Umpires forced the two players to stand down to allow the start of play. The 23-year-old Floridian, who is 0-2 in his last four turns, surrendered six runs – although all were unearned – after giving up the same amount over his previous three outings.
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Marquez made his first Major League Baseball career start this afternoon for the Rockies, and he held a red-hot Cardinals lineup in check for five innings.
Marquez gave up one run in five innings in his first major-league start. Jamey Wright was 21 years, 206 days when he won his first game in 1996.
The Cardinals, who had won four straight, entered the day tied with NY and San Francisco atop the NL wild-card standings.
The free-swinging Wainwright lined a two-run double in the second inning and brought in two more with a bloop single in the fifth.
The hard-throwing Marquez was acquired in January as part of the deal that sent outfielder Corey Dickerson to Tampa Bay.
Marquez worked his way out of several dicey situations against the best road team in baseball.
Today was a good day for the team to get back on the winning track and the offense was outstanding again with 11 runs scored on just 12 hits, including doubles by the red-hot duo of Charlie Blackmon and DJ LeMahieu. He’s four points ahead of Washington’s Daniel Murphy with the Nationals playing Wednesday night.
Tom Murphy ripped a three-run shot in the Rockies’ pounding of the Cardinals on Wednesday.
Rockies: Third base coach Stu Cole sat out another day after being hit in the head by a ball that caromed off another during batting practice Tuesday. It was Colorado’s seventh grand slam of the season.
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The Cardinals, who had their four-game win streak snapped, are still even with the Mets in the wild card race after they were swept by the Braves. Chatwood is 7-1 with a 1.77 ERA in 11 road starts this season.
