his base. Going into the game, the Pirates had a major league-high 55 batters hit by pitches, including four by Rockies pitchers on Friday night.
"It never was on purpose," Marquez said through a translator. "All I want to do is play baseball."
Said Rockies manager Bud Black: "No way he hit Andrew McCutchen (on purpose). That ball got away."
In apparent retaliation, Chad Kuhl threw an inside pitch leading off the bottom of the sixth that narrowly missed Carlos Gonzalez, who had to back away from the plate sharply to avoid it. He dropped his bat and walked toward the mound, exchanging words with Kuhl as Fairchild and catcher Francisco Cervelli blocked his path. Players and coaches from both teams streamed onto the field and though there were some heated exchanges, no punches were thrown.
"You know, we got hit five times in two games and we try to push somebody off the plate and they took exception to it," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said.
McCutchen shrugged off the tension and the back-and-forth between the teams as part of the game.
"I don't think it's a matter of being hit by one pitch too many," he said. "It's baseball. People are going to get hit by pitches. It's going to happen."
Calm ultimately prevailed after warnings were issued to both teams and play resumed without further incident.
Mark Reynolds added a pair of run-scoring singles and Charlie Blackmon scored after doubling in the third and tripling in the eighth.
The Pirates had their six-game winning streak halted despite Josh Bell's home run leading off the fourth.
Marquez gave up an RBI double to McCutchen in the first but kept the Pirates largely in check the rest of the way. He set down three straight batters in the fourth after yielding Bell's homer to start the inning, and recorded strikeouts in six of his seven innings.
Black said Marquez's slider and curveball were particularly effective strikeout pitches.
"The fastball has velocity and when he hits his spots, he's going to go through stretches where he gets quick outs," Black said. "But you saw some of their swings on breaking balls. They didn't see it. They did not see the breaking ball."
Marquez also singled for the Rockies' first hit of the game in the third and scored.
Greg Holland got four outs for his major league-leading 31st save in 32 chances. The Pirates loaded the bases in the ninth with one out but Holland struck out pinch-hitter Jose Osuna and got Josh Harrison to fly out to center around an infield RBI single by Starling Marte.
Kuhl (3-7) allowed four runs on nine hits in six innings. He started strong but the Rockies got to him for a three-run third that put Colorado in front to stay.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Pirates: OF Gregory Polanco has been placed on the 10-day disabled list after straining his left hamstring running out a grounder in Friday's win over the Rockies. LHP Steve Brault was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis to fill the roster vacancy. Brault is expected to work out of the bullpen.
Rockies: RHP Chad Bettis, who's battling back from testicular cancer, is slated to make his third rehab start and first at the Triple-A level for Albuquerque on Sunday. He's slated to throw 60-65 pitches.
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Pirates: RHP Ivan Nova (10-6, 3.27 ERA) has gone 0-2 with an 8.40 ERA in three previous career starts against the Rockies, all while he was with the New York Yankees.
Rockies: LHP Kyle Freeland (9-7, 3.67 ERA), who carried a no-hitter into the ninth in his last start, faces Pittsburgh for the second time this season. A rookie, Freeland took the loss in Pittsburgh's 7-1 home victory earlier this season.
8:10PM,EDT,July 22,2017
Coors Field, Denver,Colorado
Coors Field, Denver,Colorado
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Pittsburgh - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | PIT | COL |
| Marte grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison walked. | 0 | 0 |
| McCutchen doubled to deep center, Harrison scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Bell struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Freese walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Jaso grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Chad Kuhl pitching for Pittsburgh | PIT | COL |
| Blackmon lined out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | PIT | COL |
| Cervelli grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Mercer struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Kuhl struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Chad Kuhl pitching for Pittsburgh | PIT | COL |
| Reynolds grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| Desmond grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| González walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Story flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | PIT | COL |
| Marte singled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Marte stole second. | 1 | 0 |
| Harrison lined into double play, first to shortstop, Marte doubled off second. | 1 | 0 |
| McCutchen grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Chad Kuhl pitching for Pittsburgh | PIT | COL |
| Wolters grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| Márquez singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Blackmon doubled to deep right center, Márquez to third. | 1 | 0 |
| LeMahieu hit sacrifice fly to right, Márquez scored, Blackmon to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Arenado doubled to deep right, Blackmon scored. | 1 | 2 |
| Reynolds singled to right center, Arenado scored. | 1 | 3 |
| Desmond grounded out to catcher. | 1 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | PIT | COL |
| Bell homered to right (409 feet). | 2 | 3 |
