DENVER -- Rockies right-hander German Marquez pulled off a rare immaculate inning -- three straight strikeouts, on three pitches apiece for a total of nine -- in the fourth inning against the Pirates on Wednesday afternoon at Coors Field.
Marquez fanned the top of the Pirates' order -- Corey Dickerson, Starling Marte and Gregory Polanco -- all on curveballs, and he became the second pitcher in Rockies history to accomplish the feat. Lefty reliever Rex Brothers did it on June 14, 2014 at San Francisco, against Michael Morse, Brandon Crawford and Gregor Blanco.