PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates were on a roll entering Wednesday night, but the Rockies' pitching held their red-hot lineup in check. Right-hander German Marquez limited the Pirates to one run in five-plus innings, and the bullpen took over from there, lifting the Rockies to a 5-1 win over the Pirates in the series finale on Wednesday at PNC Park.
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.