Cubs hand another loss to lowly Rockies 3-1

Jameson Taillon pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning, Kyle Tucker drove in two runs and the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 3-1 on Monday.

NL Central-leading Chicago improved to 8-2 in its last 10 games. Colorado lost for the eighth time in nine games, dropping to a major league-worst 9-45.

Taillon (4-3) retired his first 14 batters before Mickey Moniak connected in the fifth.

Taillon struck out seven and walked none. Daniel Palencia, the fourth Cubs reliever, pitched a perfect ninth for his third save.

Colorado’s Carson Palmquist (0-3) permitted two runs and three hits in five innings in his third major league start.

Dansby Swanson went 0 for 4, stopping his on-base streak at a career-high 24 games.

Rockies right-hander Germán Márquez (1-7, 7.66 ERA) faces rookie right-hander Cade Horton (2-0, 4.40 ERA) on Tuesday night.


(AP Photo David Banks)