Colorado lost its sixth straight and is now 4-23 to open a season that gets darker by the day, and the proverbial “light at the end of the tunnel” seems a million miles away.

Hot-hitting Cincinnati Reds third baseman Noelvi Marte delivered a three-hit game, and Emilio Pagán earned another save as the Reds beat the Rockies.

Hunter Greene responded to his worst outing with a quality start, and Austin Hays hit two go-ahead home runs for the Cincinnati Reds at Colorado.