Pillar, Márquez help Rockies hand Giants costly loss, 7-2

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kevin Pillar homered against his former team and German Márquez pitched six strong innings to snap a five-game losing streak as the Colorado Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants 7-2 on Monday night.

In the opener of an eight-game road trip to end the season, the Rockies knocked around Johnny Cueto for seven earned runs in 4 1/3 innings.

The Giants (26-27) trail the Philadelphia Phillies by a half-game for the final playoff spot in the National League. The Rockies (24-29) are 2 1/2 games back.

Colorado didn’t waste any time, scoring two runs in the first on RBI singles by Josh Fuentes and Ryan McMahon. Pillar’s sixth homer of the season made it 3-0 in the third, and the Rockies added another run in the fourth on a balk.

They kept piling on in the fifth with a two-run single by Elias Diaz and an RBI single from Garrett Hampson. The seven runs allowed by Cueto (2-2) were a season high.

Márquez (3-6) limited the Giants to one run and five hits, striking out three.

Donovan Solano got San Francisco on the board in the fifth with an RBI single. He finished 2 for 4, raising his team-leading batting average to .341.

Alex Dickerson cut the Rockies’ lead to 7-2 with a home run in the seventh, his ninth of the season. Dickerson, reinstated from the paternity list before the game, also had a single and a double.

TRANSITIONAL PERIOD

The Giants will enter a transitional quarantine period Wednesday ahead of a potential playoff appearance. The team will stay in a hotel, despite finishing the regular season at home.

“The idea is to test, protect and give us our best chance at being healthy and strong into the postseason,” manager Gabe Kapler said.

TRAINER’S ROOM

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