| Freese struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| Jaso grounded out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| Cervelli struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Chad Kuhl pitching for Pittsburgh | PIT | COL |
| González doubled to deep right. | 2 | 3 |
| González to third on wild pitch by Kuhl. | 2 | 3 |
| Story singled to left center, González scored. | 2 | 4 |
| Wolters grounded out to first, Story to second. | 2 | 4 |
| Story to third on balk by Kuhl. | 2 | 4 |
| Márquez grounded out to first. | 2 | 4 |
| Blackmon struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | PIT | COL |
| Mercer struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| Kuhl struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| Marte grounded out to first. | 2 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chad Kuhl pitching for Pittsburgh | PIT | COL |
| LeMahieu grounded out to second. | 2 | 4 |
| Arenado singled to left center. | 2 | 4 |
| Reynolds struck out looking. | 2 | 4 |
| Desmond doubled to deep center, Arenado thrown out at home. | 2 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | PIT | COL |
| Harrison lined out to shortstop. | 2 | 4 |
| McCutchen hit by pitch. | 2 | 4 |
| Bell lined out to second. | 2 | 4 |
| Freese struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chad Kuhl pitching for Pittsburgh | PIT | COL |
| González singled to center. | 2 | 4 |
| Story lined out to center. | 2 | 4 |
| Wolters struck out looking. | 2 | 4 |
| Márquez flied out to center. | 2 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | PIT | COL |
| Jaso lined out to shortstop. | 2 | 4 |
| Cervelli struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| Mercer flied out to center. | 2 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| A.J. Schugel pitching for Pittsburgh | PIT | COL |
| Schugel relieved Kuhl. | 2 | 4 |
| Blackmon tripled to deep center. | 2 | 4 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to second. | 2 | 4 |
| Arenado intentionally walked. | 2 | 4 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| Desmond singled to right, Blackmon scored, Arenado to second. | 2 | 5 |
| González grounded out to second. | 2 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jake McGee pitching for Colorado | PIT | COL |
| McGee relieved Márquez. | 2 | 5 |
| Frazier hit for Schugel. | 2 | 5 |
| Frazier walked. | 2 | 5 |
| Marte singled to left, Frazier to second. | 2 | 5 |
| Harrison grounded into double play, third to second to first, Marte out at second, Frazier to third. | 2 | 5 |
| McCutchen walked. | 2 | 5 |
| Amarista in right field. | 2 | 5 |
| Holland relieved McGee. | 2 | 5 |
| Bell flied out to center. | 2 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Steven Brault pitching for Pittsburgh | PIT | COL |
| Brault relieved Schugel. | 2 | 5 |
| Story walked. | 2 | 5 |
| Wolters sacrificed to pitcher, Story to second. | 2 | 5 |
| Amarista doubled to right, Story scored. | 2 | 6 |
| Blackmon grounded out to second, Amarista to third. | 2 | 6 |
| LeMahieu singled to center, Amarista scored. | 2 | 7 |
| Arenado flied out to left. | 2 | 7 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Greg Holland pitching for Colorado | PIT | COL |
| Freese singled to center. | 2 | 7 |
| Jaso walked, Freese to second. | 2 | 7 |
| Cervelli lined out to right, Freese to third. | 2 | 7 |
| Mercer walked, Jaso to second. | 2 | 7 |
| Osuna hit for Brault. | 2 | 7 |
| Osuna struck out swinging. | 2 | 7 |
| Marte reached on infield single to shortstop, Freese scored, Jaso to third, Mercer to second. | 3 | 7 |
| Harrison flied out to center. | 3 | 7 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Marte LF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .263 | .313 | .355 |
| Harrison 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | .272 | .351 | .427 |
| McCutchen CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .295 | .387 | .512 |
| Bell 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .248 | .325 | .487 |
| Freese 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | .250 | .384 | .360 |
| Jaso RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .222 | .309 | .407 |
| Cervelli C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .273 | .365 | .417 |
| Mercer SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | .262 | .338 | .415 |
| Kuhl P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .037 | .071 | .037 |
Schugel P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Frazier PH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .265 | .344 | .360 |
Brault P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Osuna PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .243 | .287 | .453 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 151 | |||
| a-walked for A Schugel in the 8th b-struck out swinging for S Brault in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: McCutchen (20, Márquez) HR: Bell (18, 4th inning off Márquez 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: McCutchen (57), Bell (53), Marte (8) 2-out RBI: Marte GIDP: Harrison Pirates RISP: 1-9 (Harrison 0-3, Bell 0-2, Osuna 0-1, Cervelli 0-1, Marte 1-1, Jaso 0-1) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Marte (5, 2nd base off Márquez/Wolters) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING Outfield Assist: McCutchen (Arenado at Home). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 48,235 (95.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:07 |
| Weather | 86 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 2 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Chad Fairchild, First Base - David Rackley, Second Base - Joe West, Third Base - Alfonso Marquez |
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