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Marquis prevails with Fowler’s help

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Associated Press

Jason Marquis outdueled Derek Lowe, and Dexter Fowler drove in one run and scored another in the Colorado Rockies’ 5-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.

Marquis (5-3) scattered five hits and gave up one run in eight innings to end a two-start losing streak. He struck out three and walked three.

Lowe (5-2) was trying to become the National League’s first six-game winner. He gave up two runs, three hits and one walk in eight innings, losing for the first time in five starts.

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Fowler, who gave Colorado a 1-0 lead in the third inning with a run-scoring groundout, doubled leading off the sixth. He moved to third on a groundout and made it 2-1 on Todd Helton’s fielder’s choice.

The Rockies scored three runs in the ninth inning.

Colorado, which had lost three out of four and seven of 10, ended a two-game losing streak. The Braves have lost three of four.

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