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Coors Field no house of horrors for Lackey

DENVER -- Coors Field often feels like a house of horrors for some pitchers, but in the nightcap to Tuesday's doubleheader, Cubs starter John Lackey turned the park into a fun house, capped by an 8-1 win over the Rockies.

Lackey threw seven shutout innings and struck out 10, making him just the second visiting pitcher to hit those benchmarks in the same game. Pedro Martinez also accomplished the feat in 1997 when he struck out 13.

Brian Bohanan (nine innings, four hits, 10 strikeouts in 1997) and John Gray (nine innings, four hits, 16 strikeouts in 2016) also accomplished the feat for the Rockies.