–Jason Marquis, who is 11-5 and leads the National League in wins, whittled his ERA to 3.61, the lowest it has been since it was 3.31 on May 2 after a complete game at San Francisco in his fifth start of the season.

–Marquis has pitched eight or more innings in six of his 17 starts and has pitched seven or more innings 11 times.

–Marquis has allowed nine hits, eight singles and one double, while pitching 17 scoreless innings in his past two starts. In those games, Marquis has thrown a total of 190 pitches or an average of 11.2 per inning.

–Marquis, whose final start before the All-Star break is scheduled for Saturday against the Braves, matched his highest first-half win total. He went 11-6 in 2006. He has also equalled the most wins by a Rockies pitcher in the first half set by Shawn Chacon in 2003 and matched by Aaron Cook last year.

–Marquis has made 11 starts after a Rockies loss and is 8-3 with a 3.21 ERA in those games.

–The Rockies have won five 1-0 games at Coors Field and lost three. The other wins were last year on June 11 against the Giants, Sept. 14 in 10 innings against the Dodgers and Sept. 17 against the Padres. The first 1-0 games at Coors Field was a win over the Padres on July 9, 2005. The Rockies’ 1-0 losses at Coors Field were April 16, 2006, against the Phillies, July 25, 2006, against the Cardinals and Aug. 1, 2006 against the Brewers.

–Todd Helton’s run-scoring double was his 23rd of the season and the 494th of his career.

–Carlos Gonzalez, who went 0-for-2 with a walk, is hitless in his past 14 at-bats and has four hits in his past 28 at-bats with 12 strikeouts.

–The Rockies are 31-8 when they score first.