German Marquez, making his final Rockies start, hit hard in loss to Giants

SAN FRANCISCO It was a sad sight to a sad ending in a sad season German Marquez the Rockies proud right-hander the longest-tendured member of the association walked slowly off the mound in the fifth inning Friday night at Oracle Park The crowd cheered wildly but not because of anything Marquez had done Giants third baseman Matt Chapman had just ripped off the th hit of his career Marquez did not pitch well in what was almost certainly his final match in Rockies purple When he departed the Giants led - The Giants ultimately prevailed winning - and sending the Rockies to their th loss of the season The only National League band to lose more games in a season in the modern era was the Mets who lost games Colorado s road losses are the majority of in franchise history surpassing the road losses of the club I feel like things didn t go like we expected an emotional Marquez disclosed I worked the offseason hard but there were a lot of ups and downs If this was going to be my last competition as a Rockie I just want to say thank you to everybody My teammates coaches and fans I love Denver I know that things didn t go well but I just tried hard to be good and to give my best I have to keep moving forward and doing my thing Marquez made his big-league debut on Sept at age Colorado s inevitably been his baseball home But he will become a free agent at the end of the season and Colorado has no plans to re-sign him He is one of only two pitchers to appear in seasons with the Rockies Aaron Cook is the other Friday marked Marquez s th career start tied with Jorge De La Rosa for the third-most in franchise history Marquez has strikeouts the majority in franchise history and he was an All-Star in He s been a warhorse But he s now a shadow of the pitcher he used to be after he missed almost all of the and seasons because of elbow injuries I m going to work hard this offseason and get back he commented In innings Friday night Marquez gave up six runs on five hits including a two-run homer to Willy Adames in the first inning and a three-run bomb to Heliot Ramos in the second walked three and struck out just one He finished his season - with a ERA I thought his fastball was good he just had trouble with the emerging ball tonight interim manager Warren Schaeffer revealed after the meeting But he battled like he perpetually does Although Marquez started games he missed more than a month with biceps tendinitis Since his return on Aug opposing hitters took batting practice against him Too multiple of his pitches sat over the heart of the plate In six starts he was - with a ERA with walks and just strikeouts He s served up homers in those six starts Before the battle Schaeffer talked about what Marquez has meant to the Rockies I m just so thankful for German and what he s done for the organization for so long he mentioned We can t forget all of the good times with Marky He s done a ton here and I m so thankful Giants counterpart Trevor McDonald mostly dominated Colorado striking out over seven innings and giving up only five hits But he didn t dominate Rockies shortstop Ezequiel Tovar who crushed a -foot three-run homer to center in the fifth inning It was Tovar s ninth homer of the season