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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. Custom Rockets Jerseys . Thousands of fans at Mosaic Stadium will be cozying up to each other in an effort to stay warm in chilly temperatures and block the Prairie wind that locals say can knock your socks off. Cheap Rockets Jerseys . 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Cathryn Sophia, winner of this years Kentucky Oaks, will not compete in the Breeders Cup Filly and Mare Sprint as scheduled. She instead will be sold at the Fasig-Tipton November sale in Lexington, Ky.Chuck Zacney, the owner of Cathryn Sophia, entered her in the sale in August. On Thursday evening, Zacney confirmed he has decided to sell her at the auction. Cathryn Sophia will be part of the Taylor Made Sales Agency consignment.Zacney purchased Cathryn Sophia for $30,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearling sale at Timonium in 2014. She is the second young horse he has bought at a bargain price. In 2004, he paid $75,000 for Afleet Alex as a 2-year-old. He went on to win the Grade 1 Hopeful, Grade 2 Arkansas Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes.I have a few mares that I breed to Afleet Alex, Zacney said. But Im enjoying racing again, and Cathryn Sophia does have some value to her. Ive decided to take some chips off the table and put her through the sale. We have some nice 2-year-olds, and weve bought some yearlings. Im excited about the future.Cathryn Sophia, who is trained by John Servis, worked a half-mile in 47.40 seconds at Parx Racing on Wednesday. It was her first workout since she finished third behind Songbird and Carina Mia in the Grade 1 Cotillion at Parx on Sept. 24.Servis said thhe workout was not as good as he hoped and the decision was made to retire the daughter of Street Boss.dddddddddddder white blood count was a little high after the Grade 1 Cotillion Stakes, Servis said in a release issued by Taylor Made. I watched her very closely after the race and actually she recovered from that remarkably fast. I gave her a little work yesterday which I thought was solid, but I really wanted to see spectacular. Horses of this quality are a rarity and you have to take care of them.Cathryn Sophia won 6 of 9 starts and earned more than $1.2 million. She won the Grade 2 Forward Gal and Grade 2 Davona Dale at Gulfstream Park last winter and then moved on to Kentucky, where she finished a close third in the Grade 1 Ashland and then won the Oaks by 2-3/4 lengths.Her other two stakes wins came in the $150,000 Princess of Sylmar, a race she won easily three weeks prior to the Cotillion, and the Gin Talking at Laurel Park as a 2-year-old.Its a tough game, a rough business, Zacney said about retiring Cathryn Sophia. Im going to miss her a lot but we had a great run. Being center stage at Churchill Downs and winning the Kentucky Oaks was an amazing experience. ' ' '