Márquez arm, Díaz slam send Rockies over sagging Phils 11-2

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Elias Díaz hit a grand slam, Germán Márquez pitched six shutout innings and the Colorado Rockies continued to hurt Philadelphia’s playoff chances with an 11-2 win over the Phillies on Friday night.

Trevor Story and C.J. Cron also homered for the Rockies, who won for the second straight night at Citizens Bank Park and improved to 20-50 on the road.

Didi Gregorius homered and Bryce Harper had a pair of hits and an RBI for the Phillies, who have lost four straight and six of eight. Philadelphia fell 4 ½ games behind first-place Atlanta in the NL East.

Harper said he was embarrassed by Philadelphia’s performance.

“We just got beat by the Colorado Rockies twice. We got blown out today,” he said. “Irritation is there. Embarrassment is there as well. It’s not good the way we’re approaching the game, the way our at-bats are going, the pitching, everything, it’s just not good.”

The MVP candidate said the Phillies need to play like a team.

“We just need to be better, that’s the simple truth,” he said. “We need to be better pitching, hitting, guys playing every single day, being a team, being a whole, not worrying about individual numbers. You can’t worry about any of that stuff. Worry about us as a team as a whole, what you can do to make the team better.”

Márquez (12-10) was sharp for the Rockies, scattering six hits with six strikeouts and a walk. He struck out a frustrated Harper on a curveball with two on and two outs in the fifth.

“That was a key moment,” Rockies manager Bud Black said. “We felt it in the dugout.”

It looked as if the Phillies were in good shape to make up ground on Atlanta when they began a stretch on Thursday of 14 of 17 games at home against teams that were a combined 113 games under...

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