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DENVER -- On any other day, Nolan Arenados grand slam wouldve drawn all the attention.The kid on the mound stole some of his thunder. German Marquezs performance was just that electric.Marquez pitched five solid innings for his first major league win and the Colorado Rockies slowed the St. Louis Cardinals playoff chase with an 11-1 victory on Wednesday.A great pitching performance, manager Walt Weiss said. Its easy -- easy velocity. Very effortless.This was a memorable afternoon for Marquez (1-0), who made his first big league start after three appearances out of the bullpen. The right-hander with the 95 mph fastball allowed one run and struck out three.At 21 years, 212 days, Marquez was the second-youngest pitcher in Rockies history to earn his first win, the team announced. The youngest was Jamey Wright (21-206).He set the tone and pitched a good game, Arenado said.The sweet-swinging third baseman certainly did his part. Arenado broke open the game in the second with his NL-leading 39th homer of the season. His fourth career slam made it 6-1.With a major league-best 128 RBI, Arenado is two away from matching his career high set a season ago.Whatever I do for the rest of the year, Ill be happy with, Arenado said. I definitely want to drive in more runs.St. Louis starter Luke Weaver (1-4) was roughed up by the Rockies, surrendering seven hits and six runs in two innings. Before this game, the right-hander had allowed 12 earned runs in his last seven starts combined.The Cardinals, who had won four in a row, began the day tied with New York and San Francisco atop the NL wild-card standings. The Mets and Giants both played later.The hard-throwing Marquez was acquired in January as part of the deal that sent outfielder Corey Dickerson to Tampa Bay. Marquez pitched a majority of the season for Double-A Hartford, where he was chosen as the pitcher of the year in the Eastern League.A lot of people told me that the ball can fly (at Coors Field), Marquez said. But they have to hit.Marquez worked his way out of several dicey situations against the best road team in baseball. He allowed his only run in the second, when Jeremy Hazelbaker led off with a double and later scored on Kolten Wongs sacrifice fly.The Cardinals took two of three from Colorado during a series in which their starting pitchers were brilliant at the plate. Carlos Martinez, Adam Wainwright and Weaver went a combined 4 for 4 with two doubles and six RBI. Weaver had a single in his only plate appearance.DJ LeMahieu got two hits and drove in two runs to raise his average to .351. He holds a slight lead over Washingtons Daniel Murphy in the NL batting race.TRAINERS ROOMRockies: 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.THIS & THATRockies catcher Tom Murphy had a three-run homer as part of a five-run seventh. ... OF Jordan Patterson collected his first big-league hit in the second. ... It was Colorados seventh grand slam of the season.UP NEXTRockies: RHP Tyler Chatwood (11-9, 4.13) takes the mound Thursday to begin a four-game series in Los Angeles against the Dodgers. Chatwood is 7-1 with a 1.77 ERA in 11 road starts this season. Air Max 90 China Wholesale .ca! Hi Kerry, Its another day and here we are looking at another dubious hit to the head. In this case Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky elbowed Saku Koivu in the head about a second after he dished off the puck to a teammate, knocking him unconscious. 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Hickson led Denver with 22, and Kenneth Faried added 10 points and 10 rebounds. ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Deandre Burnett scored a career-high 41 points, and Mississippi pulled away in overtime to hold off Oral Roberts 95-88 Friday on the opening day of the Paradise Jam tournament.Terence Davis added 13 points, and Sebastian Saiz and Rasheed Brooks had 11 each for the Rebels (3-0), who had to rally from a five-point deficit in regulation.Mississippi trailed 79-74 with 1:20 remaining when Burnett scored five unanswered points, capped by a 3-pointer with 33.4 seconds remaining to tie the score.It just shows how resilient this team is, said Burnett, whose previous career best (23 points) was set a week ago against Tennessee-Martin. It shows we can battle, and be resilient down the stretch. We fix a couple things, and well be pretty good.Brooks opened overtime by hitting a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws to put the Rebels ahead to stay.Emanuel Nzekwesi had 20 points and 14 rebounds for Oral Roberts (1-2), with Albert Owwens adding 22, Kris Martin 15 and Jalen Bradley 12.ddddddddddddGive them credit -- they made the plays down the stretch, Golden Eagles coach Scott Sutton said. Its a tough, tough loss. We still had the game where we wanted it -- up five with under two minutes left. We had to close it out, and didnt do it.BIG PICTUREOral Roberts: Is now 0-5 all-time against Mississippi. ... Had its highest-scoring game this season, and its third of 80 or more points. ... Lost guard Aaron Anderson to a leg injury in the first half.Mississippi: Coach Andy Kennedy picked up his 216th career win, moving him past Auburns Joel Eaves for 20th on the SEC career victories list.UP NEXTOral Roberts: Plays Loyola-Chicago Saturday in a consolation-round game.Mississippi: Gets a day off, then faces Saint Josephs on Sunday in the Paradise Jam semifinals. ' ' '