Marquez dominates for 7, pitches Rockies past Padres 3-0

SAN DIEGO (AP) — German Marquez pitched seven dominant innings, limiting the Padres to three hits and leading the Colorado Rockies over San Diego 3-0 on Saturday night.

“My fastball was good today. My two-seam was working well today and that was the key,” said Marquez, who added right now he's pitching the best he ever has in his career. “I have spent a lot of time on my delivery.”

Colorado is a major league-worst 8-34 on the road. The Rockies are 2-3 on their current swing, the first time they've won more than one game on a trip this season.

“That was a really good outing against a good team at a packed house at Petco,” Rockies manager Bud Black said. “This was a good one (win). German put the team on his back tonight.”

The Rockies had lost nine in a row at Petco Park before Marquez (8-6) took over.

“German’s breaking ball was pretty consistent all night. But he got outs with every pitch. The fastball had good life and movement,” Black said. “He has a presence and poise with being a pitcher in his fifth year....When it gets hot he is able to handle it.”

Marquez struck out nine and threw an economical 86 pitches, 58 for strikes. The Padres had only one runner reach as far as second base against him -- Eric Hosmer doubled in the second.

“Marquez got in a pretty good grove,” Padres manager Jayce Tingler said. “We weren't able to string enough hits together. ... We couldn't get his pitch count up either, to get him out early.”

Prior to the Padres batting the fourth, it was announced over the public address system that third baseman Manny Machado had been added to the NL All-Star team, eliciting a huge cheer and chants of “Manny” from the crowd and prompting his teammates to mob him in the dugout. Machado replaced the...

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