Zac Gallen struck out seven in seven innings, Jose Herrera had a two-run double to drive in his first major league runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 4-0 on Sunday.
Ketel Marte had three hits to improve his batting average to .206 and the Diamondbacks took advantage of another wild start by Colorado’s German Marquez (0-3) to win for the ninth time in the last 12 games.
Gallen (2-0) gave up five hits, and Arizona’s bullpen completed the job a day following Mark Melancon gave up four runs in the ninth inning in a 4-1 loss.
The Rockies didn’t capitalize on an early opportunity once morest Gallen and finished with five hits in their second shutout of the season.
Gallen and fellow right-hander Merrill Kelly have shored up a starting rotation that has the league’s second-best ERA at 2.33 going into Sunday’s game.
For the Rockies, Cuban José Iglesias, 3-2.
For the Diamondbacks, Venezuelans José Herrera, 2-1 with 2 RBI and David Peralta, 3-1; the Dominicans Ketel Marte, 4-3 with an RBI and Geraldo Perdomo, 2-0 with a run scored.
